Protesters lay mock coffins in Milan over workplace safety in Italy

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

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00:00 Protesters in Milan have filled a famous city square with over 100 mock coffins to represent

00:07 people who have died at work. Italy's second largest labor union is demanding more is done

00:12 to protect workers.

00:13 Today in Lombardy we have 172 dead. These are the numbers of workers, of people, of

00:20 men and women who have lost their lives in this region in 2023. If we think that already

00:27 in the beginning of 2024 we are at 41 victims at work, we believe that this is unacceptable.

00:32 Today is not a day of celebration, today is a day of anger, of anguish, because behind

00:37 every line we have here there are names and surnames, but there are also families who

00:42 have lost a loved one at work.

00:44 Earlier this month, five workers were killed at a sewage treatment plant in Sicily. Their

00:50 deaths follow several others earlier this year, sparking anger by trade unions who insist

00:55 who insist more safeguards must be put in place.

00:58 (whooshing)