On Friday, Italian citizens went on a general strike demanding higher wages and increased investment in the social sphere, ANSA reports. Employees of the public and private sectors intend to strike for eight hours.
In the transportation sector, by order of Italian Minister of Infrastructure Matteo Salvini, the strike will be limited to four hours. Thus, water transport, buses, subways and trams will stop working from 09:00 to 13:00 local time (10:00 to 14:00 Kyiv time). Air traffic will be suspended from 10:00 to 14:00 local time (11:00 to 15:00 Kyiv time). Firefighters will also not work during this time period.
However, the strike will not affect rail services. A total of 43 protests are planned throughout Italy on Friday. The day before, the Italian Labor Union and the General Italian Labor Confederation called on citizens to go on strike to demand higher wages, increased funding for healthcare, education, public services, and investment in industry.
According to various estimates, there are about 1 million Ukrainian citizens in Italy.
