Word: cofferati
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...bothered by his conflicts of interest. A graver threat is the imminent showdown with CGIL, the country's largest labor union, over the government's efforts to trim Italy's job-protection benefits. While two more moderate unions agreed to a labor-reform package Friday, CGIL chief Sergio Cofferati wants a referendum on the issue and vowed to call a general strike in the fall. But Berlusconi might prevail here too. His party and its allies in the National Alliance have an overwhelming majority in the ruling coalition that shields them from the whims of smaller, less predictable partners...
...that Article 18 must be taken off the table before they will sit down. The Prime Minister, who had hinted at compromise in March before taking the hard line, may be cornered by his own business supporters. "Confindustria supported the center-right during the election," top union boss Sergio Cofferati noted last month in an interview with Time, "and now they're demanding the payback." Ultimately though, the debate over Italy's workforce will have to move beyond Article 18. Italian labor economist Francesca Utili says the country's support of tight job protections are in part a result...
...debate over labor reform is not going away. In a videotaped message Friday night, Berlusconi said terrorism would not stop his government's push for reform. At Saturday's march, Sergio Cofferati, head of Italy's largest union, said the terrorists "will not intimidate us," confirming that plans to hold Italy's first general strike in a decade are still on for next month. United in their condemnation of the Red Brigades, the union movement and the government are nevertheless headed for a showdown...