Italy: Some Strikes Off, Some On, and Florence’s Airport Closing for Two Months

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | January 17th, 2006 | Trackback

The Winter Olympics will take place in Turin Feb. 10-26, and a truce between the government and trade unions should assure that the games won’t be hampered by strikes. The “social truce” will run Jan. 31-March 23 to accommodate both the Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympics that take place March 10-19. Pilots and flight attendants for Alitalia, however, are still threatening to strike Feb. 9 and 10 in walkouts they say are not timed to coincide with the Olympics. In other news, Florence’s main airport will be shut down for two months, Feb. 2-April 2 to accommodate engineering work. Flights to Florence will be diverted to Pisa, about 50 miles away.

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