Schettino faces charges including manslaughter in connection with the grounding of the ship in January 2012. Thirty-two people died.
The strike was called following a government decree intended to speed up civil trials, which now last an average of about four years, according to Reuters, which said Italy's major lawyers' association objects to the new requirement for a round of mediation.
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