Immigrant Textile Workers Win Long Strike Against 84-Hour Work Week in Italy | Labor Notes
Tired of working 12 hours a day, seven days a week, immigrant textile workers are at the center of a growing movement by Italy's workers for the right to “8x5”—eight-hour days, five days a week. In January, a group of 18 workers at the fabric printing company Texprint in the city of Prato launched a strike for a 40-hour work week. On October 12, three Pakistani workers returned to work victorious after a grueling nine months on strike—"never again as slaves" (mai piu schiavi), as one ...| Labor Notes
