A number of independent unions have announced a national FS personnel strike from 9pm Saturday 6th to 9pm Sunday 7th July 2024
A weekend full of uncertainty is coming. And so even the programs for the first weekend of July with the risk of heat being written in sand. There may also be inconveniences for non-residents who try to return to their places of origin in these days of July. Community unions have called another train strike. The fourth of 2024. It was announced starting from 9pm Saturday July 6 and ending at 9pm Sunday July 7 and numerous workers from the group Ferrovie dello Stato, Trenitalia, Trenitalia Tper and Trenord will cross their arms.. There are no guaranteed periods, as we are talking about weekends when it is assumed that hundreds of thousands of commuters are not traveling.. Usb Private Work announcing the strike. In Milan, trams, buses and subways were also involved.
Changes may be made to the services
The public transport company itself has warned its customers that services may undergo several changes, while reminding them of the guaranteed minimums in the event of a strike, as well as the possibility of canceling the trip and requesting a refund of the ticket. Which can be requested starting from the strike declaration up to the departure time of the booked train for Intercity and Frecce trains, up to midnight the day before the strike for the regional trains.
Reschedule your trip
Your journey may be rescheduled under similar transport conditions, subject to seat availability. Fs customers will be able to find out about connections and services through the Trenitalia app and website, the Trenitalia Tper portal, the toll-free number 800892021 and the group’s physical ticket offices. «We ask the Strike Guarantor to verify if the law no. 146 of 1990, in relation to the 10 day notice requirement provided and in relation to the procedure to be followed. It is not possible to notify consumers about a strike at the last minute, especially in a holiday period like this, and refrain from abstaining on the weekend”, attacks Massimiliano Dona, president of the National Union of Consumers.
Risk of injunction
So the controversies that are repeated on a regular basis every time there is a strike that affects transport services are back. In November 2023 it was the Minister of Transport, Matteo Salvini, who thundered against protests of this kind. He went so far as to sign the letter of demand to reduce that strike from the 24 hours announced to four hours, from 9 am to 1 pm, but Monday was a weekday.. He justified the measure by claiming that “not all the trade unions concerned proposed to return their arms for the day.” At the moment there is no initiative planned in this sense, record sources, also because it is not expected that participation will be very high. We are not talking about such a representative acronym in the Ferrovie dello Stato group.
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