A Monday at risk for those traveling by train due to the national strike of railway workers proclaimed by the basic unions Cub and USB who are protesting for the renewal of the contract.
The 8-hour stop, from 9am to 5pm, will affect all companies in the sector, and will have an impact not only on Trenitalia, but also on Italo and Trenord.
Also crossing their arms will be the freight transport workers and those of RFi, the company that manages the railway network and infrastructure.
Commuters who use local trains to travel could suffer the greatest inconvenience, while for long-distance travel no particularly critical situations are currently expected.
Tr
enitalia has made it known that Frecciarossa and Intercity should travel regularly
, without however excluding problems in the service even before and after the duration of the strike, and talking about possible limitations or cancellations of regional trains.
Italo also warns of possible inconveniences and delays,
and to keep travelers informed it has published, as usual in these cases, a list of guaranteed trains.
The protest is based on the request for "a true and adequate national contractual renewal", as stated in the USB note which also recalls the paralysis of rail transport which recently affected Germany: "The train drivers went on strike for 6 days for the same reasons, a sign that the bosses' attack is collective", underline the basic unions.
In Rome, a demonstration is planned for the morning in Piazza della Croce Rossa where the headquarters of the State Railways are located.
"It is completely unacceptable that trade union relations within one of the major industrial and public groups proceed in the current conditions of regulatory, economic and worker representation vacancy", the USB further underlines.
The attack was also harsh on the other trade unions who signed an agreement with Trenitalia last January 10th, defining it as "a clean sweep": "With this signature - it is stated - the remaining contractual pillars protecting daily and weekly rest periods are dismantled , the most total organizational ultra-flexibility is delivered to the company at zero economic cost and to all the greater detriment of the working conditions and the overall quality of the lives of the workers involved".
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