Overview

• Operations are halted for a day across all Acciaierie d’Italia sites as unions spotlight a dispute affecting 10,700 direct employees, over 1,500 at Ilva in special administration, and about 6,000 in the supply chain.
• In Taranto, workers and unions marched from the plant to Palazzo di Città for a sit-in and delivered a document to Mayor Piero Bitetti.
• Palazzo Chigi formally called Fim, Fiom, Uilm, Usb, Ugl Metalmeccanici and Federmanager to meet on 28 October, with the invitation issued by senior official Nicola Guerzoni.
• The sale process closed with ten offers, and negotiations are reported to be focused on Bedrock Industries, which media say proposed a token €1 purchase and deep workforce cuts.
• Unions demand strong public intervention, reject any break-up of the group, and cite a rise in Cassa Integrazione from 3,062 to 4,450 as evidence of worsening conditions, while UIL’s Pierpaolo Bombardieri warns the plant risks closure without swift action.