PHOTO | In Bologna traffic is haywire due to a garrison under the Hera headquarters: avenues paralysed

In Bologna crazy traffic and ring roads clogged and blocked since before 9am: the reason is a union protest under the Hera headquarters, in via le Berti Pichat, linked to the transport strike

by Davide Landi and Marcella Piretti

BOLOGNA – Crazy traffic in Bologna, avenues completely blocked and, ultimately, congestion in many areas of the city. Several citizens wondered this morning what had happened. The answer is a protest organized by the unions in front of the Hera headquarters, which is located right on the avenues, in viale Berti Pichat: the blocking of traffic in that part of the avenues, in a cascade, created queues and haywire traffic.

The demonstration was promoted by Filctem and Fp-Cgil, Femca and Fit-Cisl, Falei, Uiltrasporti, Uiltec Uil and Fiadel as part of the interregional strike (Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, Fvg and Marche). The mobilization is to support “the need for the Hera Group, which manages essential public services, to return to playing an industrial, ethical and social, and not financial, role for the well-being of direct and indirect workers and for the managed territory” .