Workers at Mibex in Somma Vesuviana will hold an eight-hour strike on 4 November 2026, with a protest presence outside the headquarters of the Campania Region. The action has been proclaimed by the RSU Mibex alongside FIOM, UILM and UGLM.
At the centre of the dispute is a shortage of new orders and the risk that production will progressively stop. The unions say the remaining work could be exhausted by 10 November, making the use of social safety-net measures necessary.
The reported employment impact involves 59 families in the Somma Vesuviana area.
What is planned for 4 November
According to local reporting, the 4 November stoppage will last eight hours and will be accompanied by a demonstration outside the Campania Region headquarters in Naples.
The unions have requested an institutional crisis table from the Campania Region. Workers in the dispute have also been received by the Prefecture, indicating that both regional and state-level institutions have been asked to follow the case.
The exact time and precise meeting point of the protest were not specified in the sources acquired for this article. Readers planning to follow or join the demonstration should check union communications closer to the date.
Why the plant risks stopping
Union sources describe a plant running out of workload. The remaining orders, they say, may only cover activity until 10 November, after which production lines risk coming to a standstill unless new orders arrive.
Earlier reporting linked the crisis to the interruption of commercial relations with Schaeffler. A September report said the break had sharply reduced turnover. An 18 September political statement said an abrupt stop in cooperation with the main client could eliminate work activity from November and announced parliamentary action.
That production deadline and the employment consequences are attributed mainly to company and union statements and may change before 4 November. The sources do not establish whether new orders, alternative customers or public support measures were secured after the reports were published.
What Mibex makes in Somma Vesuviana
Mibex is described by the Massucco Group as a Somma Vesuviana manufacturer of contract-produced bearings, including railway bearings for high-speed and high-load applications.
The plant is therefore part of a supply chain tied to large industrial customers, where reported workload depends on externally assigned orders rather than products sold directly to the public.
The background: from September tensions to the strike
The 4 November strike follows several weeks of tension.
In September, Metropolis Web reported high tension around the plant and a meeting between workers and the prefect. At that stage, Mibex reportedly ruled out collective-dismissal procedures while wage-support instruments were under discussion.
The September political statement added a national dimension, with a parliamentary question announced over the risk of work activity ending in November.
The October strike proclamation marks an escalation: from meetings and wage-support discussions to a full eight-hour stoppage and a direct appeal outside the Campania Region.
What to watch next
Three points will determine what happens after 4 November.
First, whether the Campania Region agrees to open the requested crisis table. The acquired sources do not provide an independently published regional response confirming the request or the planned protest.
Second, whether wage-support measures are formally activated if work is exhausted around 10 November. Unions have presented such measures as necessary, but no final decision is documented in the sources.
Third, whether new orders or alternative commercial relationships emerge to fill the gap left by the reported loss of Schaeffler work. No such development is documented in the acquired sources.
For the 59 families cited in the reporting, those institutional and commercial steps are now the central uncertainty.
