The outsourced journalists and broadcasters who work in communications at the Federal Supreme Court (STF), on TV Justiça and Rádio Justiça approved a strike starting next Monday (15), due to the delay in the payment of salaries and labor funds.  The decision was taken unanimously by more than 80 employees of the Arts and Communication Foundation (Fundac), an outsourced company responsible for providing communication services. The contingent represents more than half of the employees who work at the Supreme Court.  Related news: Shorter working hours and daycare assistance: see what changes for outsourced workers. Government contractors have reduced working hours and assistance with daycare. One of the reasons for the strike is frequent salary delays. The salary for the month of June, for example, which should have been paid by the 8th, had not yet been deposited by the 10th. The situation repeats itself every month, according to employees.  Funds from the Severance Indemnity Fund (FGTS) have also not been collected for almost a year, according to the unions of journalists and radio broadcasters, who are at the forefront of the wall movement.  According to leaders of the Union of Professional Journalists of the Federal District (SJPDF), even alimony funds were being deducted from salaries, but were not being passed on to the beneficiaries, being inappropriately appropriated by Fundac.  “The strike may result in the interruption or reduction of journalistic coverage, the transmission of trials, sessions, programs and daily news, harming the provision of public services to society,” said the SJPDF.  Responsible for communications consultancy operations and TV and Radio Justiça, the company has a history of labor complaints, which led the Supreme Court to prevent participation in an upcoming notice, budgeted at more than R$30 million. Fundac, however, obtained the right to participate in the contest in court, although it lost the dispute.  As a result, a new company will have to take over the operation, which creates more fear among employees. The fear is that, by leaving the contract with the Supreme Court, Fundac will not honor the late rights or pay severance pay due.  In a note, the Federal Supreme Court stated that it makes regular payments to Fundac in exchange for the services provided, under the terms of the three contracts it has with the foundation. Such contracts are at the end of their term and will be replaced.  “Thus, the reported delays in payment to workers do not result from the STF’s failure to comply with the contractor, but from labor obligations for which Fundac itself is primarily responsible, without departing from the administrative measures adopted by the Court to demand the regularization of outstanding issues”, says the text.  Also according to the Supreme Court, the Court of São Paulo, where Fundac is headquartered, has already appointed a judicial administrator to take charge of the company, after identifying irregularities in its management.  The Supreme Court also said that “it has monitored contractual execution, demanded the regularization of identified pending issues and adopted the appropriate measures within the legal and contractual limits”. The court added that "it has adopted administrative measures against the contractor, including measures to determine responsibility and apply applicable sanctions, observing the adversarial process and broad defense. Among the measures already adopted, the most notable is the impediment of Fundac from bidding and contracting with the STF, due to defaults observed during the course of contract execution." Agência Brasil tries to contact the Arts and Communication Foundation (Fundac) and leaves the space open for the company's positioning.