Tamedia cuts 14.3 jobs in the printing division
Following the overhaul of the production process for the *Tages-Anzeiger*’s new four-section format, the Bubenberg Printing Center is restructuring its operations and eliminating 14.3 full-time positions.
The job cuts will take the form of at least 5 early retirements and 10 redundancies, as the company wrote in a press release on Thursday. As a result of the new production process, around 50 employees in the affected areas will receive new work schedules. This measure will not lead to any job cuts.
According to the press release, the Tages-Anzeiger's new four-bundle concept, which enables faster printing with the same circulation, has significantly reduced production times at night. In recent months, the processes and capacities have therefore been gradually reviewed and adjusted. The new set-up should enable the Bubenberg printing center to continue to offer its internal and external customers competitive printing prices and services.
The Tages-Anzeiger social plan will be used to cushion the impact of the job cuts on the employees affected. This was concluded between the social partners last year and explicitly includes the planned job cuts in the printing and forwarding departments due to the leaner processes.
With this job reduction, the measures resulting from the new four-federation concept have been fully implemented. The job cuts will be carried out in accordance with the statutory consultation procedure.
Comedia questions the extent of the job cuts
In a communiqué, the media union Comedia questions the extent of the job cuts. For Tamedia, the focus is obviously more on profit ("We want to continue to offer competitive printing prices and services") than on health protection and stress reduction for employees. With the currently planned job cuts, the lowest level of a sensible job plan will be reached.
Comedia is calling on the Tamedia management to offer those affected a choice between last year's "fixed" or "flex" models in connection with the planned early retirements. The extent of the job cuts should be seriously scrutinized once again and creative solutions sought in order to attach greater importance to health protection and stress reduction for those affected. The planned new deployment plans must take into account the co-determination rights of those affected and their works committee in accordance with the CLA provisions.
Comedia is demanding negotiations on all these points from Tamedia, together with the responsible works commission.
According to the press release, the Tages-Anzeiger's new four-bundle concept, which enables faster printing with the same circulation, has significantly reduced production times at night. In recent months, the processes and capacities have therefore been gradually reviewed and adjusted. The new set-up should enable the Bubenberg printing center to continue to offer its internal and external customers competitive printing prices and services.
The Tages-Anzeiger social plan will be used to cushion the impact of the job cuts on the employees affected. This was concluded between the social partners last year and explicitly includes the planned job cuts in the printing and forwarding departments due to the leaner processes.
With this job reduction, the measures resulting from the new four-federation concept have been fully implemented. The job cuts will be carried out in accordance with the statutory consultation procedure.
Comedia questions the extent of the job cuts
In a communiqué, the media union Comedia questions the extent of the job cuts. For Tamedia, the focus is obviously more on profit ("We want to continue to offer competitive printing prices and services") than on health protection and stress reduction for employees. With the currently planned job cuts, the lowest level of a sensible job plan will be reached.
Comedia is calling on the Tamedia management to offer those affected a choice between last year's "fixed" or "flex" models in connection with the planned early retirements. The extent of the job cuts should be seriously scrutinized once again and creative solutions sought in order to attach greater importance to health protection and stress reduction for those affected. The planned new deployment plans must take into account the co-determination rights of those affected and their works committee in accordance with the CLA provisions.
Comedia is demanding negotiations on all these points from Tamedia, together with the responsible works commission.
