Striking Rome metro maintenance workers returned to work on 10 December on the grounds that a meeting has been set to discuss the redundancy plans of their employer - Atac contractor CAF Italia. After the Rome prefecture accepted to discuss job protection measures for the CAF Italia workers, the trade union in the sector FIOM has decided to cancel the strike.
English: http://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2015/12/10/rome-metro …
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