Union statement

Dear readers,

as you will have read in recent days, an investigation has been opened by the Naples Prosecutor's Office into the Multiversity-Unipegaso telematic university affair.

The investigation involved publishers, managers and editors of newspapers accused in various capacities of alleged corruption between private individuals. According to the prosecutors' hypothesis, advertising investments would have been promised or provided in exchange for favorable and oriented articles or omissions.

For us, defending the professionalism, ethics and reputation of journalists is a fundamental trade union issue: jobs are not only protected by defending salaries, staff and contractual conditions, but also by guaranteeing those who provide information the freedom to exercise their profession without pressure or conditioning. The reputation of an entire editorial team cannot be put at risk by interests unrelated to its mission.