General strike on 29 November: how it works and which sectors are affected

Lines on the RFI network were already excluded from the strike.

Disruptions are also expected in air transport: the protest will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., respecting the 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. guarantee period, and will affect airline flight personnel (except for staff seconded for guaranteed flights), airport ground staff (except for staff seconded by companies to carry out minimum services). Arms will also be crossed, again from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - if not on duty - for air traffic controllers.

In maritime transport, personnel on board ships and ferries connecting larger and smaller islands, administrative staff and technical-nautical services will stop from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (excluding essential lines and services).

There will also be a four-hour strike for the fire brigade, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Taxis, on the other hand, will be at risk for the entire day: from 12.01 a.m. to midnight, taxi drivers participating in the strike will be unable to work a shift. Inefficiencies are also expected in waste collection, cleaning and sweeping, the indispensable services will however be guaranteed, as provided for by law 146/90.

Strike from 00.01 to midnight for all or part of the working day for those working on the motorways and ANAS (minimum services to ensure road safety will be guaranteed), goods transport and logistics (transport of essential goods and products will be guaranteed), ports, fire guards, railway contractors (train cleaners, stations, catering, night train attendants), car hire with driver and without, cable cars and funeral transport.

Due also to the strike of the ground services Sea Airport handling and Aviapartner at Linate, Malpensa and Venice airports, Ita has already cancelled 68 flights, of which 18 international and 50 domestic. A list of all cancelled flights can be found on the airline's website.

Ita Airways invites all travellers who have purchased a ticket for the day of the strike to check the status of their flight, before going to the airport, on the ita-airways.com website, in the Flight Info section, or by contacting the travel agency where they purchased their ticket. Passengers who have purchased an Ita Airways ticket to travel on 29 November, in the event of cancellation or change of schedule of their flight, may change their reservation without penalty or request a refund of their ticket (only if the flight has been cancelled or delayed by 5 hours or more) no later than 4 December by calling +39 06 85960020 from Italy and abroad, or by contacting the travel agency where they purchased their ticket.

Meanwhile, the president of the third section of the Tar (Regional Administrative Court) has rejected the urgent appeal promoted by some trade unions against the strike precept signed by Matteo Salvini. This was announced by the Ministry of Transport, stating that the minister expressed 'great satisfaction'. 'I defend the Italians' right to mobility,' said Salvini. For their part, CGIL and UIL let it be known that 'the urgent appeal against the precept of the strike rejected by the TAR, which has been reported in the press, is not the one presented by CGIL and UIL'.