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People take part in a rally as part of a national day of strike by workers in the automotive sector to ask for work and the re-launch of the production in Rome on Friday. | AFP photo

Thousands of Stellantis workers went on strike Friday and protested in Rome over temporary layoffs and production stoppages by the maker of Fiat and Jeep in Italy.

Unions called the group鈥檚 40,000 employees in Italy and workers at its suppliers to observe a 24-hour national strike to demand job guarantees and the production of new models.