Subject: Musk's email
I can envision Italian workers making obscene Italian gestures after receiving this email. Yes, it reached as far as Italian workers that had .gov addresses. They are telling Musk to eff-off.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/0...
Employees at the Aviano Air Base who serve American forces got a familiar demand to list their achievements. Unions say Italy “is not the Wild West like the U.S.”
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“Ours is a system built on democracy, safeguards, and protections provided by contracts that must be respected,” Pierpaolo Bombardieri, the secretary general of Italy’s Uil union said in a statement.
Mr. Bombardieri called the emails “unacceptable” and the method “aberrant.” Italy’s unions wrote to the Italian government and the U.S. Embassy asking for explanations.