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Ex Ilva workers strike over planned plant shutdowns
Workers at Italy’s former Ilva steel company began a 24-hour strike on October 12.
The action involves plants across Italy, including sites in Taranto, Genoa and Novi Ligure.
The company, Acciaieria d’Italia, is under extraordinary administration.
It has suspended production in the hot area of its Taranto plant and announced temporary shutdowns in Genoa and Novi Ligure from November 15.
Workers and unions oppose the stoppages, and unions have not ruled out extending the strike.
At a gathering in Genoa, Mayor Silvia Salis and regional president Marco Bucci backed keeping the plant open.
They said its steel products are in demand and warned that stopping production could mean importing them from abroad.
Workers at former Ilva plants held a 24-hour national strike on Monday, 12 October, to oppose planned shutdowns.
The strike involved sites from Taranto to Genoa, and unions said they did not rule out extending the action.
Workers gathered at the Cornigliano plant in Genoa after commissioners decided to stop its operations.
Acciaieria d’Italia had decided to suspend production at the hot-area plants in Taranto and announced temporary stoppages in Genoa and Novi Ligure from 15 November.
Genoa Mayor Silvia Salis and Liguria regional president Marco Bucci joined the workers’ protest.
- Who
- Workers at former Ilva plants, alongside unions.
- What
- They held a 24-hour strike against planned plant shutdowns.
- When
- Monday, 12 October 2026.
- Where
- Former Ilva sites across Italy, including Taranto, Genoa and Novi Ligure.
- Why
- To oppose the stoppage of plants and call for the factory to keep operating.
Former Ilva workers and supporters
Acciaieria d’Italia commissioners
Plant shutdowns
Former Ilva workers and supporters
Workers and supporters opposed the stoppages, saying the plants should keep operating.
Acciaieria d’Italia commissioners
Commissioners decided to suspend production at the hot-area plants in Taranto and announced temporary stoppages in Genoa and Novi Ligure.
There is no industrial reason to treat the plants in the North this way when the market needs their products: an agreement on international markets for the supply of raw materials would be enough and the problem would not exist.
Today is an important day because we want a very clear message to come from Genoa: we do not want the factory to close, we want it to keep operating because it makes a product that is in high demand and that we would otherwise import from abroad.
Acciaieria d’Italia decided to suspend all production at the hot-area plants in Taranto and announced temporary stoppages in Genoa and Novi Ligure from 15 November.
Workers gathered outside the Cornigliano plant, where an assembly was held after the commissioners’ decision to stop operations.
Workers held a 24-hour national strike and marched in Genoa.
- Strike duration
- 24 hours
- Strike date
- 12 October 2026
- Taranto
- Production suspended at all hot-area plants
- Genoa and Novi Ligure
- Temporary stoppages announced from 15 November
- Cornigliano
- Workers gathered outside the plant in Genoa
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