An industrial action, affecting both rail traffic and public transport services, hits Italy today, Thursday, July 21st and tomorrow, July 22nd.
A general strike protesting austerity measures has frozen public transport in Portugal’s capital city of Lisbon. When Portugal’s largest union of 700,000 walked off the job Thursday nearly all metro, bus, and train services came to a standstill. Even the city’s port was closed.…
In Belgium, a 24-hour nationwide general strike, likely to severely disrupt transports, will start on Sunday, January 29th at 10:00 pm (local time). During the walkout, all Thalys train services will be halted between January 29th at 08:00 pm (local time) and January 30th at 11:59 pm (local time).…