Rabat – Yesterday, February 21, two of Italy’s largest trade union federations, CGIL and UIL, held a two-hour nationwide strike to protest recent workplace deaths, including five workers – three of whom are Moroccan – killed in a construction site collapse in Florence. The unions say the strike, which involved demonstrations and assemblies across Italy, was a show of solidarity with victims of workplace accidents and a call for improved safety measures. A massive concrete pillar crashed down, killing four workers, including two Moroccan immigrants Taoufik Haidar, 45, and Mohamed El Farhane, 24, as well as Italian national Luigi Coclite, 59, and Tunisian Mohamed Toukabri, 54, all of whom resided in the northern Italian town of Palazzolo dell’Oglio.