You cannot blame the Unions, as their sole purpose it to promote their members, and make life easier for them as well. Unions originally formed to protect their members and try to increase the conditions and stop the fat cats-- Alitalia is a bloated over-staffed blast from the past- so it will go. That said, they may be an element of the Italian Government drawing a line in the sand to send a warning to other inefficient industries. At least they are doing it for financial reasons rather than class warfare witch (sic)was the reason Maggie destroyed a perfectly profitable UK mining industry, producing some of the best quality coal in the world, to give the working people a good kicking and a reminder of who is actually in charge.
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