Federal Board of Directors enforces redundancies
The staff cuts in the editorial department of the Bern daily newspaper *Der Bund* cannot be offset by reducing work hours.
The staff cuts in the editorial department of
Berner Tageszeitung The Confederation cannot reduce its workload by
be intercepted. The Board of Directors of Bund Verlag AG has approved a
rejected a corresponding offer from the editorial team and two
confirmed the dismissals, write the associations Comedia
and imprint. According to the press release, 18 people were prepared to
by 5, 10 or 15 % in order to meet the savings target of around 400,000
francs in the editorial budget. Publishing Director Franziska
von Weissenfluh, however, had imposed "unacceptable conditions": Within
short period of time, the journalists would have signed a declaration
the workload reductions at their own request - and within their own
of less than two months. In addition, the persons concerned
should not receive any benefits from the social plan to be negotiated,
it continues. Such negotiations are already planned for the
job cuts at the Berner Zeitung (BZ) and on September 20
has been successfully concluded. According to the BZ social plan
trade unions "tailored to the Confederation" that editors who
Offer a hand to reduce workloads, also claim benefits
can. "All the more incomprehensible and shocking" is now the
Decision of the Federal Board of Directors.
Berner Tageszeitung The Confederation cannot reduce its workload by
be intercepted. The Board of Directors of Bund Verlag AG has approved a
rejected a corresponding offer from the editorial team and two
confirmed the dismissals, write the associations Comedia
and imprint. According to the press release, 18 people were prepared to
by 5, 10 or 15 % in order to meet the savings target of around 400,000
francs in the editorial budget. Publishing Director Franziska
von Weissenfluh, however, had imposed "unacceptable conditions": Within
short period of time, the journalists would have signed a declaration
the workload reductions at their own request - and within their own
of less than two months. In addition, the persons concerned
should not receive any benefits from the social plan to be negotiated,
it continues. Such negotiations are already planned for the
job cuts at the Berner Zeitung (BZ) and on September 20
has been successfully concluded. According to the BZ social plan
trade unions "tailored to the Confederation" that editors who
Offer a hand to reduce workloads, also claim benefits
can. "All the more incomprehensible and shocking" is now the
Decision of the Federal Board of Directors.
