Then, too, Mr. Cofferati, who leads the largest Italian union, is considered a rising star on the left.

Before 1968 Italian unions were very weak.

The plan needed to be approved by the Italian unions.

The Second World War interrupted Italian rugby union, as it did in other rugby-playing nations.

Currently the team play in Serie A, the second division of Italian rugby union.

As though that were not enough, Italian unions recently revoked a no-strike pledge.

They have never been relegated from the top flight of Italian rugby union.

Similarly, Italian unions have never been organised on a craft or occupational basis (apart from a few exceptional cases).

Soon after the Rome conference, the fascist regime in Italy would repress the Italian unions.

In 1973 an Italian union helped LGTA set up its own training centre.