Child porn affair at RSR: staff threaten to strike
Staff at Radio Suisse Romande (RSR) are threatening to go on strike. They are demanding that an IT specialist who reported a case involving child pornography be reinstated.
The staff of Radio Suisse Romande (RSR) are threatening to go on strike. They are demanding that a computer scientist who denounced a case of child pornography be reinstated. The computer scientist discovered the images in 2005 at the home of a member of management and made the case public at the beginning of March, whereupon the investigating magistrate's office intervened. The computer scientist was subsequently dismissed and the management member in question was suspended until the proceedings were concluded (see
). At a staff meeting on Monday, those present declared that the reinstatement of the IT specialist was interpreted as the "only credible sign" that the management had the will to change management methods. 165 of around 600 employees were present at the meeting. They gave the management an ultimatum until 5 p.m. on Friday, April 4. If the re-employment of the IT specialist is not officially communicated by then, another staff meeting will be organized next Monday with the aim of organizing strike action during the week.
). At a staff meeting on Monday, those present declared that the reinstatement of the IT specialist was interpreted as the "only credible sign" that the management had the will to change management methods. 165 of around 600 employees were present at the meeting. They gave the management an ultimatum until 5 p.m. on Friday, April 4. If the re-employment of the IT specialist is not officially communicated by then, another staff meeting will be organized next Monday with the aim of organizing strike action during the week.
