High diesel prices, Assotir threatens strike: "Last resort". Adusbef: "It's not the right path"

If the government does not convene the road haulage associations to address the high cost of diesel, "we cannot rule out a strike", but it is a "decision that must be taken in a community manner with other organisations" and which "we would like to avoid in any way". The general secretary of Assotir, Claudio Donati, said this at a press conference of the association in Rome. For Donati, the strike would be "a definitive weapon", because stopping "even just for a day means stopping the country", and the response - in case - "must be taken in a unitary way by the entire category". The general secretary said he hoped "that there is a sense of responsibility on the part of the government", which otherwise "will have to deal with a category that is already in great difficulty today". According to the national president of Assotir, Anna Vita Manigrasso, "maybe there isn't even a way to go on strike". The reference is to the economic difficulties of the sector, because, says Manigrasso, "the hauliers could also stop because they can't take it anymore".

Adusbef: strike is not the right path

Strikes and protest demonstrations are not the right way to combat high fuel prices, and all the parties damaged by the escalation of price lists should form a common front to push the government to adopt measures aimed at saving the pockets of families, companies and workers. Adusbef states this, commenting on the threat received today from Assotir. "A general road transport strike would have the only consequence of damaging citizens and the country, without however leading to a reduction in the prices of diesel at the pump, nor benefits for the community. - explains the president of Adusbef, Antonio Tanza - We share the protests of the sector, but we believe that strikes and threats cannot represent the correct path. What is needed, if anything, is a control room with all the parties damaged by the high fuel prices, aimed at defining a package of realistic and immediately applicable measures to limit the effects of the current emergency".