Ex Ilva: government-union confrontation ended after three hours at Palazzo Chigi

The decision is traced back to compliance with the decree of the Court of Appeal of Milan of 27 July, after the rejection, notified on 5 October, of the request for suspension of execution.

The company is also requesting social safety nets. The systems will be kept in heating mode, "hot stand-by", awaiting the decision of the Court of Cassation.

But "in the absence" of a favorable provision, heating maintenance will also be "suspended" on October 24th, with the hot area definitively shutting down by October 25th, "without any possibility" of a subsequent restart. “A few hours after the government's meeting with the unions, Acciaierie d'Italia hastens to announce the activation of the workers' redundancy fund with a timing that has the sole effect of aggravating the tension in an already dramatic situation and which risks impacting only on the workers and the territories where they work”, warns the president of the Puglia Region, Antonio Decaro, hoping that the government “can avoid this hypothesis”.

Furthermore, Adi also announced that the "general temporary shutdown" of the former Ilva factories in Genoa and Novi Ligure will take place by "next November 15th". “The announcement of a lockout is completely unacceptable”, thunder the mayors of Genoa and Novi Ligure, Silvia Salis and Rocchino Muliere. “It is an unsustainable prospect for workers, for Genoa and Novi Ligure and for the entire steel supply chain of our country”, denounces Salis.

“The announced closure of the former Ilva factories in Cornigliano, Novi Ligure and Racconigi represents very serious news, not only for Liguria and Piedmont, but for the entire Italian steel supply chain, which is strategic for the industrial future of the country”, say Marco Bucci, president of the Liguria Region, and Alberto Cirio, president of the Piedmont region. Upon entering Palazzo Chigi for the table with the government, the unions made it clear that the closure of the Ex Ilva is "unacceptable". “The workers have shown a great sense of responsibility and therefore it should be avoided that all former Ilva workers are burdened with paying the price for choices and mistakes that are not made by the workers,” said the Fiom-Cgil general secretary, Michele de Palma.