Ita Airways has canceled 111 domestic flights due to the 24-hour strike of workers in the air, airport and airport-related sectors proclaimed for tomorrow. You can read it on the airline's website. "Ita Airways has activated an extraordinary plan to limit the inconvenience of passengers, rebooking on the first available flights as many travelers as possible affected by cancellations: 68% will be able to fly on the same day of the strike", explains the company.
The agitation was called by USB and Cub Trasporti. Cub protests against "exploitation, starvation wages, precariousness and layoffs" and has also proclaimed a state of agitation for all workers in the sector from May 20 to June 16. The USB strikers will guarantee flights with take-off times in the time slots 7.00 -10.00 and 18.00-21.00 and other flights identified by Enac. Each service will instead be maintained in Emilia-Romagna, so as not to cause damage to a region affected by the emergency.
The USB claims start from wages and working hours: 300 euros of increase on the tables, 10 euros of minimum wage and the reduction of hours to 32 hours per week for the same salary, starting from the renewal of the contract of handlers. A recruitment plan is requested that starts from the people dismissed and also concerns precarious and part-time workers. USB also protests to obtain a system reform that rebalances the profits of airport management with the wages of workers and for the protection of health and safety of the same. USB has proclaimed demonstrations at Malpensa, with a garrison and an assembly that will start from midnight, in Fiumicino, Genoa, Pisa, Florence and Naples.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Matteo Salvini, is in "direct contact" with the leaders of the main unions: the goal is to "postpone" tomorrow's air strike, which would have particularly heavy consequences given the dramatic situation in Emilia-Romagna with interrupted roads and railways. Salvini said he "trusts in everyone's common sense." This was reported by MIT sources.