On the fifth day of May (Saigon), June 25, 1982, Italian workers strike.

year 1979 economic crisis, caused by the stagflation of the Italian economy. Taken by the Government to increase taxes, reduce social welfare, control wage growth, tight credit and other measures to deal with inflation. And employers are a large number of laid-off workers, cut working hours, delay renewed labor contracts between employers and employees intensification of conflicts.
Italian Federation of Trade Unions, the Federation of Labour and the Confederation of Labour launched many workers' strikes and demonstrations to protest. June 25, 1982, the Italian outbreak of a nationwide general strike, the number of participants reached 14 million. Strike throughout the country in various industries. The strike continuation duration, large scale, involving industry as much as the Italian post-war rare. To Craxi after taking office in August 1983 to stabilize the situation.