Project "ARC" leads to layoffs
Starting February 6, 2007, the French-speaking Swiss newspapers L’Express, L’Impartial, and Journal du Jura will publish a joint national section. As part of the merger, four employees will be laid off.
The French-speaking Swiss newspapers L'Express, L'Impartial and Journal du Jura will publish a joint national section from February 6, 2007. The announcement of the cooperation was made in June 2006 (see ), and the partners signed the contract on Monday morning.
Affected by the joint mantle are the domestic, business and foreign departments as well as parts of the sports and culture/society departments - and various employees. The newspapers are cutting ten jobs and four people are being made redundant. According to the news agency SDA, the staff committees of L'Express and L'Impartial regret that there is no social plan and that no negotiations have taken place with the employees. Around a year ago, five people were made redundant at the two Neuchâtel newspapers for economic reasons (see
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