An eight-hour strike on Tuesday of
Trenitalia, Trenitalia Tper, Fs Security, Italo Ntv and Trenord
railway workers was held across Italy after a train manager
working on a regional train was stabbed near the Liguria station
of Rivarolo.
The protest, which started at 9 and will end at 17, led to
cancellations and delays of up to three hours in Rome, as well
as in Florence and Naples, among other cities, with only 30% of
services guaranteed.
The 44-year-old conductor who was working on a regional train
connecting Genoa to Busalla was attacked by a 21-year-old
Egyptian citizen when he asked him and another passenger for
their train tickets
The man was taken to Genoa's Villa Scassi Hospital in serious
but not life-threatening condition.
The strike was organized to demand more security on the job
after "a long series of attacks" over the past few months
against railway personnel by labour unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl,
Uiltrasporti, Ugl Ferrovieri, Fast Confsal and Orsa Trasporti.
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