Union leader rejects claim that strike is unlawful as Salvini warns: "If violence prevails we will know how to react". The leader of Italy's largest trade union has confirmed a general strike on Friday 3 October, rejecting claims by the country's strike watchdog that the protest is unlawful. The strike has been called by the CGIL union, as well as by the USB and other small unions, in protest after Israel intercepted an international flotilla of civilian boats carrying humanitarian aid to th...
