CGIL TO HOLD GENERAL STRIKE ON MAY 6

AGI) Rome - The CGIL is to hold a general strike on May 6 as announced by the trade union's leader, Susanna Camusso. the strike will last four hours and involve the entire country.

The decision had been made last week during a meeting of the CGIL's directors. The political statement indicates that, "It is necessary to defeat the practice of entering separate agreements, to reabsorb unemployment, oppose temporary jobs, extend social benefits and return confidence to the young." . .