Lebrument takes a swipe at journalists' association Impressum
The eagerly awaited speech by Hanspeter Lebrument, president of the Publishers« Association, has caused a stir. The journalists» association Impressum considers his remarks regarding a collective bargaining agreement to be an affront. Lebrument said he would not give them back their “favorite toy”—the collective bargaining agreement.
The eagerly awaited speech by Hanspeter Lebrument, President of the Publishers Association, has caused anger. The journalists' association Impressum considers his comments regarding a collective labor agreement to be an affront. Lebrument said he would not give them back their "favorite toy", the collective employment contract. In addition, the "duties and rights of journalists" urgently need to be changed in order to strengthen the publisher's influence on the editorial team.
In his emotionally charged speech, Lebrument clearly contradicted the promises made by the VSP before joining the Swiss Press Council, according to a statement from Impressum. The association had committed itself in writing - with the personal signature of the president - to the supra-individual regulation of employment relationships, to the right to collective bargaining and to "duties and rights". This code forms the basis for the self-regulation of journalists by the Swiss Press Council.
Furthermore, the publisher president makes no secret of the fact that, in his opinion, he is seeking urgently needed changes to the "Declaration of Duties and Rights of Journalists". In doing so, he wants to restrict journalistic freedom in favor of the publisher's influence on the editorial team.
In today's statement, Impressum protested against Lebrument's comments. It is assumed that this fundamentalist stance does not correspond to the majority opinion of the members of the VSP and considers the termination of the social partnership to be a verbal derailment by the President and not the official position of the VSP Executive Committee, the association writes further.
In his emotionally charged speech, Lebrument clearly contradicted the promises made by the VSP before joining the Swiss Press Council, according to a statement from Impressum. The association had committed itself in writing - with the personal signature of the president - to the supra-individual regulation of employment relationships, to the right to collective bargaining and to "duties and rights". This code forms the basis for the self-regulation of journalists by the Swiss Press Council.
Furthermore, the publisher president makes no secret of the fact that, in his opinion, he is seeking urgently needed changes to the "Declaration of Duties and Rights of Journalists". In doing so, he wants to restrict journalistic freedom in favor of the publisher's influence on the editorial team.
In today's statement, Impressum protested against Lebrument's comments. It is assumed that this fundamentalist stance does not correspond to the majority opinion of the members of the VSP and considers the termination of the social partnership to be a verbal derailment by the President and not the official position of the VSP Executive Committee, the association writes further.
