Thousands march in Italy against austerity plan‏

Thousands of Italian trade unionists marched in Rome yesterday to protest against the Berlusconi led government's austerity measures (which include cutting funding to local authorities and freezing the pay of public sector workers).
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The "It's all on our shoulders" protest by Italy's largest union comes ahead of its one-day strike on June 25 against the 25-billion-euro austerity plan approved under pressure from international financial markets. CGIL the union leading the protests says the austerity measures are unfair, with a disproportionate share of the pain borne by the poor working class. http://www.flcgil.it/live/web_cronache/2010/giugno/tutto_sulle_nostre_spalle_manifestazione_nazionale