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vertenza

dispute; labour dispute

noun ver-TEN-tsah Rare
People & Society Law

Also means

legal controversy; claim

Usage Note

Vertenza is a key term in Italian labour law, referring to a formal dispute between workers (or their union) and an employer: aprire una vertenza ('to open a dispute'). More broadly it means any formal controversy or grievance. It differs from controversia (controversy, general) by implying a procedural, often union-mediated dispute. The plural is vertenze.

Examples

"Il sindacato ha aperto una vertenza contro l'azienda."

Natural Translation

The union has opened a dispute against the company.

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