Demonstrators dressed to represent prisoners, hold chains and a mock cannonball during a protest against the reforms by the Italian government in downtown Rome, October 18, 2013. Thousands of Italian civil servants and transport workers have gone on strike in the capital Rome and other cities to protest against austerity measures enforced by the government. Friday strike, which disrupted urban transportation,... 

Italian metalworkers march during a protest in Rome on March 9, 2012. Italy’s main labor unions have staged rallies in the capital Rome to protest Prime Minster Mario Monti’s pension reforms that is expected to trap many workers in a legal limbo without retirement pay. The plan will see the retirement age raised and that younger workers will collect smaller pensions than their parents. Monti’s...