Guido Rossa (1 December 1934 – 24 January 1979) was an Italian worker and

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who was born in

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, and lived for several years in

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. His first job was at the age of 14 as a worker in a ball bearing factory, then at

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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

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FIOM-CGIL. As a member of the

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, he was a

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for the labor union CGIL at Italsider in

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. He denounced a colleague, Francesco Berardi, to the Italian police—Berardi produced

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at Italsider on behalf of the

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. In retaliation, Rossa was killed by the Red Brigades on 24 January 1979, during the Years of Lead.

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1979 deaths Italian communists Italian trade unionists Italian syndicalists 1934 births {{Italy-bio-stub

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