In the month of November 2024 After a series of events Transport strikes Due to which different parts of the country will be blocked for several hours. The first was on November 5, followed by a quick succession of attacks on November 8. However, there will be several other strikes in the sector in the next few days.
2024 was a year of great mobilization for workers in the transport sector. The Unions They also clashed with Minister Matteo Salvini, who had categorically promised on the eve of the strike on 8 November that he would not allow acronyms to “boycott the country”. But how many days of transport strike in 2024?
November transport strike
November will be a difficult month for those who have to travel with their children. Public transport. Several transport strikes have in fact already affected the railway system and will soon spread to the air system as well. Difficulties reported by unions varied and ranged from wages to staff safety during checks.
The first two strikes were back-to-back, both in rail transport. The first was on 5 November, called by the USB, SGB and Cub unions, while the second was the most extensive and took place on 8 November. It’s not uncommon for two incidents so close together, but in this case the second was caused by the stabbing of a Trinitalia train conductor on November 4.
However, transportation related movements will continue during the rest of the month. November:
- November 12: strike in the airline sector in Catania, Lampedusa, Naples, Pescara and Perugia;
- November 18-19: 4-hour local public transport strike in Naples and Palermo;
- November 24: Strike in the railway sector in Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta;
- November 29: National strike on railways and motorways
Il Ministry of Infrastructure and TransportHowever, on the eve of the strike on November 8, they warned that they would no longer accept this kind of behavior from the unions. “The right to strike is sacred, but it is unacceptable to declare a wild mobilization without protection for those who need to move, heal, study or work. Today many Italians are in trouble because the disturbing CGIL coincidentally praises social upheaval on Fridays,” reads a note from MIT.
How many days was the transport strike in 2024?
2024 was a critical year for transport strikes. Already January 24 Mobilization had begun, leading to a total of 13 days of strikes in the railway sector alone by 10 November. That’s an average of one service interruption every 22 days, more than one per month.
The 2024 strikes were:
- 1 in January
- 2 in March
- 2 in April
- 3 in July
- 2 in September
- 1 in October
- 1 in November
It is important to include them. Local public transport16 in total considering the one on November 8th. In some cases they also collided with rail transport, causing further inconvenience to passengers. On average, buses, trams and metros stopped once every 18 days in 2024, nationally only.
