They are the shopping streets of Cagliari , crossed by thousands of red and blue flags . They are the workers of the Cgil and Uil , symbol of a protest that has inflamed not only Sardinia, but the entire country against the maneuver of the Meloni Government that, according to the unions, penalizes citizens and ignores the fundamental needs of the community.
Thousands of workers – ten thousand according to the organizers, five thousand according to the Police Headquarters – responded to the appeal of Cgil and Uil , demonstrating their dissent towards political choices that, according to them, do not invest in the country's priorities: work, healthcare, pensions and industrial development.
"The cuts to public health, the miserable three euro increase in minimum pensions and the lack of strategies for work and industrial policies are an affront to citizens", denounce Fausto Durante and Francesca Ticca , leaders of Cgil and Uil in Sardinia . The resources , they continue, "are not only poorly managed , but are allocated to controversial projects such as the bridge over the Strait or to armaments , while essential measures are missing such as the taxation of extra-profits, adopted instead by other European countries".
The mobilization on the island, however, is enriched by specific demands linked to the structural difficulties of Sardinia : insufficient territorial continuity , the high costs of energy that slow down industry and the weight of insularity , which worsens the gap with the rest of Italy.
"This maneuver directly affects the social and economic fabric of our region, which is already fragile," the unionists emphasize. And if the government denies the seriousness of the economic indicators, "telling an Italy that does not exist," Sardinian workers choose to make their voices heard to ask for real change and decisions that respond to the needs of the community.