The plant is owned by the ArcelorMittal group which is threatening to shut it down unless it is allowed to layoff workers. The workers had two main demands: first, to stop the company’s plan to layoff thousands of workers, and second, to clean up the massive amounts of toxic wastes generated by the steel plant.
Italian workers go on strike against ArcelorMittal
In Taranto, Italy, hundreds of workers at the Ilva steel plant went on a general strike on Friday, November 30.
