Five subway A stations were closed for several hours and two processions passed through the center of Rome, causing inconvenience for users and travelers. This is the result of the general strike called by CGIL and UIL against the government’s budget law in the capital. The eight-hour protest spanned the public and private sectors, excluding railways, including healthcare and schools, through factories, post offices, judiciary, commerce, ministries and firefighters. According to the CGIL of Rome and Lazio, participation was over 8 percent. However, in the transport sector, the strike promoted by CGIL, UIL, Cobas Lavoro Privato, Cub and SGB was shortened to 70 hours, from 4 a.m. to 9 a.m., by order of the ministry, as reported by Romaservizi per la Mobility. The total participation of Atac employees was 13 Percent.
During the protest, on metro line A, Spagna, Repubblica, Manzoni, Re di Roma and Furio Camillo stations were closed for a few hours, although services remained active, and then reopened during the morning. Regular traffic, however, on lines B and C and on the Termini-Centocelle railway line. In addition, two union-sponsored marches took place in the center of the capital. According to the organizers, 7 to 10 people took part in the first event organized by CGIL and UIL. The demonstration began at 9 a.m. in Piazza dell’Esquilino and reached Via dei Fori Imperiali, where the interventions of the regional secretary of the Uil and other union representatives alternated. At the same time, the demonstration called by Cobas took place with other unions, movements and associations, which moved from Piazza Indipendenza to Piazza Barberini. The procession went through Parigi with a stop at the Ministry of Economy and Made in Italy, where a rally took place.
And precisely in anticipation of the strike and demonstrations, many in Rome have been looking for alternative solutions to reach their workplace or get around the city, including those who have chosen to work from home, those who have private have used means of transport and those who have already traveled since the start of the protest. However, there was no lack of inconvenience for some users: “I landed in Fiumicino this morning and only managed to get to Termini station after three hours. I had to wait an hour to get on a bus and I still have to get there. “at home,” complained a girl in her thirties. “Luckily I have a scooter and didn’t have any particular problems getting to work, but then we had to travel in minivans with some clients and got stuck in traffic, partly because many of them used the car, but also because we were there “There were two demonstrations in the center,” said a tour guide instead. “When I arrived in Piazza della Repubblica, I stood for more than half an hour in a traffic jam caused by the passage of one of the processions, just a few hundred meters from my office, which is on Via Parigi,” Ivan said . an employee. “I could not reach my workplace through other roads and like me, many other motorists decided to wait until the procession was over. The discomfort was so obvious that a driver, in order to allow an ambulance to pass, drove into the pedestrian zone of the square and crashed into a concrete bollard,” said the young man.
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