The Italian Federation of Newspaper Publishers recalls and reiterates its commitment to the category.
The editors of Fieg note that we are in the presence of a national employment contract anchored to business models that no longer exist and which guarantees privileges that are no longer sustainable, such as for example the payment of former holidays abolished 50 years ago or automatic percentage remuneration which, moreover, they have largely kept journalists harmless from the effects of inflation.
This is the reason why the union did not want to address either the issue of the overall modernization of the contract (which would indeed be essential as a competitiveness tool) nor the introduction of more flexible rules to encourage the hiring of young people, preferring instead to limit themselves to exclusively economic requests. And also on the subject of collaborators, Fieg has constantly expressed its desire, even in the relevant institutional bodies, to improve the rules and compensation in force.
We remind you that precisely to protect employment and in order to avoid layoffs, early retirement was resorted to and this has always happened with the consent of the union that signed all the crisis states.
Despite the lack of willingness on the part of the unions to innovate the contractual rules in any way, the publishers have repeatedly formulated – with the contract unchanged and not “dismantled” – an economic offer that is higher than that of the last renewal and adapted to the conditions of the sector and they reiterate that they will continue to do their part, investing in products and enhancing professionalism.
