[THE Christian DemocratSocialist Party coalition in Italy plans…]
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THE Christian DemocratSocialist Party coalition in Italy plans to take away the labour movement's right to indexlinked wage increases. It is in effect a plan to reduce wages.
In response to this, over a million workers marched through Rome in a protest organised by the largest union federation, the Communist Party_backed CGIL, last weekend. It was one of the biggest demonstrations in the militant history of the Italian working class.
The new Bill was introduced leader of the Socialist Party and head of the ruling coalition. Previous legislation guaranteed automatic inflation-linked increases for Italy's 20 million workers.
"Socialist" Craxi succeeded in pushing the Bill through the Senate, but faces big opposition - mainly from the Italian Communist Party in the Chamber of Deputies.
Opposition is also being organised by the socialist Party, however, and even by some of its parliamentary deputies. The CP has tabled over 1,000 amendments to delay approval of the Bill until after April 15, when the government decree on which the Bill is based is due to lapse.