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One of Milan's iconic squares, was filled with symbolic coffins by Italy's second-largest union to highlight the issue of workplace fatalities.

The protest in Piazza La Scala put 172 cardboard coffins on the ground to remember all of the workers who lost their lives last year in the northern Lombardy region. 

The UIL labour union has stressed the need for both the government and businesses to take greater measures to safeguard workers.

Enrico Vezza, the leader of the UIL union, described the day as one of anger and anguish, highlighting that behind each coffin lay the identities of individual people. He noted that 41 workers had already died in Lombardy this year.

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[–] SouthFresh@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago

The most disturbing thing about this is the fact that when I saw this image, I couldn't immediately figure out which of our current hellscapes was being protested.

I shouldn't have to wonder WHICH disaster a display of coffins is supposed to represent.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


One of Milan's iconic squares, was filled with symbolic coffins by Italy's second-largest union to highlight the issue of workplace fatalities.

The protest in Piazza La Scala put 172 cardboard coffins on the ground to remember all of the workers who lost their lives last year in the northern Lombardy region.

Enrico Vezza, the leader of the UIL union, described the day as one of anger and anguish, highlighting that behind each coffin lay the identities of individual people.

A sign at the heart of the square displayed the escalating number of workplace fatalities since 2018, reaching a peak of 1,709 in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Friday's protest unfolds amid a disputed discourse on workplace safety in Italy, prompted by a string of fatalities across the country.

In April, seven workers died in an explosion that engulfed several levels of an underground hydroelectric plant in northern Italy.


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