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Rome Transit Strike Tuesday Starts Three-Day Wave of Walkouts in Italy

Unions are pressing contract demands across sectors, with likely effects on waste pickup and rail maintenance.

Overview

  • Atac workers in Rome will hold a 24-hour strike on December 9 with service interruptions from 08:30 to 17:00 and from 20:00 to end of service.
  • Buses, trams, trolleybuses, electric vehicles and metro trains operated by Atac are subject to stoppages, with guarantee windows unchanged until 08:30 and from 17:00 to 20:00.
  • National unions Fp-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti and Fiadel have called a sanitation-sector strike for Wednesday, December 10, as a second action tied to contract renewal.
  • Waste collection and other hygiene services may be affected during the December 10 stoppage.
  • The Cgil has proclaimed a national general strike for Friday, December 12, all day across public and private sectors, with rail staff stopping from 00:01 to 21:00 and Rfi maintenance crews in Verona striking from 09:01 to 17:00 under an Osr Orsa Ferrovie/Slm-Fast-Confsal call.