(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 8 - The CGIL trade union, Italy's biggest
and most leftwing labour group, on Friday hailed the success of
a 24-hour local public transport strike that brought buses,
trams and metros to a halt early Friday morning.
"The strike was a great success in all cities, large and small,
with an average participation of 90% with peaks of up to 100%,
despite the attempts of companies to question in Rome and Milan,
the possibility, provided by law, of striking with reduced
performance in the guaranteed bands", said the CGIL's FILT-CGIL
transport branch, Stefano Malorgio, speaking outside the
transport ministry. (ANSA).