Planet Idea Workers' Strike in Turin over Unpaid Wages (October 2026)

On 22 October 2026 Fisascat CISL A.M. Torino Canavese called a strike with a protest rally, from 2pm to 4pm outside the company's offices at corso Stati Uniti 45 in Turin, involving around fifty Turin-based employees of Planet Idea, a company founded in 2015 that designs smart buildings and urban districts.¹²

The workers report wages unpaid since July 2026, ten months of overdue meal vouchers, the suspension of health insurance cover and the non-payment of part of their social security contributions, following a year on the cassa integrazione (a state-funded wage guarantee scheme for workers on reduced or suspended hours) starting in April 2025 and six months on a solidarity contract (a scheme cutting working hours to avoid layoffs), both at the maximum allowed percentage.¹²

The union, through Matteo Rossi of Fisascat CISL Torino, is asking the shareholders and the chairman of the holding company that controls Planet Idea, Stefano Buono, for a timetable to pay the overdue sums, the reinstatement of the suspended benefits, and an industrial plan backed by investment.¹²

Sources

1. Planet Idea, da start up innovativa alla mobilitazione e ai presidi a Torino — Quotidiano Piemontese, 21 October 2026
2. Planet Idea, stipendi in ritardo e futuro incerto: a Torino lavoratori in sciopero — TorinoOggi, 22 October 2026