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Italy: Liberalising labour

23 March 2012
La Repubblica Rome

Liberalising labour – Altan

Worker: "Again?!"

Employer: "It's to open the way for foreign investment."

Italian PM Mario Monti has presented his reform of the national labour code. Aimed at boosting the competitivity of Italian companies, it makes redundancies and dismissals easier. Unions have launched a call for industrial action in the coming days.