Difficult day for i public transport in Italy due to the 24-hour strike called by USB "against the Jobs act, the savage privatizations and the serious penalties of a national contract that has been inactive for eight years".
Very difficult situation a Roma where, due to the agitation of the USB workers and the further 4-hour protest of the Sul union, the Metro A and B have been closed shortly after the last scheduled ride in the guarantee band at 8,30. Circulation on the city's two main subways will resume at 17pm and end at 20pm transport strike today circulation on metro C is regular. The Rome-Viterbo, Rome-Lido and Termini-Giardinetti lines are active but with reduced journeys.
To allow easier circulation, the Municipality has ordered the opening of the daytime gates of the Historic Center and Trastevere also to private vehicles.
Very different scenario a Milano since yesterday the Prefecture of the city has ordered the drivers of public transport meneghini to guarantee the transport service for Expo. The Usb trade union is against the provision of the Prefect of Milan, stating in a note that the injunction of Milanese tram drivers during the public transport strike in Milan so as not to interfere with the Expo is an "unacceptable decision" which "in fact denies a right constitutional law of workers: the right to strike".
The last union action of local public transport workers had taken place last 28 April and caused great inconvenience both in Rome and in Milan.
