Strikes mainly affect Italian commuters. Except for flight cancelations and delays, they don't affect tourists that much.
If you are staying where you should in Rome, or anywhere else, everything should be in walking distance. If you have difficulties with mobility there should be enough things to do and places to eat around where you are staying. The train to and from FCO is always guaranteed in the event of a strike, even if they have to hire buses.
Strikes are almost always paused at commuting time to let people get back and forth to work, meaning in the morning everything works until about 9AM, and in the evening everything is working from around 5-8PM. The trains and buses are just more crowded, as there are not as many of them.
Who really cares if there is a strike, unless you are a commuter? It might change your itinerary for that day, but it is not a disaster. 95% of tourists never take a Roman bus or train, and those who do generally know the city well enough to walk to places.
Unless your flight is affected, most strikes are not that big of a deal, except to local commuters, as instead of taking the train or bus they take their car to work which creates huge traffic jams, and they have a hard time finding a place to park and so the streets are snarled.
For the most part, the only problem with a strike is if your plane isn't taking off, and you miss your connection. Otherwise, for a tourist, it really doesn't matter that much if there is a strike.
Last edited by Perche; Jun 17, 2017 at 12:33 pm