Thousands of cars were stopped
on a main highway interchange in Genoa on Tuesday, where a group
of about 400 workers from troubled steel group ILVA staged a
march that blocked the overpass.
This is the second day of protests, following the
occupation on Monday of the company's Cornegliano plant.
Unions have accused the government of "ripping up" a recent
accord, and have asked a member of government to be present at a
meeting to take place at the Ministry of Economic Development
February 4.
CGIL trade union chief Susanna Camusso, in Genoa Tuesday
for a convention on workers' rights that was taking place only a
few hundred metres from the ILVA protest, said that "political
decisions" are needed.
"Rightfully (they're) asking for a meeting with Minister
(of Economic Development Federica) Guidi or with the government,
because there's a knot to untie which is called the Programme
Accord underwritten by the government," Camusso said.
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