Strike at Tamedia Romandie | Werbewoche

The editors of all Tamedia publications in Western Switzerland want to go on strike until midnight on Wednesday, as the Syndicom union and the journalists' association announced on Tuesday. The strike was decided by 88% of the editors. At 4 pm, dozens of employees found themselves in front of the Tamedia skyscraper in Lausanne for a meeting. The strikers ask the Zurich media group to give up the dismissals of the newspaper Le Matin and undertake to preserve the diversity of media in French-speaking Switzerland.

Tamedia sent a message on Tuesday morning at 4 pm Immediately end the strike: "Tamedia is asking all Morning employees and Imprint representatives to stop the strike immediately. Otherwise, Tamedia could end the GAV. " Tamedia's statement goes on to say: "After Tamedia received a lot of attention last week regarding the proposals from the employee and union delegation, she asked the editors and representatives to report back on June 28th. 2018 Social Plan, taking into account the CLA.The purpose of these negotiations is to take accompanying measures that allow affected people to mitigate the consequences of a loss of employment and to help them find a new job. "

Syndicom argues strike strike Tamedia's French-language editorial staff condemn the announced end of Le Matin's print edition and the dismissals that Tamedia has made, albeit with the exception of the French. a conciliation procedure is in progress at the cantonal arbitration board. They are outraged that Tamedia has rejected the publishers' proposals – which should limit the impact of the measures taken by Tamedia – "The demands of the strikers are:" that the Tamedia group be serious, intense and without any prior exclusion from any solution – including the release of titles – engaged in a process that preserves the diversity of the French-language press. The publishers also request that Tamedia temporarily offer the people concerned the redundancy buy-out since June 2018.

Tamedia wants to Define the print edition of Le Matin at the end of July (advertising week postponed). 41 employees are at risk of losing their jobs. The media should only be available online and developed with a 15-member editorial team. However, the Sunday newspaper Le Matin Dimanche is not affected by the degradation. Tamedia justified the decision at the beginning of June with Le Matin's "continuing losses in the print edition". In 2017, the paper's deficit amounted to about 6.3 million Swiss francs, compared to 34 million Swiss francs in the last ten years. The Tamedia group made a profit of 170 million francs last year. (SDA / NOD)

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