Striking Rome metro maintenance
workers returned to work late Wednesday on the grounds that a
meeting has been set to discuss their future Friday, Susanna
Felicetti, the regional secretary of the FIOM trade union,
announced.
The 50 workers, employed by Atac contractor CAF Italia,
were due to strike from December 9-16 in protest against a mass
sacking announced after the Rome public transport company
decided it would no longer outsource the job.
However, "in the face of the openness of the Rome
prefecture to discuss job protection measures for the CAF Italia
workers, FIOM has decided to cancel the strike," Felicetti said.
On Wednesday Rome Prefect Franco Gabrielli said metro staff
could be ordered into work after the National Strike Guarantee
Authority deemed the strike to be illegal.
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