Ericsson has withdrawn the 131 redundancies in Genoa following Meloni’s intervention
The company has decided to implement voluntary redundancy schemes (48 months) and to redeploy staff to other sites of the Swedish multinational
The process for the 131 redundancies announced by Ericsson in Genoa has been halted. The Swedish group has decided to withdraw the plan following direct intervention by the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, who held talks with the CEO of Ericsson Italia, Andrea Missori. This turning point was announced during the meeting at the Ministry of Economic Development (MIMIT) taking place on the afternoon of 5 October 2026; it defuses, at least for now, the labour dispute and shifts the focus to the group’s industrial prospects in Italia.
The news comes from sources at Palazzo Chigi. The collective redundancy procedure had been initiated by Ericsson as part of the company’s reorganisation process and affected 131 workers at its Genoa office. This decision had raised concerns not only regarding employment but also on an industrial level, given the significance of the technology and research hub based in the Ligurian capital.
It was against this backdrop that the Prime Minister intervened. According to reports from Palazzo Chigi, Meloni telephoned Missori directly, and the conversation led to the company’s decision to withdraw the redundancy procedure, replacing it with voluntary redundancy incentives (48 months, according to *Il Sole 24 Ore*) and to fill vacancies at other group sites, both in Italia and abroad. This U-turn now paves the way for a new phase of dialogue on Ericsson’s employment and industrial prospects in the country.
The matter, therefore, does not end with the halt to redundancies. It simply shifts. The key issue remaining on the table is how Ericsson intends to restructure its presence in Italy and, in particular, what role it will assign to the Genoa site within the group’s new organisational structure. This is the point that is set to weigh heavily in the negotiations now beginning between the company and the Government.
Palazzo Chigi describes the withdrawal of the proceedings as ‘an important step towards overcoming the current difficulties and looking to the future prospects of the Genoa site and the group in Italia’. The Government, the same sources assure us, will continue to monitor the situation with the aim of safeguarding skilled jobs and the country’s wealth of technological expertise.
