Roma.– Rome’s public transport suffered major interruptions today due to the national strike in the sector called by the bus and tram driver unions to demand “adjustments” in their working conditions.
The organizers of the protest, the Confail and Faisa unions, called in a statement to “all workers from north to south to the maximum participation in this fight and to strengthen their organization to carry out the demands of the sector.”
The city that suffered the most from the consequences of the strike was Rome, where as of 9:00 local time (7:00 GMT) it was very difficult to access a bus or a tram, while one of its three metro lines, the A , has remained closed.
The situation has been somewhat less complicated on lines B and C of the metro, which have been open outside the hours of greatest influx of passengers, although with a reduced frequency of passage.
“With this strike we exercise our right to protest against the lack of will of the employers to discuss the urgent adjustments to be included in the collective labor agreement,” denounced the organizers in the note.
The strike, of a national nature, was proclaimed from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and from 8:00 p.m. until the end of the service, while in the time slots 5:30-8:30 and 5:00-8:00 p.m. 00 (-2 GMT), the ones that register more displacements, the minimum services worked.
Despite the fact that the capital of the country was the most affected by the stoppages, the strike was called for all of Italy and other cities suffered service interruptions, albeit much milder.
This is the case of Naples (south), where most services functioned normally except for the Margellina funicular, which suspended its circulation, and the Petraio stop of the Central funicular, which remained closed during the protests.
On the other hand, in Milan (north) the strike was not noticed and the metro, bus and tram lines did not experience complications at any time, according to the city’s transport manager.
These types of strikes, which are usually called on Fridays, have become a regular protest in the public transport sector in Italy.
So far this year there have been several days of strikes that have affected local transport services throughout the country, such as the circulation of regional and long-distance trains.
