Italy: Hundreds of union strikers march against Green Pass implementation for employees

Follow us on Telegram: Subscribe to our channel! Hundreds of strikers were seen marching with flags in Rome on Monday to demonstrate against the the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine ’Green Pass’ becoming mandatory for workers. Members of various trade union centres, such as the Confederazione dei Comitati di Base (Cobas), carried red flags as they marched through the city centre. Monday’s protest comes just two days after anti-vaccine protesters attacked the offices of CGIL (General confederation of Italian workers). Thousands of people took to the Italian capital streets on Saturday against the expansion of the Italian COVID-19 health pass. A group of protesters tried to reach the prime minister’s office while another, reportedly led the far-right organisation Forza Nuova, stormed the headquarters of CGIL. The protesters complained about the dwindling proximity of politics and the CGIL, founded in 1944, to workers and the resulting dwindling turnout in l