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]