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Milan Court Overturns La Scala Usher’s Firing Over 'Palestina Libera' Shout

The ruling orders back pay through the contract’s expiry, with detailed reasons to be filed next week.

Overview

  • Teatro alla Scala must pay €809.60 per month from the dismissal to the natural expiration of the fixed-term contract, plus interest and monetary revaluation, and €3,500 in legal fees.
  • The case stems from May 4, when the on-duty usher shouted “Palestina libera” before a concert attended by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
  • The worker is a student employed on a fixed-term contract and had no prior disciplinary sanctions.
  • The court found there were no grounds for a just-cause dismissal, with the written motivations expected next week.
  • The Cub union calls the sacking a political dismissal, urges a strike on November 28 and a pro-Palestine march on November 29 in Milan, and presses La Scala to renew the worker’s contract.