Ex-Ilva suppliers start cutting 2,500 jobs in Taranto

On 4 September 2026, 28 supplier firms of the former Ilva steelworks in Taranto opened collective redundancy procedures for around 2,500 employees, after the Milan Court of Appeal had ordered on 27 July 2026 that the plant's hot-metal area be shut within 90 days unless asbestos sources and emissions were addressed. Under government pressure the dismissals were temporarily suspended; a crisis meeting was held at Palazzo Chigi on 8 September 2026 to freeze the procedure and find safety-net measures (Il Fatto Quotidiano, 4 September 2026). The figure is recorded as initiated cuts; outcome open. Update (11 September 2026): On 9 September 2026 the Aigi association suspended the 28 suppliers' collective redundancy procedures at the government's request pending the Milan Court of Appeal's decision (Il Post, 9 September 2026); on 11 September 2026, however, the court rejected the suspension request and confirmed the shutdown of the hot area by 28 October 2026 (see closures entry) — the dismissals therefore remain acute. Update (21 Sept 2026): On 16 Sept 2026, during the government-union meeting at Palazzo Chigi, it emerged that the Court of Cassation had brought forward to 20 Oct 2026 the hearing on the extraordinary commissioners' appeal against the Milan ruling — eight days before the shutdown deadline. The employers' associations Aigi and Aepi then stated they would suspend the roughly 2,500 dismissals in the supplier network at least until the Cassation ruling; the decree-law with worker protection measures was postponed until "the overall picture is clearer" (Adnkronos, 16 Sept 2026).