A new Atac strike arrives. The trade unions have in fact called a new strike in Rome's local public transport for Thursday March 22. The strike, which will also involve Rome's TPL vehicles, will last 24 hours and risks - as per tradition - blocking the city, creating severe inconvenience for citizens and commuters already grappling with the problem of potholes which has been creating very heavy problems for Roman mobility.
The agitation was called by the trade unions Faisa Confail, Orsa and Usb in order to protest against the choice of the Capitol and the Atac leaders of opt for the arrangement with creditors.
ATAC STRIKE 22 MARCH: ALL THE INFORMATION
As mentioned, the strike will last 24 hours, from 8.30 to 17 and from 20 at the end of the service. The guarantee bands established by law are foreseen: regular service until 8,30 and from 17 to 20. The night bus service and line 913 will not be guaranteed on the night between Wednesday 21 March and Thursday 22 March.
As communicated by Atac, "The unrest will affect both the Atac network (buses, trams, subways, Rome-Lido, Termini-Centocelle, Rome Civitacastellana-Viterbo railways) and the peripheral buses managed by Rome Tpl". Moving to and within Rome could therefore become "a nightmare".
ATAC STRIKE 22 MARCH: THE REASONS FOR THE PROTEST
According to what we read in the statement released by the Usb union - which together with Faisa Confail and Orsa proclaimed the strike - the basis of the protest is Atac's decision to resort to the arrangement with creditors in order to continue its business despite debts.
"If something goes wrong ATAC fails. – writes Usb – If instead it were to be successful, ATAC would have solved the problems of the previous debt with suppliers but the one with banks and institutions would remain unchanged in addition to the operating one which, at the moment, amounts to about a billion in total debt. So ATAC would continue to walk on the edge of the abyss".
