(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 11 - Two of Italy's Big Three trade union federations, CGIL and UIL, on Monday confirmed a general strike November 29 against the 2025 budget bill despite talks earlier Monday with the government on the package.
    Respective general secretaries Maurizio Landini and Pierpaolo Bombardieri made the announcement at the end of the meeting with the government at Palazzo Chigi.
    The third of the three main labour organisations, CISL, is not taking part in the strike.
    Landini said "no steps forward were taken" at the meeting while Bombardieri said they were ready to talk again if the government changed the package, noting that Meloni had voiced willingness to discuss tax breaks on wage hikes. (ANSA).