Italy: Journalists on strike again 

Italy will experience an information blackout in the coming days as the media guild goes on strike. The strike is intended to emphasize their demands in connection with new collective agreements. On Friday and Saturday, Italians will not be able to enjoy a newspaper with their espresso, as the press has been at a standstill since Thursday. Print and online media as well as news agencies are affected. Radio and television also offer no relief in the information emergency, as journalists there have also refused to work and will not be broadcasting on Friday and Saturday, as reported by the SDA. Media workers had already walked off the job a week ago.
 
Journalists and employers in Italy have been at loggerheads for months over the renewal of collective agreements. While the trade unions want to extend the current contracts by one year, the publishers are pushing for renewal. The journalists' associations reject this because the publishers' proposals amount to a production model that would reduce the independence, quality and rights of the Italian media landscape.