Italy risks paralysis on Friday, November 29. From factories to schools, from healthcare to post offices, from commerce to state employees to justice: the strike proclaimed by Cgil and Uil against the Meloni government's maneuver will involve all sectors, public and private .
The general strike is for 8 hours or for the entire shift for private workers (including metalworkers, construction workers, agricultural workers, chemical workers) and for public employees .
For passenger transport, with the order signed by Salvini, it is reduced to 4 hours for local public transport, air and sea. The stop for planes will be from 10 to 14, for buses, metro, trams, ships and ferries from 9 to 13. Taxis are at risk for the entire day, while trains will not stop , rail transport and freight transport by rail is in fact excluded from the general strike. The firefighters will also stop for 4 hours.
On the transport front, some repercussions are already visible: Ita has cancelled 68 flights , of which 18 international and 50 domestic. Two concern Sardinia: AZ1571 Rome-Alghero, AZ1578 Alghero-Rome .
Health chapter. Cgil and Uil have also proclaimed a strike for "general medicine executives and contracted doctors, outpatient specialists, veterinarians, psychologists, biologists, chemists, physicists, pharmacists and managers of health professions.
Schools will also be closed. Even managers will be able to intervene, Flcigl says. Those abstaining for the entire day will be the staff of the "Education and Research" sector and the management area, together with university professors and all the staff of professional training and non-state schools.
The unions are calling for wage and pension increases, funding for healthcare, education, public services and industrial policies . The day of general strike will be accompanied by several territorial demonstrations, 43 squares throughout Italy, including Cagliari . The general secretary of the CGIL, Maurizio Landini, will close the demonstration in Bologna. And in the meantime he speaks of a strike that "will be substantial". The leader of the UIL, Pierpaolo Bombardieri, will conclude the day of protest in Naples.
(Unioneonline/L)