The walkout was set to affect the normal operation of buses, trams and underground trains, but not regional or long-distance trains and taxi services.
Lines were expected to be disrupted between 8.45am and 3pm and from 6pm until the end of service, ATM announced in a press release on its website.
On Wednesday morning, the company announced that the M2 and M5 metro lines would be closed until 3pm, while the M1, M3 and M4 lines would remain open.
Sciopero: dopo le 8:45 chiudono M2 e M5 (i treni in viaggio arrivano a destinazione). Le due linee riaprono dopo le 15. Le altre metropolitane sono aperte. Considerate maggiori attese alle fermate di bus, tram e filobus. Aggiornamenti sulla app: https://t.co/5gZjimhtXn.
— Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (@atm_informa) June 26, 2024
Buses running on the NET line in Monza and Brianza faced disruption from 9am to 11.50am and from 2.50pm to end of service on city centre routes and from 8.45am to 3pm and 6pm to end of service on extra-urban routes, according to local newspaper Monza Today.
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The Al Cobas drivers' union said it was calling for higher wages, better contracts, and better sanitation and driver safety conditions, among other things.
"The question of wages and working conditions are a real social emergency," the group said in a press release published to its Facebook page earlier this month.
"Between 2013 and 2023, the purchasing power of gross wages in Italy decreased by 4.5 per cent, while in the other major EU economies it grew at rates ranging from 1.1 per cent in France to 5.7 per cent in Germany."
The walkout marks the third 24-hour strike the union has staged in the space of two months, following previous actions on May 6th and May 31st.
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