Maurizio Landini, leader of Italy's
biggest and most leftwing trade union CGIL, on Friday accused
Premier Giorgia Meloni of "bullying" after she said Thursday
that she had to work although ill since she did not have any
union rights.
"I think it's an act of bullying and for someone who is Prime
Minister, sometimes, before saying things, it's better to think
about it because put in these terms it's an attack on those who
see those rights being questioned every day", said Landini upon
his arrival at the local public transport demonstration in Porta
Pia in Rome, amid a local transport strike that has crippled
Italy.
Meloni told an Italian radio show from the European Political
Community summit in Budapest Thursday that she was working
despite not being well.
Replying to an inquiry about her health from a member of her
Brothers of Italy (FdI) party from the Un Giorno da Pecora show,
she said: "Not well to tell the truth, but since I don't have
any particular trade-union rights I'm in Budapest for the
European summit to do my job".
Meloni is recovering from the flu.
The EPC is a 47-member forum for political and strategic
discussions about the future of Europe, established in 2022
after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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