Today, Friday 17 September, one is scheduled in Rome 24-hour public transport strike, for the national protest proclaimed by the National Coordination USB Private Work, Local Public Transport sector, “against the attack on workers’ rights, for contracts and safety”. The agitation will affect the Atac network (buses, trams, subways and railways Rome-Lido, Termini-Centocelle and Rome-North), the bus lines managed by the Roma Tpl company and those of Cotral.
Strike in Rome Friday 17 September 2021: times
The service will be regular during the warranty periods: from the beginning of the daytime service and until 8.30 and then from 17 to 20. Possible stops, however, from 8.30 to 17 and then from 20 and until the end of the service daytime. In the same hours, possible stops, at regional level, on Cotral buses. Regular S bus lines, connections managed by Astral.
Atac makes it known that, during the strike, the service of lifts, stair lifts and escalators will not be guaranteed in the underground railway stations of the lines that will possibly remain active. The ticket office service is not guaranteed. The interchange parking lots will remain open.
The night bus lines
As for the night bus service, on lines “n” it will be possible to stop in the night between Thursday 16 and Friday 17 September; instead for the night rides of lines 38, 44, 61, 86, 170, 246, 301, 314, 404, 444, 451, 664, 881, 916 and 980, possible stops in the night between Friday 17 and Saturday 18 September.
RomaTpl lines at risk due to the strike of 17 September
To cross their arms, as mentioned, also the workers of Roma Tpl. Here is the complete list of the bus lines affected by the strike: 08, 011, 013, 013D, 017, 018, 022, 023, 024, 025, 027, 028, 030, 031, 032, 033, 035, 036, 037, 039, 040, 041, 042, 048, 049, 051, 053, 054, 055, 056, 057, 059, 066, 074, 078, 081, 086, 088, 135, 146, 213, 218, 226, 235, 314, 339, 340, 343, 349, 404, 437, 441, 444, 445, 447, 502, 503, 505, 541, 543, 546, 548, 552, 555, 557, 657, 660, 663, 665, 701, 702, 710, 711, 721, 763, 763L, 764, 767, 771, 777, 778, 787, 789, 808, 889, 892, 907, 908, 912, 982, 985, 992, 993, 998, 999, C1 and C19.
Cotral strike in Rome on Friday 17 September: times
Cotral workers will also cross their arms for 24 hours with abstention from work from 8:30 to 17 and from 20 to the end of service. All departures from the terminus will be guaranteed until 8:30 am and the resumption of the service from 5 pm until 8 pm.
The reasons for the strike
The Usb, which proclaimed the protest, explained the reasons for the strike in a note: “The nationalization of strategic sectors and companies; the reduction of working hours to counter the negative effects of the technological revolution; the overcoming of the penalizing wages of ” entry guaranteeing the first second level contractual application to the new hires; the safety of workers and the service, introduction of the crime of homicide at work; the minimum wage by law against the practice of atypical contracts and the fight against precarious work; the fight against any form of gender discrimination, racism and sexism; the development of a system of social safety nets, adapted to the post-pandemic context; the blocking of layoffs and no liberalization of tenders “.
“The free exercise of the right to strike in essential public services; real economic penalties for companies on delays in contract renewals and adequate salary recoveries; a law on representation that overcomes the monopoly built on the complicity between the trade unions and trade associations “, reads a note.
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