Strike in the Public administration, the chaos of transport in Rome – The Republic

ROME – Disruption and chaos, especially to Rome where the block of transport is crippling the city. The 24-hour strike of the Public administration is causing difficulty in the transport in the Capital: closed the lines A and C of the metro. After the block this morning, were reactivated racing metro B1 Bologna-the Ionian, and those reduced with frequency every half hour, the railway Terms-Centocelle. On line B of the metro, the service is slow. To a fault, at 8.45 am, one of the convoys was stuck in the tunnel just before arriving at the Termini station and the passengers were forced to get off and walk. The train servi ce Roma-Viterbo and Roma-Lido is active, but the races are small.

In the Capital, the agitation affects the entire network, Atac (bus, tram, metro and railway lines and devices managed by the company Roma Tpl. Because of the few buses in circulation, file inteminabili of citizens and tourists waiting at the bus stops, while the city centre is congested by traffic. To facilitate mobility, are disabled in the ztl day running of the centre and to Trastevere, allowing access to vehicles without permits.

Milan, have not reported any particular issues, and the circulation continues to adjust, with the exception of the discomfort caused to the procession of the trade union Usb, started at 9.30 am from largo Cairoli, arrival in piazza San Babila. The protesters have launched the paint against the banks and lit several smoke bombs. To Turin, according to the unions, from the start of service to 6, more than 60% of workers, drivers of buses and trams, have joined the strike. In the city, the metropolitan works regularly. A procession of a hundred protesters, organized by the trade union base, are crossing the streets in the centre of the city, asking for more work, income and social rights. Events in Apulia, from Foggia to Taranto.

Napoli, aumetano the workers on strike: in a first moment, according to the company of the local public transport, about 22% of the 300 bus drivers and tram had joined the mobilization. Almost half of the buses remained in the depots. In the meantime, the streets of the city centre is by taking out a procession which will reach the headquarters of the Campania Region. From 6 this morning, it was locked the Interporto of Nola, in the province of Naples, a strategic hub for the logistics of the whole South. The workers are in the picket, together with those of Almaviva, licensed Fiat, and precarious, thus preventing the movement of goods. The strike called by the unions has also mobilized Florence. The pageant has involved about 300 protesters, starting from piazza Beccaria, with flags and banners to parade along the streets of downtown, passing by the Duomo to piazza Santissima Annunziata. Failure for the event, organised in Cagliari, hampered by t he bad weather: in the procession, and the garrison under the palace of the regional Council participated in only a few tens of people.

The reasons of the strike. To proclaim abstention from work was the union of the Usb, to which are united also the Uses and the Unicobas. The strike, “the general of all the categories of public and private”, they explained, is to protest against the economic policies of the government Renzi dictated by the Eu”, against school reform “the Good school” and the social security system is regulated by law Fornero, “for the defense, and the implementation of the Constitution and the No to the Referendum”.

The guaranteed ranges. For local public transport, the mode of strike change from city to city. To Rome the service is guaranteed from the beginning of the shift at 8.30 am and from 17 to 20; at Milan< / span> from the beginning of the shift at 8: 45 a.m. and from 15 to 18; to Turin: from 6 to 9 and from 12 to 15; to Napoli< / span> from 5.30 am to 8.30 am and from 17 to 20; at Florence from 6 to 9 and from 12 to 15; a Bologna< / span> from the beginning of the shift at 8.30 and from 16.30 to 19.30; to Genoa at 6 to 9 am and from 17.30 to 20.30. The strike affects not only transport, but the different sectors of the public administration: school (including day nurseries), health care and public offices.

Numerous accessions. Are more than one million and three hundred thousand

workers today, in protest, have not taken the service. The Usb speaks of una national average of around 60%. In the Capital, he went on strike for 90% of the staff of the company Roma Tpl, while in Campania, where it is completely stopped, the rail service lines flegree, the percentage exceeds 80%. Approximately 67% of the workers in turin has already acceded to the second end of the trade union strike. The mobilization has also involved the employees of enterprises, where the abstention is recorded from the trade Union base, has been substantial, especially in the Trentino. Also notable is the participation in the strike of workers of air transport: several flights cancelled or delayed in almost all the Italian airports.

Topics:

strike

public administration

Rome

milan

unions

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Usb

unicobas

Uses