The transport strike of 20 July 2017 has been suspended, but in Rome and Naples there will still be inconvenience for users.
The main strike, called by the Faisa Confail and Sul trade unions, was supposed to last 24 hours involving the whole national territory, but was canceled by the workers' organizations themselves after a meeting with representatives of the transport ministry.
"Following the meeting at the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport - reads the website of the Unitary Workers' Union - the trade union organizations present at the table decided to suspend the 24-hour national LPT strike for 20 July 2017". The discussion will continue today, July 18, in the Public Works and Communications commission at Palazzo Madama.
THE TWO STRIKES IN ROME
However, other minor strikes are also planned for Thursday 20 July 2017, which at the moment remain on the calendar. Two of these will take place in Rome: one of 4 hours called by the USB and one proclaimed by the Orsa union for 24 hours, then reduced to 4 by the intervention of the Prefect, who wanted to standardize the duration of the two agitations. In both cases, the strike will last from 8 in the morning until 30. Both the Atac vehicles and those of the peripheral network managed by Rome Tpl will remain stationary. In the metro stations that will eventually remain open, the stairlift, escalator and lift services will not be guaranteed. Possible interruptions of the ticket office service. During the strike, it will be possible to monitor the situation in real time on www.atac.roma.it and Twitter InfoAtac.
THE STRIKE IN NAPLES
As for Naples, the strike of 20 July 2017, also called in this case by the USB, will last 24 hours, subject to two guarantee bands between 5 and 8 in the morning and between 17 and 20. The last departures they will be carried out about 30 minutes before the start of the strike while the service will return completely to normal about 30 minutes after the end of the strike. The night service of the night between 20 and 21/07/2017 could not be guaranteed.
On the Metro Line 1 and on the Funiculars, the service is guaranteed in the following ways:
WHY SO MANY STRIKES?
Workers employed in local public transport go on strike very often to protest against the government's project to overhaul the sector, which could involve the merger and privatization of some public transport companies. According to the unions, this would put many jobs at risk. The workers' representatives protest above all against the hypothesis of abolishing Royal Decree 148 of 1931, which – despite being now more than dated – is still the fundamental legislative provision which regulates this sector.
