Overview
- The newsroom announced that the Sunday, October 19 print edition will not be on newsstands and the website will not be updated.
- The journalists’ assembly approved a six-day strike package and a broader plan of agitation to begin next week.
- Management issued a reduced Saturday edition on October 18 despite a unanimously approved strike, prompting accusations of anti-union conduct and a signaled complaint.
- The dispute centers on a lengthy interview with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni written by external collaborator Maria Latella for the second time in two years, which staff say sidelines internal professionals.
- Italy’s National Federation of the Press publicly condemned the October 18 issue as falling short of the fundamentals of free and democratic information.