Saturday airports strike back on track

(ANSA) - Rome, July 22 - A series of Saturday airport strikes were back on track Friday after the Lazio Regional Administrative Tribunal (TAR) annulled an injunction by Transport Minister Graziano Delrio postponing the labor actions at Rome and Milan airports.
    Travelers can therefore look forward to likely disruptions at Fiumicino, Linate and Malpensa.
    Delrio's injunction issued yesterday would have averted total of 14 different strikes, including an eight-hour strike by ENAV air traffic controllers, operators and meteorologists, an eight-hour strike by non-managerial staff at ENAV, Alitalia and Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) airport operator, and an eight-hour strike by employees of Airport Handling company, which operates at Milan's Linate and Malpensa airports.
    The TAR ruled that Delrio's measure was not based on "exceptional reasons" and therefore he can't limit the right to strike in this case.
    The court added the government failed to inform the national strike watchdog before deciding to postpone the airport strike to a later date.
    The TAR ruling upheld an appeal by flight attendants and air traffic controllers unions.