Sciopero

This is one way I can tell I live in Europe and not the States--our internal website has the following announcement: "Travelling to/from Italy this week? Various strikes have been announced that could affect your travel." Then there's a link with details about the strikes. Strikes appear to be quite routine--not so much in Switzerland, but definitely in France and Italy--but at least they're polite enough to schedule them in advance and publicise them.