CLA agreed between SSM and Radio Top
Radio Top, a Winterthur-based station, has signed a company-wide agreement with the Swiss Media Professionals’ Union (SSM). This marks the first collective bargaining agreement (CBA) in Switzerland’s private electronic media sector. Negotiations for the agreement lasted two years.
The Winterthur-based broadcaster Radio Top is concluding a company agreement with the Swiss Syndicate of Media Professionals (SSM). This is the first collective labor agreement (CLA) in the private electronic media industry in Switzerland, the two contractual partners wrote in a communiqué on Monday. The CLA comes into force on January 1, 2008 and applies to around 45 employees of the broadcaster as well as interns and trainees. Among other things, it regulates the maximum duration of internships, the recording of working hours, stipulates minimum wages, remunerates journalists' copyright, guarantees a 13th month's salary as well as generous vacation and vacation arrangements.
The negotiations for the contract took two years. Last Thursday, the staff of the private radio station Top in Winterthur unanimously approved the contract. The Board of Directors of Radio Top followed suit on Friday.
Together with Radio Top, the SSM union wants to send a clear signal in favor of employees and take a stand against precarious working conditions in the private media industry. The agreement shows that it is possible to guarantee fair and just working conditions despite great economic pressure.
Unfortunately, precarious working conditions are on the rise in the media industry, the press release continues. There are major injustices, particularly in the area of internships and traineeships. According to the union, the agreement at Radio Top is intended as a signal that an active social partnership should be established in the private electronic media sector and that fair and respectful working conditions should be guaranteed for employees.
The negotiations for the contract took two years. Last Thursday, the staff of the private radio station Top in Winterthur unanimously approved the contract. The Board of Directors of Radio Top followed suit on Friday.
Together with Radio Top, the SSM union wants to send a clear signal in favor of employees and take a stand against precarious working conditions in the private media industry. The agreement shows that it is possible to guarantee fair and just working conditions despite great economic pressure.
Unfortunately, precarious working conditions are on the rise in the media industry, the press release continues. There are major injustices, particularly in the area of internships and traineeships. According to the union, the agreement at Radio Top is intended as a signal that an active social partnership should be established in the private electronic media sector and that fair and respectful working conditions should be guaranteed for employees.
