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Genoa, former Ilva workers block airport and A10 motorway: strike to the bitter end

Ongoing agitation proclaimed by Fim, Fiom, Uilm and Usb to protest against the Plan. Presidium also at the airport

2 December 2025

Gli operai in corteo hanno bloccato il casello di Genova Aeroporto sulla A10 per poi entrare in autostrada, durante la nuova manifestazione a Cornigliano

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De Palma (Fiom), Palazzo Chigi gives an answer to former Ilva workers
Urse hears Regions and local authorities

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At 3.00 p.m. on the A10 Genoa-Savona motorway, the sections between Genoa Pra' and the junction with the A7 Serravalle-Genoa motorway towards Genoa and between the junction with the A7 and Genoa Pegli towards Savona, previously closed due to the demonstration by former Ilva workers who occupied the motorway and the San Giorgio bridge, were reopened. This was announced by the concessionary company Autostrade per l'Italia, explaining that the section between the junction with the A12 Genoa-Sestri Levante and Genoa Sampierdarena in both directions has been reopened.

There were 3 kilometres of tailbacks along the A10 Genoa-Savona, in the section between Arenzano and Genoa Pra' in the direction of Genoa and one kilometre of tailbacks on the A7 in the section between Genoa Bolzaneto and the junction with the A12 towards Genoa. There were also queues along the A26 Genoa-Gravellona Toce in the section between Masone and the junction with the A10 towards Genoa.

The workers of the former Ilva plant in Genoa left the A10 motorway in a procession through the Genoa West gate. After a second morning of protest they are moving back to the Cornigliano garrison. A telephone contact between the governor of the Liguria Region Marco Bucci and the commissioner of Acciaierie d'Italia Quaranta is expected in the afternoon.

Negotiations are looming to mediate on sending an initial quota of about 50,000 tonnes of galvanised steel to Genoa, which would guarantee work until February in the Genoa plant, part of the total 200,000 tonnes destined for Cornigliano and cut according to the latest plan contested by the workers.

For the first time in the history of the Genoese labour demonstrations, workers entered the motorway 'guided' by the huge bucket used inside the former Ilva plant and now a symbol of the protest. And for the first time the Genoa-San Giorgio bridge, also a symbol of the city's 'resistance' after the collapse of the Morandi, was occupied by workers.

A new day of protests by the workers of the former Ilva plant in Genoa who, after spending the night in the permanent garrison set up in piazza Savio, started a procession through the streets of the city's west side together with the workers of Ansaldo Energia, who yesterday occupied the factory to protest against outsourcing and decentralisation, and the workers of the Fincantieri plant in Sestri Ponente.

The workers' motorcade entered the motorway: the demonstrators entered at the Cornigliano toll station after passing through the access ramps, with men and vehicles they arrived on the carriageway of the A10 towards the city centre, stopping the traffic. The demonstrators then arrived at the San Giorgio bridge in Genoa.

L’aeroporto di Genova bloccato dai lavoratori ex Ilva e Ansaldo
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The long procession of workers, more than a thousand in the square on the second day of mobilisations that resumed yesterday in Genoa, first headed towards the airport and after a presidium at the departures, marched again, this time in the direction of the A10 motorway. At the moment the garrison with traffic blockade occupies the central part of the viaduct on the carriageway heading towards Genoa West. Vca

Autostrade informs that at about 12:00 on the A10 Genova-Savona, the sections between Genova Pra' and the junction with the A7 Serravalle-Genova towards Genova and between the junction with the A7 and Genova Pegli towards Savona have been temporarily closed due to the demonstration that is affecting the motorway competence.

In addition, the Genoa Airport station has been temporarily closed on the outbound side for those coming from Genoa and on the inbound side in both directions. There are currently queues in the section between Genoa Pegli and Genoa Airport in the direction of Genoa.

Those travelling towards Genoa should exit at the Genoa Pra' station and after travelling on the ordinary roads, re-enter the A7 at the Genoa Ovest station. Those travelling towards Savona can exit at Genova Ovest and after travelling on the ordinary roads, re-enter the A10 at Genova Pegli station.

The long procession, which opened with a banner reading 'Genoa fights for industry' and a mechanical shovel, first reached the airport of the Ligurian capital. The entrance to the departure area was occupied by hundreds of workers and the mechanical shovel. The procession then resumed its march towards the motorway tollgate, blocking the road system.

'The airport,' said the Fiom CGIL Rsu coordinator of the Acciaierie d'Italia plant in Genoa, Armando Palombo, over the megaphone, 'is blocked to send a message to the nation that the industry in Genoa cannot be touched. It is also a message to the government and the commissioners: work cannot stop in Taranto, they have to send the rolls to Genoa. Let's stay here with our mechanical shovel, a symbol of work, not government chatter. We're fed up with it. This is a common battle. We will defend our work and industry in Genoa with all the strength we have'.

De Palma (Fiom), Palazzo Chigi gives an answer to former Ilva workers

"To the former Ilva workers, in occupation in Genoa and those mobilising in Novi Ligure and Racconigi, palazzo Chigi must now give an urgent answer. The plan to close the former Ilva is unacceptable. We are not asking for redundancy money, but a plan for work'. This was stated by the general secretary of Fiom-Cgil, Michele De Palma.

Urso hear Regions and local authorities

Meanwhile, following the meetings held last Friday at Mimit on the future of the former Ilva and with the aim of ensuring a stable confrontation with the regions and local authorities in the territories hosting the plants, the Minister for Enterprise and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, has convened a series of meetings with the territorial institutions concerned, in agreement with the same regions and local authorities. The tables aim to define the best conditions for the re-launch of the iron and steel group and to assess further production investments in the available areas, particularly in Taranto and Genoa.

The meetings, which will be attended by representatives of the Regions, Municipalities and competent Ministries, will be held according to the following schedule: on Thursday 4 December, at 9 a.m., with the Piedmont institutions (Region, Municipalities of Novi Ligure and Racconigi); on Friday 5 December, at 10 a.m., with the Ligurian institutions (Region and Municipality of Genoa); on Friday 5 December, at 12 noon, with the Apulian institutions (Region, Municipalities of Taranto and Statte).

At the end of this round of discussions, a unified discussion is planned for the following week in the presence of representatives of all the local institutions involved.

Meanwhile, Fim, Fiom, Uilm and Usb announced the proclamation of a strike starting at 12 noon today, until further notice, to protest against the Plan presented by the government on the former Ilva. The strike is aimed at requesting a meeting for a single table at Palazzo Chigi, with the objective of obtaining the withdrawal of the Plan and to start a serious and constructive discussion on the rights, safety and future of workers. This act of protest, stress the unions, represents a fundamental moment to defend the rights of all workers and ensure a future of stability and dignity in the world of work.