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The Fp Cgil union says Italy's local police forces are missing 16,000 officers, calling the government's reform an insult to the profession. Separately in Civitanova Marche, local police fined businesses six thousand euros and found 27 kilos of expired meat in a pub during inspections. The union's warning over understaffing is drawing attention to working conditions and public safety coverage.
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In Italy, the contract for nursing home (RSA) employees has been renewed with smaller unions, bypassing the main confederations. Cgil and other major unions accuse employers of dumping against workers, arguing the deal undercuts pay and conditions. The dispute has drawn attention to labour standards in the elderly care sector.
- 3Urbanization hits tropical bird diversity harder, McGill study finds▼Urbanization takes a bigger toll on bird diversity in the tropics than it does at other latitudes, McGill study finds
A McGill University study finds that urbanization reduces bird diversity more severely in the tropics than at higher latitudes. Since tropical regions hold the world's richest bird communities, the findings suggest expanding cities there could cause disproportionate losses of species, raising concerns for conservation planning in rapidly urbanizing tropical countries.