RTS employees criticize new CLA
About 250 employees of Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) took part in rallies on Tuesday afternoon in front of the radio studio in Lausanne and in front of the TV studios in Geneva.
They criticized the changes that the management wants to incorporate into the collective employment contract for 2013. The action was called by the Syndicate of Swiss Media Professionals (SSM). The SSM representative Valérie Perrin told the sda news agency that important two-day negotiations were imminent. Around 100 people had responded to the call in Lausanne and around 150 in Geneva. The planned new CLA contains many shortcomings, the union criticized. SSR wants to make savings by increasing the flexibility of all staff and at the same time reducing wages. It is also unacceptable that the pension fund is switching from a defined benefit plan to a defined contribution plan.
The action is supported by the Vaud Trade Union Federation and the media trade union Syndicom. The latter stated that SSR is not an ordinary company on the free market, but a non-profit employer. (SDA)
