The CGTP has fired the starting gun for the second general strike in half a year, with the entire left wing taking to the streets to ask the Government to decree the end of the labour package's short life. The President of the Republic joined the chorus, writing a note defending the 'fight for rights', against 'precariousness' and for a 'dignified life' for those who work.
With workers on the streets and a strike looming, even the President of the Republic joined 'the fight': the labour package's days are numbered
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