Guido Rossa

Guido Rossa
Born(1934-12-01)1 December 1934
Cesiomaggiore, Italy
Died24 January 1979(1979-01-24) (aged 44)
Genoa, Italy
Cause of deathGunshot wound
NationalityItalian
Known forItalian worker and syndicalist that denounced the Red Brigades.

Guido Rossa (1 December 1934 – 24 January 1979) was an Italian worker and syndicalist who was born in Cesiomaggiore, Veneto, and lived for several years in Turin.[1] His first job was at the age of 14 as a worker in a ball bearing factory, then at Fiat in Turin as a milling machine worker. In 1961 he moved to Genoa to work for Italsider and, the following year, was elected to the labor union FIOM-CGIL.[2] As a member of the Italian Communist Party, he was a trade unionist for the labor union CGIL at Italsider in Genoa-Cornigliano. He denounced to the Italian police a colleague, Francesco Berardi, who produced propaganda at Italsider on behalf of the Red Brigades.[3] In retaliation, Rossa was killed by the Red Brigades on 24 January 1979, during the Years of Lead.[4][5][6][7][8]

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