(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 01 - The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, wished to "express closeness and condolences to the family of Pietro Larizza and to Uil, of which he was Secretary General in years of great changes for Italian society".
Larizza, he wrote in a message, "was among the protagonists of the interconfederal agreements of 1993, which relaunched the politics of concertation between the social partners. A man of dialogue, he brought his precious experience to the presidency of the CNEL, and therefore to the Senate of the Republic. Larizza - the head of state stressed again - he left his mark as a union leader committed to defending the rights of workers and building a network of industrial relations capable of supporting, at the same time, development and membership, for the affirmation of principles of social justice ".
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