SSM and SRG sign platform for CLA 2013
On September 21, after seven rounds of negotiations, the Swiss Media Workers' Union (SSM) and SRG signed a framework agreement for the 2013 collective bargaining agreement. The new collective bargaining agreement is set to take effect on January 1, 2013, and will remain in force for four years.
The improvements in the CLA 2013 concern various provisions that will become simpler and more uniform. In several areas, the negotiating delegations of the social partners have succeeded in working out joint solutions. SRG writes this on Presseportal.ch. However, the goal of simplifying the CLA and achieving moderate savings has not been fully achieved. With today's result, however, SRG remains a good and attractive employer.
From the SRG's perspective, the new CLA can enter into force on January 1, 2013. On the part of the SSM, the new CLA must be approved as usual by the industry conference and in a ballot of SSM members. The platform will be presented to the SSM industry conference on October 5 and the ballot of members will take place on October 30. The media union writes this in a press release. If the members vote in favor, the new collective employment agreement will enter into force on January 1, 2013 and will be valid for four years.
The agreement reached in the negotiations creates the basis for the continuation of SRG's 50-year CLA tradition, the SSM syndicate continued. This is of the utmost importance not only for the approximately 5,000 CLA employees, but also for SRG and its function as a public service media company. The agreement at SRG is also an important signal for the entire media sector, especially the print sector, where - with the exception of French-speaking Switzerland - there has been no agreement for years.
Resistance is forming
However, the SSM romand is not satisfied with the result. The union announced this on Saturday. The SRG had imposed its solutions on the SSM in all areas. This is because, as the SSM romand writes further according to SDA, the SSM has not achieved any of its goals, particularly with regard to compliance with labor law. The representatives of French-speaking Switzerland had opposed the CLA because most of the deteriorations would primarily affect the employees of RTS radio and television in French-speaking Switzerland. The SSM romand writes that it is regrettable that their colleagues in German-speaking Switzerland and Ticino were able to assert their position.
SSM: "reasonably balanced"
The SSM union considers the result to be a "balanced package". SSM President Barbara Büttner said this according to SDA. According to Büttner, the allowance system sought by the SRG was "simplified". This was accompanied by some cuts. It was possible to avoid a situation without a contract. This means that the most important goal has been achieved, said Büttner.
