21.   The proposals would make it easier to fire people by changing a labor law which, in essence, gives millions of Italian workers lifetime jobs.

22.   They are particularly anxious about dissidents finding common cause with millions of unemployed workers whose once lifetime jobs have been sacrificed to free-market reforms.

23.   Unemployment soared in a nation where workers were accustomed to lifetime jobs.

24.   While the reforms have broken guarantees of shared wealth and lifetime jobs, state-run industries have remained untouchable.