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Samuele Lodi elected head of Italy’s FIOM-CGIL metalworkers’ union
Samuele Lodi has been elected head of FIOM-CGIL, Italy’s metalworkers’ union within the CGIL trade union confederation.
The union’s central committee assembly chose him with 98.74% of the vote.
He replaces Michele De Palma, who joined CGIL’s national leadership on 14 September.
Lodi, born in Cento in 1970, joined FIOM when he began working at a metalworking company in 1989.
He later led FIOM in Ferrara and Emilia-Romagna and coordinated the union’s work at shipbuilder Fincantieri.
Since 2023, he has overseen FIOM’s mobility sector, covering automotive, shipbuilding and rail.
He now leads the union representing metalworkers across those industries.
Samuele Lodi was elected secretary-general of Italy’s Fiom-Cgil metalworkers’ union, receiving 98.74% of the vote.
He succeeds Michele De Palma, who joined the national secretariat of the Cgil on 14 September.
The election was held by the general assembly of Fiom’s national central committee.
Lodi was born in Cento, in the province of Ferrara, in 1970.
He has held union roles in Emilia-Romagna, at Fincantieri and in Fiom’s mobility sector.
- Who
- Samuele Lodi, a Fiom-Cgil union official.
- What
- He was elected secretary-general of Fiom-Cgil with 98.74% of the vote.
- When
- 29 October 2026.
- Where
- At the general assembly of Fiom’s national central committee in Italy. The sources do not specify the meeting’s location.
- Why
- He succeeds Michele De Palma, who joined the Cgil’s national secretariat on 14 September.
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Lodi began working at a metalworking company and joined Fiom.
Lodi was first elected a union representative.
Lodi became secretary-general of Fiom in Ferrara.
Lodi was elected secretary-general of Fiom Emilia-Romagna.
Lodi began coordinating the Fincantieri Group for Fiom nationally.
Lodi was elected Fiom-Cgil secretary-general with 98.74% of the vote.
- Election result
- 98.74% of the vote
- Predecessor
- Michele De Palma
- Birthplace
- Cento, province of Ferrara
- Year of birth
- 1970
- Previous role
- Fiom national secretariat, responsible for the mobility sector
- Mobility sector
- Automotive, shipbuilding and railways