Green light from the Council of Ministers for The decree law introduces urgent measures to ensure the continuation of production activities of the former Ilva factoryprotect workers and recognize compensation for the area.
This was announced by the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy. Among the new features – the note explains – are decisions authorized the Acciaierie d’Italia spa in an extraordinary administration to use the remaining 108 million in financing for the bridge – critical resources to guarantee the continuity of the plant – until February 2026, the date on which the tender procedure to identify the winning bidder is expected to be completed. The remaining funding of 92 million has been allocated for critical interventions on the blast furnace, ordinary and extraordinary maintenance, environmental investments related to the new Aia and the Restart Plan.
The decision, in the labor sector, they allocated an additional 20 million for the two-year period 2025-2026allowing the State to take over the integration of up to 75% of Cigs medicine, until now supported directly by the Acciaierie d’Italia. We read about it in the records of the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy.
The provision also intervenes in the Compensation Fund for property owners in the Tamburi district, so that the remaining amount from 2025 can be used to integrate part of the compensation related to applications submitted the previous year. Finally, Adi was given compensation related to contributions to companies with high energy consumption (energy intensive), especially energy supply discounts and Ets quotas.
Meanwhile, after a heated meeting this morning, it turned out to be true factory occupation begins Taranto by direct and contract workers and unions, with all-out protests and roadblocks.
Chanting “shame, shame”, the workers put the government and the commissioner before their eyes, asking for the withdrawal of the plans presented in recent days and certain guarantees on decarbonization, the future of production and employment, as well as the immediate resumption of negotiations at Palazzo Chigi.
The mobilization was accompanied by one person 24 hour strikebut the acronym does not exclude that the protests could continue for more than one day, given the increasing tension at the plant. The garrison remained active while the workers announced further initiatives if no signal was received from the government.
Worker mobilization was not limited to strikes and factory occupations. Road blocking was carried out on state road 100, state road 106 and the connecting road that connects the two state roads, as well as the main Eni gate which is used for loading and unloading. Contract workers occupy SP 48 for Statte. “By blocking every road, we force politics – underlined by the unions – to see our reality: there is no longer room for indifference.”
Protests and the occupation of the former Ilva factory in Genoa Cornigliano also continued, which demobilized in the afternoon after meetings in the prefecture and meetings in the square. The workers, who started gathering at 7 o’clock, spent the night on the road, outside the factory, in several tents that had been set up since last night.
Urso held a table together
“Minister Urso – receiving further requests made by the territorial secretariats of Fim, Fiom, Uilm and Usb Taranto and by the president of the Region of Puglia – has held a joint meeting on Friday 28 November, at the Palazzo Piacentini, with the national and territorial trade union organizations of the former Ilva, with representatives of the Regions of Puglia, Liguria and Piedmont as well as local authorities in the regions where the factories of the group are located. Minister of Labor Marina will also be present Calderone and representatives of competent ministries others.” Mimit announced this in a note, stating that the meeting would follow, without interruption, the meetings already held at Mimit in Genoa-Cornigliano and at the factories in the North.
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