Strikes in UK car factories are pretty rare these days, but in Italy Fiat unions are fighting each other for the right to strike first.

In what could be a story from an old comedy show (Not the Nine o’Clock News, perhaps?), militant Fiat Trade Union FIOM is complaining that it cannot bring its workers out on strike – because car delivery drivers are already on strike. The result is that FIOM members are laid off at home, and so cannot get into to the factory to call a strike.