Mobilisation

Strike 28 November: who will strike, times and guarantee periods

Taking to the streets will be the grassroots unions Cobas, Usb, Sgb and Cub, who have proclaimed mobilisation for Friday 28 November

by Rome Editorial Staff

23 November 2025

Disagi e ritardi per lo sciopero nazionale di 24 ore dei treni alla stazione di Porta Nuova, Torino, 23 maggio 2025. ANSA/TINO ROMANO

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How the strike will work and membership
Majority works on the last knots of the manoeuvre

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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's return from foreign missions is an uphill climb: not only the majority summit to find an agreement on the amendments with the government allies awaits her, but also a general strike against the manoeuvre itself. Taking to the streets will be the Cobas, Usb, Sgb and Cub grassroots unions, which have called for mobilisation on Friday 28 November to demand "massive investments" in health, school, university, and transport, then "drastic cuts" in military spending, "the stabilisation of all temporary workers" and the renewal of contracts with salary increases "adequate to at least recover real inflation". This strike will be followed by that of the CGIL called for 12 December.

The warranty bands

The protest will involve transport, health, schools and other public services. From 9 p.m. on Thursday 27 to 9 p.m. on Friday 28 November, the national strike may affect the staff of the FSF Group, Trenitalia, Trenitalia Tper and Trenord. For regional rail transport, essential services are guaranteed from 6am to 9am and from 6pm to 9pm.

Motorway workers will cross their arms from 10 p.m. on Thursday until 10 p.m. the following day. The aviation sector will also stop.

In Rome the agitation will affect the Atac network and peripheral buses operated by private operators. The service will however be regular until 8.30 a.m. and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The event

On Friday morning, from 11 a.m., a demonstration is also planned under the Parliament, in piazza di Montecitorio, where the 'people's finance' will be presented. "On the day when the parliamentarians are not working, like every Friday of the year, the striking workers will vote and approve the 'people's finance'," says the Usb. The general strike of the grassroots unions will be followed by that of the CGIL on 12 December, while the UIL, on 29 November, and the CISL, on 13 December, have organised their own demonstrations in Rome. "Unfortunately, the CGIL has called its own strike on 12 December, in opposition to the one called by the Cobas and all the other grassroots unions for 28 November, and moreover, out of time with respect to the process of the Finanziaria: a strike that the CGIL will have to manage in perfect solitude, having broken, after more than 70 years, the close alliance with Cisl and Uil,' the Cobas stresses.

Majority works on the last knots of the manoeuvre

The majority, for its part, defends the manoeuvre. Forza Italia's Head of Economy, Maurizio Casasco, emphasises that "the manoeuvre is serious and responsible because it keeps the accounts in order and gives a great contribution to businesses and families". The government's objective "is growth that moves along two lines: stimulating consumption and supporting investments," explained Deputy Economy Minister Maurizio Leo in an interview with Il Messaggero. "Through tax relief and decontribution we have supported wages and for investments we have re-proposed the hyper-depreciation for companies for 2026. We are now working to make it at least biennial. And it will be one of the priority topics in the coming days,' the deputy minister points out. On the knots still to be unravelled at the next summit at Palazzo Chigi, in particular those on banks and short-term rentals, Leo emphasises that 'we must avoid demonising the banks'. In fact, 'their activity is fundamental for the country's growth. And from this point of view we have had a fruitful discussion with the banks,' he says, then specifies that a 'good balance is being reached on the size of their contribution to the manoeuvre'. While on short term rentals he reassures that 'we will manage to find a reasonable synthesis'.