If the cuts stand, many said, it could signal a seismic shift in the relations between labor and the governor.
The killing of the activist, Aminul Islam, marks a morbid turn in the often tense relations between labor groups, on one side, and Bangladesh's extensive garment industry, which makes clothes for Western companies like Walmart, Tommy Hilfiger and H&M.
Mr. Biagi was gunned down earlier this month by an offshoot of the Red Brigades terrorist group, but his death led to a collapse of relations between labor and government after two cabinet ministers suggested that his killing, morally at least, was the result of labor intransigence.
Their rival visions drew them into debates about the reach of local government, the design of urban space, the character of civic life, the power of corporations, and the relations between labor and capital and ultimately became entangled with the question of national union itself.
Relations between labor unions and Berlusconi's government have been fractious, and the first Berlusconi government was brought down in part by industrial protests.
United's employee stock ownership plan, or ESOP, which held 55% of the airline, never succeeded in soothing strained relations between labor and management.
The trusts, which are charged with improving relations between labor and management, have received more than $40 million in ratepayer funds.
The institutes were charged with improving relations between labor and management, and have received up to $4 million per year.
The trusts were charged with improving relations between labor and management and were supposed to create and deliver safety programs and address other training needs of employees.
The nonprofits, the Joint Training Institute and the Joint Safety Institute, were created in the early 2000s and charged with improving relations between labor and management.
