Journalism

Fnsi union communiqué on the press strike of 16 April 2026

Il Sole 24 Ore will not be on newsstands and its website will not be updated due to the agitation proclaimed by Fnsi for the renewal of the Ccnl for journalists

15 April 2026

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Versione italiana

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Translated by AI

Versione italiana

Italian journalists will go on strike, Thursday 16 April, for the third time. We do not do this lightly, but we feel it is necessary to inform readers, society and politics of what is happening in our sector, which is as fundamental to democracy as it is fragile.

The contract with the publishers of Fieg to regulate the work of employed journalists expired 10 years ago, years in which the publishers enjoyed public subsidies, while our salaries were eroded by inflation. There are no rules for the use of artificial intelligence and for the fair financial recognition of the authors of content given to the over the top.

And it is even worse for the thousands of collaborators and VAT-registered colleagues who have been waiting for years for fair compensation to be determined and who therefore have incomes that are below the poverty line.

Publishers have secured labour cost cuts by resorting to contract dumping practices through the immoderate use of precarious labour.

With our daily work and sacrifices, we are the majority shareholders of many publishing companies.

For the National Federation of the Italian Press, dignity and the future of information pass through contract renewal, wage recovery, and the defence of rights, which are not privileges, but the way we can resist threats, inside and outside the newsrooms. The dignity of our work heavily affects the quality of information that reaches you, the citizens.

That is why we also believe that the sector should be financed more and better, that funding should not lead to the destruction and flattening of information, but should bring revenue back to the newspapers. We journalists are ready to talk and confront this. But the publishers?
Italian National Press Federation