On May 12, 2025, the Italian higher education system indeed witnessed a nationwide strike. The detailed information about this strike is as follows:
Initiating Organizations: The strike was jointly launched by the Educators' Federation of the General Confederation of Italian Workers (FLC CGIL), the Assembly of Temporary Employees, the coordinating organizations, and relevant associations.
Participants: It includes non-tenured staff such as contract researchers, part-time teachers, and administrative temporary workers, as well as full professors and students who show their support for these groups.
Strike Demands:
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Require the government to stop diverting education budgets to military expenditures.
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Formulate a plan to expand the number of permanent faculty positions and put an end to the "temporary worker cycle" phenomenon.
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Abolish the clauses in the 2024 Bernini Reform that exacerbate employment instability.
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Establish a national unified recruitment examination system to break the academic oligopoly.
Strike Forms:
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At the University of Turin, the campus entrances were blocked at 7:30 in the morning. A general assembly was held in the courtyard of the rector's office at 5 pm. During this period, a city parade was also organized.
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At the University of Genoa, a general assembly of the whole university was held in the Balbi Building at 10 am. Then, a rally was held in front of the rector's office, and a shared lunch was provided.
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The University of Bologna held a full-day strike, including rallies, social lunches, and public assemblies. In the evening, a city parade was organized.
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Universities such as the University of Trento, the University of Verona, the University of Padua, the University of Venice, the University of Trieste, the University of Urbino, the University of Florence, the University of Pisa, and the University of Siena carried out activities ranging from distributing leaflets to city parades, and direct protests in front of the rector's office.
This strike has received widespread support from student groups, tenured professors, administrative staff, and outsourced service personnel.
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