- Title: ITALY: Travellers stranded at Rome stations due to transport strike
- Date: 10th July 2010
- Summary: PASSENGERS SQUATTING ON STATION FLOOR
- Embargoed: 25th July 2010 13:00
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- Location: Italy
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Transport
- Reuters ID: LVA65FQIAXKM4KYIJRNI1IG5NG5V
- Story Text: Travellers were stranded at Rome's Termini train and bus stations on Friday (July 9) due to a national transport strike. Most trains and buses were cancelled.
Passengers said there has been a lot of disruption so far, with long queues.
Sean Kan from Thailand said he couldn't even buy a ticket for the few trains that were running as the ticket counters were all closed.
"I don't know how to go to the place I want to... I hope the strike can be solved as soon as possible, or it will be very inconvenient for us," he said.
American tourist Marie and friends said they got up especially early to give themselves the extra time necessary to make their way around Rome.
"We've been standing here for an hour and we're disappointed that we can't get to the Vatican," Marie said. "We might walk!" she added.
The 24-hour strike, called by Italy's main trades unions CGIL, CISL and UIL, was held in protest against work conditions and slow progress in the renewal of the national transport workers' contract, which expired in December 2007. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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