Strike on Friday 20 June of bus, metro and planes: from Milan to Rome, timetables and warranty bands
The national transport strike called by USB, SBG and Cub asks for wage increases against inflation and reduction of working hours
On Friday 20 June a national transport strike was proclaimed that will involve trains, planes, local public transport, highways and ports. The protest, launched by several unions including USB, SGB and Cub, was born from a series of requests that range from wage increases to counter inflation to the reduction of working hours. Citizens who will have to move during the day will have to deal with significant inconvenience, which affect different sectors of public and private transport.
Trains
The staff of the Ferrovie dello Stato, Italo and Trenord He will cross his arms from 9 pm on Thursday 19 June until 9pm on Friday 20 June. However, some runs will be guaranteed In the time slots 6-9 and 18-21with constant updates on the company’s websites. Travelers who find themselves undergoing cancellations will be entitled to a complete refund. From 13 to 21 on the same day, the employees of Captrain Italia will also stop, the company that deals with freight freight on rail.
The airports
As for the airports, the strike will affect the luggage personnel, the shuttle bus drivers and the workers of the assistance services on the ground, and will take place from #:01 to 23:59 on 20 June.
Buses and metro
Local public transport will undergo inconveniences in Rome, where Atac and Cotral will guarantee services only in the early hours of the morning and from 17 to 20. ATM, the company that manages public transport in Milan, explains that the service is not guaranteed from 8:45 to 15 and after 18, until the end of the service.
Finally, the highways staff will stop from 10 pm on 19 June to 10pm on 20 June.
The reasons
The strike was proclaimed « against war, the war economy and the increase in military expenses, in addition of 40 billion euros already expected for the current three -year period. For peace also in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and investments in health, school, transport, welfare whose worsening deepens existing inequalities and poverty ». In addition, the Cub, SGB and USB unions invite the protest « against exploitation at work, precariousness and containment of wages both when renewing the contracts of the public sector and of the private sector, by trade union organizations that sign impopular and often without subjecting them to the approval of workers. For strong wage increases and pensions, including minimums to 1,000 euros per month and the exceeding of the contribution system, so as to allow to recover the eroded purchasing power from inflation, for the approval of a minimum wage measure of not less than 12 euros per hour and for the reintroduction of a mechanism to adjust the salaries to the trend of the cost of living; Against the absence of social policies starting with the housing emergency and the lack of development plans for popular construction, for a serious reform of social safety nets; Against the absence of industrial policies capable of overcoming the phase of strong conflict, triggering a process of further deindustrialization and exploitation of popular classes and workers; Against the authoritarian choice in the field of repressive laws of dissent and social conflict; Against the deaths at work; Against the ‘bar’ law with which the government tries to download the risk of business on the workers with serious consequences on wages and working conditions ».
