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November 16, 2019 "An inadequate maneuver that does not provide answers to pensioners. After the many appeals to the government to intervene and resolve the problems concerning the elderly population and pensions, the government has not taken into consideration the requests made by the pensioners' unions" . This was stated by Spi-Cgil, Fnp-Cisl and Uilp-Uil, who took to the streets again in Rome, at the Circus Maximus, to tell the government "Invisibles no. We are sixteen million".

From the stage the interventions of the general secretaries Ivan Pedretti, Gigi Bonfanti and Carmelo Barbagallo. "Despite the meetings that took place in the last month between the social partners and the government, the latter was not able to take the decisions necessary to respond to the demands of the unions on the revaluation of pensions, for a law on non-self-sufficiency and for a tax department more pensioners ", say retired trade unions.

The demonstration anticipated by hundreds of territorial initiatives, sees the participation of "tens of thousands of pensioners from all over Italy", and "gives the sign of the feeling of intolerance and dissatisfaction with a maneuver that does not contribute to improving the condition of life of 16 million pensioners and pensioners, but that, on the contrary, turned out to be a hoax, given the decision to implement a mini-revaluation of not even 50 cents a month ". Spi-Cgil, Fnp-Cisl, Uilp-Uil call for "interventions to improve the maneuver, taking into account the needs and demands of pensioners representing over a quarter of the country".

Furlan: just make cash on pensioners
"All governments make cash on the retirement of our elderly and elderly. This year we expected a significant release, which did not take place". This was stated by the general secretary of CISL, Annamaria Furlan, from the Circus Maximus, speaking of the revaluation of checks. "We are here together with pensioners and pensioners, to the many elderly and elderly people in our country who rightly say 'we are not invisible', we have worked so many years to get the pension, blocked for too long," he said. the question of a law on non-self-sufficiency and of "an alliance between young and old in favor of work".

Landini: non-self-sufficiency is an emergency, a framework law is needed
We need "a framework law on non-self-sufficiency which is a real emergency in our country not only for pensioners but for all Italian families". Thus the general secretary of the CGIL, Maurizio Landini, on the sidelines of the joint demonstration of the 'Invisible no' pensioners' unions at the Circus Maximus in Rome.

Barbagallo: we want a united country, not young people against the elderly
"We want a united country, we must not put young people against the elderly": this is how the general secretary of the Uil, Carmelo Barbagallo, who currently has the regency also of the union of retired Uilp, from the stage of the national demonstration of pensioners to the Circus Maximus.

Bonfanti (Fnp-Cisl): it is now the country's general strike
"The time has come when together Cgil, Cisl and Uil we propose a great national demonstration of workers and pensioners on the themes that unite us: we must do a general strike of the country, for rights, work and pensions. We will meet again soon" . With this proposal the general secretary of the FNP-CISL, Gigi Bonfanti, closed the national demonstration of pensioners' unions from the stage of the Circus Maximus.