Florence, attacked at the Cascine for electric bike maintenance workers
Two electric bicycle maintenance workers attacked in the Cascine, in Florence.
It is the complaint of Filt Cgil Florence-Prato Pistoia metropolitan area: “Yesterday two technicians of the maintenance contract for the Ride Move rental e-bikes were victims of the umpteenth attack that took place inside the Cascine Park of Florence“, writes the union in a note.” I two workers, after having finished their work shift, stopped at the kiosk in Viale Lincoln to have breakfast and, upon returning to their vehicle, they found two criminals waiting for them on board the van who did not hesitate, one once caught in the act and after having cowardly summoned other acquaintances in the areato switch to ways of fact with punches, kicks and pepper spray, forcing the workers to investigate in the hospital and to file a complaint with the authorities “.
And again: “The FILT CGIL, in addition to strongly condemning the incident and to rally around the young people involved, offering them all possible support, has been reiterating for some time to what extent transport workers are also exposed to risks of this kind and asks, in addition to a greater garrison of the police in certain areas of the city and at certain high-risk times, that a discussion is initiated aimed at finding effective countermeasures for the protection of the health and safety of those who often find themselves carrying out their duties alone on the road “.