Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport Interjects, commenting on the November 8 public transport strike, which is causing severe disruption across Italy. A note said that the minister Salvini It will no longer allow unions to block the country, even if it is related to personnel safety issues as in the case of this mobilization.
Uil’s secretary Pierpaolo Bombardieri responded to him in the controversy, and demanded respect for him. Workers who gave up a day’s pay in solidarity with their colleagues.
MIT attacks strike: “Salvini will stop them”
A note from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport attacked the transport strike that continued throughout the day on November 8. In the text of the statement, recognizing the right of workers to mobilize, the MIT announced that the minister Matteo Salvini Such protests will not be allowed any more.
“The right to strike is sacred, but it is unacceptable to declare wild mobilization without protection for those who need to move, heal, study or work. Today many Italians are in trouble because of the disturbing CGIL. Appreciates social upheaval, as it happens Friday” says the ministry.
The reference to the Friday strike is related to the common perception, often exposed by Minister Salvini himself, that public transport organizes strikes before or after the weekend. At the end of the week long In fact, workers in this sector are engaged in weekend shifts as well. However, Friday and Monday are the days with the highest passenger traffic. Consequently, the organization of protests in recent times is aimed at creating maximum inconvenience for the company, in order to get results from the strike.
The November 8 strike was organized to protest the stabbing of a conductor On November 4, Genoa called for more security at Rivarolo station and on convoys: “In terms of combating crime, especially in stations and trains, MIT is at the forefront as Fs security investments and results show. “It appears that Minister Matteo Salvini will no longer allow irresponsible minorities to boycott Italy,” the Transport Ministry responded on the matter.
Unions’ reaction to the MIT memo
The note from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport was met with controversy by trade unions, who demonstrated in Porta Pia below the ministry’s headquarters. He is the General Secretary of Yale. Pierpolo Bombardier To respond, asking the minister to “respect” the striking workers who have given up a day’s pay.
“We will ask Salvini, who ridiculed these workers, to explain what he did to extend the contracts, because today we know that we are harming consumers and, we apologize. There are, but we are also fighting for them, so that there are better means Security systems able to guarantee workers and consumers and renew the contract”, declared the Uil leader.
