Italy transport workers on strike
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ROME, Italy -- Italian bus, train and metro workers have gone on strike in various cities on Friday, disrupting transport for a second day in a row over demands for better pay.
Workers were holding staggered strikes throughout the day, with some starting as early as 5:30 a.m. and ending as late as 8 p.m.
The public transport strike for better pay packages comes a day after air traffic controllers walked off the job, forcing at least 20,000 passengers to change plans.
The eight-hour stoppage by Italian air traffic controllers, protesting over pay conditions, is the second in as many months and kicks off a month of planned protests across Italy's transport sector.
British Airways said it had cancelled 16 return flights from Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester or Birmingham to a variety of Italian destinations on Thursday.
Irish airline Ryanair scrapped 34 flights to or from Stansted, Luton or Glasgow Prestwick, and added four on Friday to help passengers, while easyJet said eight flights to or from Stansted, Gatwick, Bristol or East Midlands were cancelled.
A spokesman for Alitalia in London said 12 services to or from Heathrow and Rome or Milan did not fly. The walkout was to draw attention to air traffic controllers working without a contract for two years.
