After the train strike on November 5, citizens across Italy are preparing to experience another intense day. On Friday, November 8, transportation across the country will be interrupted for 24 hours with no guaranteed times. This strike was declared by Cub Trasporti, Sgb, Cobas Lavoro Privato, Adl Cobas, Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uilt-Uil, Faisa-Cisal, Ugl-Fna. “Contrary to previous ones, the strike will not guarantee service during time slots which protect the mobility of travelers,” we read in a note from the Filt Cgil union. “This choice, which the strike law allows to be used only once during the national conflict, further clarifies the dramatic emergency situation that the sector is going through. It is not only a strike demanding the renewal of the national collective agreement, which expired on December 31, 2023, but it aims to open a debate in the country on a system of collective mobility which – they warn – risks gradually disappearing, not only in areas with low demand, but also in medium-sized urban centers and large cities.

Strike on November 8, buses and metros will stop. The Authority: “Ensuring minimum services”

ROME

Essential public transport services will be guaranteed at least 30 percent in Rome, as indicated by the Guarantee Commission. The strike was declared by the Cgil, Cisl, Uil, Ugl and Faisa Cisal unions for the renewal of the national collective labor agreement. In Rome, the Atac network guarantees service from the start of daytime service until 8:30 a.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., exclusively on metro line A from Battistini to Anagnina and line B from Rebibbia to Laurentina, as well as 48 surface service lines. Line B1 Ionio-Laurentina and line C Pantano-San Giovanni will not be guaranteed and, in the event of staff joining the strike, these lines will remain closed. Part of the surface service serving hospital centers and Ciampino airport will also be guaranteed.

For the rail-tram network, tram lines 3 and 19, substitute bus lines 2, 3, 5, 8, 14 will be active during the warranty periods, while the Termini-Centocelle rail-tram line will not be not guaranteed and will remain closed in the event of staff joining the strike. For land vehicles, 50 connections will be guaranteed, including 49 bus lines and one tram line; for more details, it is recommended to consult the Atac website. Some of them may offer a reduced service compared to the normal weekday schedule.

On the night of November 7 to 8, the night bus service will not be guaranteed, while the day service with scheduled trips beyond midnight and the night service of lines 38, 44, 61, 86, 170, 246, 301, 451, 664, 881, 916, 980 and lines 314, 404, 444 will be guaranteed. The ticketing service will not be guaranteed all day, while the interchange parking lots will remain open according to metro network schedules from 5:15 a.m. to 2:15 a.m. Station bicycle garages, if closed, will not be available with the exception of bicycle parking at Laurentina and Ionio stations. The online ticketing service will not experience any interruption.

MILAN

For Friday, November 8, the unions Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti, Faisa Cisal and Ugl Fna declared a 24-hour national strike in the local public transport sector, affecting workers of the Atm group. The agitation will involve all staff and will take place according to specific arrangements. In Milan, metro service will be guaranteed on lines M1, M2, M3, M5 and on the San Cristoforo – San Babila section of the M4 until 8:45 a.m. and from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Service on the M4 line from San Babila to Linate will be guaranteed all day. On the surface, service will only be provided for certain lines until 8:45 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. More precisely: 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 24, 45, 54, 56, 57, 58, 60, 74, 81, 90, 91, 95 and 98. The reasons, notes Atm, can be summarized as follows: “The strike is called to support the renewal of the National Collective Labor Agreement and will take place according to the specific modalities mentioned above, guaranteeing only the most important services for the general public”.

NAPLES

“It is announced that the Fllt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uilt-Uil, Ugl-Fna and Faisa-Cisal unions have announced the third 24-hour national strike declared for November 8.” It’s another day of anticipated problems that emerge from a statement released by the Ente Autonomo Volturno. According to Eav, the basis of the agitation is the renewal of the national collective agreement for bus and tram drivers. “This is the third national strike with national demonstration – informs Eav – no guarantee period will be applied”. On the website www.eavsrl.it it is possible to consult the timetables of the guaranteed races. Eav reports that “the data relating to support for the strike in the latest union declarations are as follows: 15.5% for the four-hour strike of October 23.”

CRITICISM

The Codacons criticize the local public transport strike planned for Friday November 8. According to the association, the demonstration will cause “serious inconvenience to citizens”. “The absence of guarantee periods – says Francesco Tanasi, national secretary of Codacons – makes the strike particularly harmful, involving a large number of users who use public transport daily to reach schools and workplaces. We do not dispute the legitimate reasons of the workers, but the methods of implementing the protest are excessive. They directly affect freedom of movement, a constitutional right which is therefore limited, even compromised.” “The continued recourse to strike action by public transport unions is unacceptable – concludes Tanasi -. This practice ends up only affecting citizens, who are the only ones to bear the cost of such demonstrations.

GUARANTOR’S REQUESTS

During the local public transport strike on Friday November 8, even in the absence of guarantee periods, a minimum transport service must still be provided. The strike guarantor specifies this in view of the upcoming shutdown, explaining that in particular, in the time slots which will be decided locally, “urban and extra-urban transport services will be provided using 30% of itinerant staff”. “With reference to the information disseminated these days by the media regarding the 24-hour national strike in local public transport declared for November 8, 2024 by the national unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl, Uiltrasporti, Faisa Cisal and Ugl Autoferro. , which seem to suggest a total absence of these services, the strike guarantee commission intends to recall that – even in the absence of the so-called guarantee periods, in the case of a strike authorized only once for the renewal of the collective agreement national labor union the only signatory unions, to enable them to organize a demonstration of support – minimum services must be guaranteed to users on the basis of the regulations in force,” specifies the Guarantor. In particular, in the time slots which will be decided locally, “urban and extra-urban transport services will be provided using 30% of the traveling staff, connections with airports, railway and maritime stations must be provided as a priority, while staff assigned to specialized services of particular social importance, such as transport for disabled people and school bus transport for nursery and primary school pupils, must be retained in service”. “It is obligatory for companies to provide rapid, timely and accurate communication to users on this matter,” adds the Guarantee Commission.