A military strike is a limited attack on a specified target. Strikes are used, amongst other things, to render facilities inoperable (e.g. airports), to assassinate enemy leaders, and to limit supply to enemy troops.
ROME Unions in Italy called for a 24-hour strike of air travel to protest management at state-controlled airline Alitalia SpA, and the state of the industry in general, officials said Tuesday.
The Sept. 29 strike was called to "demonstrate a dissent toward the lack of a real industrial plan," said Roberto Pannella, national coordinator of the UGL transport union.
Strikes by workers unhappy with the airline's restructuring plans rocked Alitalia as recently as Monday.