The day of March 27 promises to be particularly turbulent for those who live in large Italian cities. Local transport, education and information stop at the same time, on the initiative of various trade unions.
Public transport
In Milan, ATM staff join the all-day strike, proclaimed by Ai Cobas. The service risks interruptions in two periods: the morning (from 8.45am to 3pm) and the late afternoon-evening (from 6pm to the end of service). Similar disruptions will affect the NET network of Monza and Brianza, with stops expected from 9:00 to 11:50 and from 14:50 onwards.
The agitation in Naples is more limited, where EAV workers will only cross their arms in the evening (7.00pm – 11.00pm) on the initiative of Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl, Uiltrasporti, Ugl and Faisa Cisal. In Novara, SUN employees stop from 5.30pm to 9.30pm.
School
The SISA union has proclaimed a national strike for the whole day involving all school staff: teachers of all levels, managers, administrators and technical-auxiliary staff (ATA).
The demands are broad: a net salary increase of 20% to recover the purchasing power lost with inflation, the establishment of a single teaching role with uniform hours and remuneration from nursery school to high school, and immediate hiring through ope legis on all vacant positions. On a structural level, the union asks to replace the competition for school managers with an elective figure chosen by fellow teachers (on the university model), to introduce the teaching of Arabic, Russian and Chinese in high schools, to provide for early retirement for staff with civil disability exceeding 67% and at least thirty years of service, and finally to reduce the costs of TFA courses in universities.
Journalism
Even the press stops: the FNSI has called a national strike of journalists in defense of professional dignity. At the center of the protest is a collective agreement that has expired ten years ago and the growing tendency of publishers to replace professionals with VAT-registered collaborators paid with salaries deemed inadequate. The FIEG editors responded by defining the current contract as burdened by clauses that are no longer sustainable.
