WORKERS PI KETING INTERSILD (STEEL WORKS) IN MILAN/WORKERS MARCHING THROUGH MILAN/TRADE UNION LEADERS SPEAKING/ ROME AIRPORT ON STRIKER/ BASS GERSG GARRYING BAGGAGE/ TWA OFFISED ROME BEING OCCUPIED/UNION LEADERS ADDRESSING STRIKE MEETINGS/STRIKERS MARCHING THROUGH ROME FROM COLOESSEUM.




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Background: Various groups of workers struck throughout Italy today as part of the union campaign for an increased cost-of-having increment and in process at redundancies. The strike, called by the there trade union confederations, CGIL (Communist) CISL (Catholic) WIL (Socialist) was only partially supported. In Rome many ???ires and ships were open, although the airport was ??? to a complete standstill. Workers at TWA in ??? were occupying their offices in portest against the company's dismissal of all cabin crews operating from Rome. The occupation began last week.