The day after tomorrow, Friday 29 November, Sardinia will also raise its voice against the financial maneuver of the Meloni government. At 9, Piazza Garibaldi in Cagliari will be the starting point of a procession that will wind its way to Piazza del Carmine, joining the cry of protest that is resonating throughout Italy these days.
The reason? A budget law that, according to the unions, ignores the needs of the weakest groups and favors income and great wealth. Francesca Ticca, regional leader of the Uil, does not mince her words: "This budget does not respond to the world we represent: workers, pensioners and precarious workers. We are the weakest groups that support the scaffolding of the Italian system, the only ones who pay taxes. Three euros more for pensions, without revaluation with respect to the cost of living, is an unacceptable slap in the face. After the 29th, the table must be reopened to discuss fundamental points."
Another controversial move is the order announced by Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini to limit the strike, an intervention that unions judge as yet another attack on a constitutional right.
Fausto Durante, number one of the Cgil Sardinia, replies harshly: «Salvini also summoned us last year and after 15 days the TAR agreed with us. It's time he understood that the right to strike is too important to be subject to his whims».
But the protest does not stop at the defense of union rights. For Durante, the central problem remains a maneuver that "does not give resources to workers, pensioners, young people and women, that rewards tax evaders and great wealth and does not intervene to improve wages and pensions, 2.8% behind in 1991".
Furthermore, the leader of the Cgil adds: "We have too much precarious work and too many cuts to healthcare, education, transportation and fundamental rights. It is an unfair financial law that will cause damage to the economy and society".
