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Guide to the 3 October strike: times and sectors involved

General strike involves transport, highways, fire brigade, health and school. Minimum essential services guaranteed.

3 October 2025Aggiornato il 3 ottobre ore 8

Disagi e ritardi per lo sciopero nazionale di 24 ore dei treni alla stazione di Porta Nuova, Torino, foto d’archivio. ANSA/TINO ROMANO

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The transport strike on 3 October 2025

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The general strike proclaimed on 3 October by the CGIL and the Union of Basic Trade Unions (Usb), concerns all public and private sectors. The adherents will therefore abstain from work, in offices, factories, public administration. Guaranteed, however, as required by law, are all essential minimum services. Here are some indications:

MOTORWAYS - For motorway staffthe strike began at 10pm last night, 2 October.

FIRE FIGHTERS - A four-hour strike thatwill begin, for shift personnel, at 9 a.m. and end at 1 p.m. while it will be all day for daily and administrative personnel.

HEALTHCARE - The strike runs fromthe beginning of the first shift on 3 October 2025 to the end of the last shift of the same day.

SCHOOL -The strike concerns the whole day. The CGIL points out that "according to the agreement of 2 October 2020, art. 2, paragraph 5, school managers can take organisational measures to guarantee the service. However, if the announced adherence makes it impossible to provide the service, the school may be closed'.

The transport detail

Here are the national transport adhesion modalities for tomorrow's CGIL general strike in the different sectors:

LOCAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT (buses, trams, metros), 24-hour stop in accordance with locally established guarantee periods.

In rail transport there will be a stoppage of train crews from 21.01 on 2 October to 20.59 on 3 October. Long-distance trains are guaranteed in accordance with the agreements with the companies and within the strike period, as well as those scheduled in the time slots 6-9 a.m. and 6-9 p.m. on the day of the strike for regional transport;

AIR TRANSPORT stop from 00.01 a.m. to midnight in observance of the guarantee periods from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. for flight personnel of the companies except for personnel seconded for guaranteed flights, ground personnel of the entire airports except for personnel seconded by the companies to carry out minimum services. Stop, if not seconded on duty, also for air traffic controllers;

PORTS workers will stop for afull day's work. The strike will be carried out by guaranteeing the minimum essential services.
In maritime transport 24-hour delays to ship departures except for essential lines and services;

TAXI from 00.01 a.m. to midnight abstention of service or part thereof;

OTHER CATEGORIES - Strike from 00.01 a.m. to midnight for all or part of the working hours for highway and ANAS traffic officials (minimum services to ensure road safety will be guaranteed), the transport of goods and logistics (the transport of essential goods and products is guaranteed), guards at fires, railway contractors (train cleaners, stations, catering, night train escorts), car rental with driver and without, the cableways and funeral transport.