The regional administrative court
(TAR) of Lazio on Thursday ruled in favour of an appeal filed by
the USB union against the back-to-work order signed by Transport
Minister Matteo Salvini on December 10 which reduced to four
hours a 24-hour general strike in the transport sector
proclaimed for Friday.
The public transport strike was proclaimed for Friday, December
13, by the USB union.
The administrative court ruled that there were no reasons to
back such an order, in the absence of a request from Italy's
strike watchdog, and that the "disruption to be caused by the
strike" cited in the ordinance, "appears to be linked to the
physiological impact of this type" of protest, adding no
motivations were mentioned in the measure based on which such
disruptions would be out of the ordinary, given that the
stoppage would not affect guaranteed bands for commuters.
Last month, TAR Lazio rejected an appeal filed by a number of
unions against another back-to-work order issued by Salvini for
transport workers during a national strike scheduled on November
29.
The general strike proclaimed by the CGIL and UIl unions against
the 2025 budget was reduced to 4 hours, in particular for local
public transport, air transport and maritime transport, based on
the ordinance.
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