(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 14 - Transport Minister and Deputy Premier
Matteo Salvini is ready to issue an injunction ordering striking
transport workers back to work part way through their announced
24-hour general strike on Friday after last-minute talks with
unions CGIL and UIL resulted in a stalemate, a statement from
the transport ministry said on Tuesday.
"The orientation of the deputy premier and minister Matteo
Salvini is to allow the strike from 9am to 12pm on Friday 17
(November) for the entire transport sector, with the exception
of the air sector over which the unions had already confirmed a
reconsideration," read the statement.
"Salvini says he is ready to sign the injunctions," it added.
Earlier UIL, one of the two trade union confederations that have
called the strike in protest over the 2024 budget bill,
confirmed the stoppage after the meeting, called by Salvini,
failed to lead to progress in the dispute.
"It was a short meeting. The minister did not make any kind of
opening, we confirmed our position and that we will go ahead,"
said UIL organising secretary Emanuele Ronzon.
Salvini said that injunctions would be issued for the transport
sector, he added.
"We confirm the strike," he said. (ANSA).