Trade unions call in arbitration board
Comedia and Impressum want to end the «ice age» between the social partners and, to that end, plan to appeal to the Federal Conciliation Board for the Settlement of Collective Labor Disputes in the coming days. The publishers are keeping their distance.
The media unions Comedia and
Imprint want to submit to the Federal Council in the next few days.
Arbitration board for the settlement of collective labor disputes
reach. Through the mediation of this institution, the constructive
Dialogue between the industry's social partners resumed
become. "Specifically, it's about getting out of the dead-end situation regarding
of a new CLA for German-speaking Switzerland and Ticino",
Impressum Central Secretary Urs Thalmann explained to the
Advertising Week. The trade unions continue to fight for a
collective labor agreement and uphold the tradition of social partnership
high. You don't want to have to deal with internally signed
regulations. These could reduce the binding nature of a
CLA, the trade unions announced in a communiqué.
How do Comedia and Impressum assess the chances that the
a CLA come about? "Difficult to say," said
Thalmann. They definitely want to end the "ice age" between
unions and publishers. "It is possible that in the
past claims were misinterpreted on our part. A
The sticking point is the new wage structure. We do not insist on exactly
the same wage regulations that the last CLA stipulated - including
if that was perhaps how it was understood." The publishers would like to
the position that these wage scales no longer correspond to the
would correspond to the current course of business. "Although we want a binding
The new CLA will stipulate a payday for journalists," says
Thalmann. But what exactly this looks like, how the scope, gradations and form
are determined, everything is a matter of negotiation. "We are not so
naive that we can't keep up with the changes in the business world.
recognize," emphasized Thalmann.
The time horizon of the talks before the Federal
According to Thalmann, the decision of the arbitration board is still open. This federal institution
is not permanently in function, but is used on a case-by-case basis for a
specific procedure. It can be used either as an actual
conciliation or arbitration board or - only with the consent of
both parties - as an arbitration board. According to the
corresponding federal law, the parties involved may not
of the proceedings.
The Swiss Press Association has reacted cautiously to the announcement of the
Trade unions. "Basically, we knew that this initiative
will come," explained Hanspeter Kellermüller, legal advisor to the
Publishers Association, told Werbewoche. If a subpoena from the
conciliation board arrives, the matter will be examined. Beforehand
it is too early to comment. "The topic has no relevance for us.
particularly topical," says Kellermüller. The association also insists
that the wages are not set out in the CEC, but in the
are to be defined at company level.
Carole Scheidegger and Stefano Monachesi
Imprint want to submit to the Federal Council in the next few days.
Arbitration board for the settlement of collective labor disputes
reach. Through the mediation of this institution, the constructive
Dialogue between the industry's social partners resumed
become. "Specifically, it's about getting out of the dead-end situation regarding
of a new CLA for German-speaking Switzerland and Ticino",
Impressum Central Secretary Urs Thalmann explained to the
Advertising Week. The trade unions continue to fight for a
collective labor agreement and uphold the tradition of social partnership
high. You don't want to have to deal with internally signed
regulations. These could reduce the binding nature of a
CLA, the trade unions announced in a communiqué.
How do Comedia and Impressum assess the chances that the
a CLA come about? "Difficult to say," said
Thalmann. They definitely want to end the "ice age" between
unions and publishers. "It is possible that in the
past claims were misinterpreted on our part. A
The sticking point is the new wage structure. We do not insist on exactly
the same wage regulations that the last CLA stipulated - including
if that was perhaps how it was understood." The publishers would like to
the position that these wage scales no longer correspond to the
would correspond to the current course of business. "Although we want a binding
The new CLA will stipulate a payday for journalists," says
Thalmann. But what exactly this looks like, how the scope, gradations and form
are determined, everything is a matter of negotiation. "We are not so
naive that we can't keep up with the changes in the business world.
recognize," emphasized Thalmann.
The time horizon of the talks before the Federal
According to Thalmann, the decision of the arbitration board is still open. This federal institution
is not permanently in function, but is used on a case-by-case basis for a
specific procedure. It can be used either as an actual
conciliation or arbitration board or - only with the consent of
both parties - as an arbitration board. According to the
corresponding federal law, the parties involved may not
of the proceedings.
The Swiss Press Association has reacted cautiously to the announcement of the
Trade unions. "Basically, we knew that this initiative
will come," explained Hanspeter Kellermüller, legal advisor to the
Publishers Association, told Werbewoche. If a subpoena from the
conciliation board arrives, the matter will be examined. Beforehand
it is too early to comment. "The topic has no relevance for us.
particularly topical," says Kellermüller. The association also insists
that the wages are not set out in the CEC, but in the
are to be defined at company level.
Carole Scheidegger and Stefano Monachesi
