Journalists in French-speaking Switzerland against further wage cuts
Journalists in French-speaking Switzerland do not want to accept any further pay cuts and do not want to forego the automatic cost-of-living adjustment.
Journalists in French-speaking Switzerland do not want to accept any further pay cuts and do not want to forego the automatic cost-of-living adjustment.
In the run-up to a meeting between the social partners in French-speaking Switzerland to renew the collective labor agreement (CLA), the professional association Impressum published the results of a survey among its members in French-speaking Switzerland on Tuesday. Of the 600 responses received, three quarters reject the draft CLA presented, while a quarter would accept it very reluctantly, as Impressum boss Mathieu Fleury told SDA.
According to Impressum's calculations, the salary model proposed by the publishers would amount to a cumulative salary reduction of CHF 36,400 over 15 years. Alfred Haas, General Secretary of Presse Suisse, countered that this figure was entirely theoretical. There are always adjustments when moving to a different salary bracket. On Thursday, the publishers in French-speaking Switzerland and the representatives of the journalists' associations want to sit down again at a round table to find a solution - high time, as the CLA for French-speaking Switzerland expires at the end of the year. Colleagues in French-speaking Switzerland are facing the same difficulties that journalists in German-speaking Switzerland and Ticino have been living with for two years: The wage partners have been unable to reach an agreement and the industry is working without a CLA.
In the run-up to a meeting between the social partners in French-speaking Switzerland to renew the collective labor agreement (CLA), the professional association Impressum published the results of a survey among its members in French-speaking Switzerland on Tuesday. Of the 600 responses received, three quarters reject the draft CLA presented, while a quarter would accept it very reluctantly, as Impressum boss Mathieu Fleury told SDA.
According to Impressum's calculations, the salary model proposed by the publishers would amount to a cumulative salary reduction of CHF 36,400 over 15 years. Alfred Haas, General Secretary of Presse Suisse, countered that this figure was entirely theoretical. There are always adjustments when moving to a different salary bracket. On Thursday, the publishers in French-speaking Switzerland and the representatives of the journalists' associations want to sit down again at a round table to find a solution - high time, as the CLA for French-speaking Switzerland expires at the end of the year. Colleagues in French-speaking Switzerland are facing the same difficulties that journalists in German-speaking Switzerland and Ticino have been living with for two years: The wage partners have been unable to reach an agreement and the industry is working without a CLA.
