A-Infos (en) Italy, FDCA: General Strike December 12, 2025 (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

The CGIL, alone, has called a strike against the still-under-discussion 
Budget, which presents itself as further confirmation of an economic 
policy of "blood, sweat and tears" for the working masses, women, and 
younger generations. From the failure to address the rising poverty that 
now affects nearly 6 million people; to the perpetuation of a situation 
for a large portion of active workers whose wages cannot make ends meet; 
to the underfunding of the public healthcare system; to the clear desire 
to increasingly favor private healthcare, as well as the cuts to public 
school funding and the manifest financial disengagement regarding the 
ongoing climate disruptions.
The only figure that is steadily increasing is military spending. The 
political and economic rearmament campaign fueled by the bourgeoisie 
worldwide, and which the Meloni government is not shying away from, 
confirms that the classic recipes, begun over 40 years ago-the 
relocation of industrial plants, wage cuts, the precariousness of the 
workforce, and the ongoing and inexorable environmental devastation-are 
no longer sufficient to restore profit margins to the global bourgeoisie.
We are edging ever closer to a war between the various ruling classes 
and the main imperialist powers for control of the world market; a 
conflict involving the United States and Russia, including newly minted 
powers like China and various sub-regional imperialisms, as the war in 
Ukraine and the Middle East tragically demonstrates; a conflict in which 
the global proletariat will tragically pay the price.
The strike of December 12th must therefore be a first step towards 
engaging workers, but it cannot in itself be decisive.
The subsequent mobilizations allowed for unified events such as the 
general strike on October 3rd and the subsequent demonstration on 
October 4th against the genocide in Palestine and against the war. These 
events saw a significant segment of the trade union movement grow in 
awareness and exert effective pressure on their respective leadership 
groups. This grassroots movement was able to connect with the 
mobilization of the student and youth masses, forming a unity of action 
that must not be abandoned, so that it can be generalized to 
increasingly broader social contexts.
This is why the decision by the USB leadership to strike on November 
28th and that of the CGIL to strike alone on December 12th must be 
overcome. With the CISL now positioned in a position of compliance with 
the government majority and with the UIL seeking its own solitary 
position and no longer willing to unite with the CGIL, it is necessary 
to involve in concrete initiatives the workers who, due to the 
compromising choices of the CGIL leadership, have created and joined 
grassroots union organizations. This is because it is necessary and 
urgent to restore trust and credibility among the working masses and the 
new generations in order to return to winning ways.
Overcoming divisions within sectors and within individual categories to 
resume a united and widespread wage battle together with an effective 
demand for a daily reduction in working hours; canceling the 
inter-confederal agreement of the Factory Pact and demanding a new 
sliding wage scale.
We need to curb and consistently reduce supplementary healthcare and 
so-called corporate and contractual "welfare," a means of concretely 
reducing public healthcare and its universalistic value, in order to 
make room for private healthcare initiatives.
It is unthinkable for each category to tackle its own contract renewal 
alone.
This choice has led to a further diversification of wages and 
regulations, such that the national contract for metalworkers, a highly 
unionized category and a historical point of reference for the entire 
trade union movement, ended, despite a 40-hour strike, with a resounding 
defeat of the union proposals and an extension of the contract from 
three to four years, without, moreover, achieving any significant 
progress towards reducing working hours.
Our work and our militancy within the class struggle are characterized 
by these lines and these objectives.

https://www.comunismolibertario.it/comunicato%2012%20dicembre%202025.pdf
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