by InTrieste
Commuters in Italy face widespread disruption on local public transport networks on Friday 16 September due to an eight-hour strike, reports news agency ANSA.
The nationwide protest has been organized by public transport unions in response to “the violent and repeated attacks on drivers, controllers, stationmasters, ferry and vaporetto employees, registered across the country in recent months”.
Describing the situation as “intolerable”, unions say as that no action has been taken, workers have no choice but to strike until new measures are introduced.
The strike comes a week after rail employees in Italy went on strike to highlight the same issue, following a recent assault on a train conductor in Naples.
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