Overview
- After an overnight presidium, workers with Ansaldo Energia and Fincantieri blocked Genoa’s airport departures, shut a motorway toll and marched onto the A10 and the San Giorgio bridge.
- The escalation responds to proposals to shift zinc‑coating to Novi Ligure or focus processing in Taranto, which unions say would idle two‑thirds of Cornigliano’s output.
- Unions are demanding 200,000 tonnes of zinc‑coated steel for Genoa to sustain operations and say they will not stand down in exchange for expanded furloughs.
- Minister Adolfo Urso has scheduled regional talks on Dec. 4–5 with institutions from Piedmont, Liguria and Apulia, with a joint follow‑up session planned next week.
- With the sale process due to show clarity by Feb. 28, Liguria’s president threatens to seek nationalization if no buyer emerges, while Taranto unions have begun an open‑ended strike and are pressing for a single national negotiating table.