Ex Ilva, workers’ all-out protest: “Urso wants to close the steel industry in Italy, unacceptable”

“We’re not leaving here until a table opens up Genoa. Whoever governs countries, cities and regions must administer them. Here a thousand jobs lostI think that’s a pretty good reason.” So Armando Palombodelegate Fiom and spokesperson for the workersex Ilva from Genoa, he explained roadblock the Acciaierie d’Italia laboratory has blocked the road in Cornigliano since this morning. After the meeting, the striking workers took the steel factory’s heavy vehicles to the streets and decided to stage an all-out protest. Meanwhile the establishment was busy and the same thing happened to Novi League.

Workers in the center of Genoa have set up gazebos and tents, despite falling temperatures and approaching bad weather: “We are preparing to sleep here”. The garrison, at the intersection of Via Siffredi, Strada Guido Rossa and Via Cornigliano, is destined to remain until the call comes, which no one has announced today. “We will not see Taranto sink and take with it factories that are still capable of production – explained Palombo to ilFattoQuotidiano.it – if only there was the political and entrepreneurial will to do it.” The problem remains the same “Urso’s Plan” for the former Ilva factory, which unions and workers say endangers thousands of jobs in Genoa and marks a step towards Italy’s exit from steel. “It’s not just about keeping our jobs – clearly a ilFattoQuotidiano.it Adriano Garofaloworkers’ delegations and trade unions in the Acciaierie d’Italia – this is the question of ending the steel and iron and steel industry in Italy: this is short-sighted choice and not just for Genoa”. The Ligurian capital, which has been experiencing an employment and demographic crisis for years, views the center of Cornigliano as one of the few remaining industrial centers.

In the institutional field, Mayor of Genoa Silvia Salis in turn attacking the government. “I very worried for the total stalemate that occurred in the previous Ilva dispute, with thousands of Genoese workers and families facing serious risks of losing their wages and jobs and the city and the country at risk of losing one of the main assets of economic and industrial development – he commented in a statement released this morning -. The government has failed too often in seeking effective solutions for the future of companies, workers and industry in this city and country. The time for answers arrived some time ago and cannot be delayed any longer.”
The mayor has not attended the protest and called on workers “to keep their understandable protest within the framework of respect for other citizens”. There is no signal from Rome: “We are waiting for an appeal – underlines Palombo – at the moment there is nothing. But yesterday’s announcement was very clear. We ask for real solidarity, not statements. For municipal and regional assemblies to be suspended and a table opened to save these thousands of jobs.” For the union, the so-called “short cycle” proposed by the commissioners is equivalent to the progressive closure of the entire former Ilva complex. The stew hypothesis is back in the news, with the possibility that the Genoa factory will follow a partially autonomous fate Tarantoas long as the raw materials keep coming.

Ex Ilva’s article, workers’ all-out protest: “Urso wants to close the steel industry in Italy, unacceptable” is from Il Fatto Quotidiano.