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Eight workers climb crane in Ussita over unpaid wages
Eight subcontracted workers climbed a crane in Ussita, in Italy’s Marche region, during a protest on Monday morning.
They were working on post-earthquake reconstruction projects, and initial information linked the protest to wages their employer had not paid.
Similar crane protests over unpaid wages have recently taken place in Tolentino, on 19 and 23 October.
Police, a negotiator and firefighters went to the site after the protest was reported.
They are working to prevent the situation from escalating and to bring it to a safe end.
The account gives no outcome for the protest.
Eight workers climbed a crane in Ussita, in Italy’s Marche region, in a protest over unpaid wages.
They were about 30 metres above the ground.
The workers were employed on subcontracting work for post-earthquake reconstruction.
Carabinieri, a military negotiator and firefighters went to the site.
The incident follows two recent crane protests over unpaid wages in the Macerata earthquake zone.
- Who
- Eight workers employed on subcontracting work for post-earthquake reconstruction.
- What
- They climbed a crane in protest over wages they reportedly had not been paid.
- When
- The morning of November 9, 2026.
- Where
- Ussita, in the province of Macerata, Italy.
- Why
- Initial information linked the protest to unpaid wages by the company employing them.
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A recent crane protest over unpaid wages was recorded in Tolentino.
Another recent crane protest over unpaid wages was recorded in Tolentino.
Eight workers climbed a crane in Ussita in a protest reportedly linked to unpaid wages.
- Workers
- 8
- Crane height
- About 30 metres
- Location
- Ussita, Macerata
- Incident date
- November 9, 2026
- Prior protests
- Tolentino, October 19 and 23