Two hundred thousand workers in commerce and tourism in Sardinia - 5 million in all of Italy - have been waiting for too many years for expired contracts, while clashing with the unavailability of their counterparts to renew them.

These are the reasons that on the eve of Christmas led those who open bars, shops and supermarkets every day, welcome tourists and guarantee lunches, dinners and receptions to go down to Piazza Garibaldi in Cagliari to ask for the renewal of the contract.

Sectors that employ many young people and many women, often part time or seasonal, flexible to an excess, at the mercy of more than tiring hours and shifts and low wages. «There are a lot of people signing up», comment Filcams Cgil, Fisascat Cisl and Uiltucs. Francesca Melis

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