Portal:Current events/2002 March 23

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• Two million to three million trade union members rally in Rome in protest both of labor legislation filed by Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi and of the assassination of Marco Biagi, an advisor to the Labor Minister, by the re-formed Red Brigades.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/03/24/witaly24.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/03/24/ixworld.html|title=News|work=Telegraph.co.uk|accessdate=30 December 2015}}{{Dead link|date=August 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Labor leaders threaten a general strike if the legislation is passed.{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/mar/27/philipwillan|title=Italian unions call historic strike|author=Philip Willan|work=the Guardian|accessdate=30 December 2015}}

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