Armando Palombo led Genoa metalworkers in escalating strike actions, including blockades at Cristoforo Colombo Airport, to protest the government's plan to halt steel coil shipments from Taranto and threaten jobs at the former Ilva plant.Fiom General Secretary Michele De Palma and local officials including Silvia Salis and Marco Bucci have called for urgent intervention, with Bucci meeting extraordinary commissioner Giancarlo Quaranta to discuss temporary solutions under tight state aid restrictions.The unions continue protests, demanding the withdrawal of closure plans proposed by Minister
Adolfo Urso and warning of ongoing industrial paralysis if the government does not ensure steel production in
Genoa.