Italian workers at aluminium producer Alcoa protested on Monday against a plant's closure. The workers attempted to push through a police blockade into a meeting where government officials, labor leaders and the company were attempting to find a solution to the plant;s closure. The plant employs about 1,500 workers, in an area where the unemployment rate is about 15%. The company agreed to slow down the closure of the plant, and that it would be open to offers to buy the plant.
See "Alcoa Italy workers clash with police over jobs", Alberto Sisto, Reuters, September 10, 2012