Imprint and Comedia on the discontinuation of News - Tamedia's fight against crowding out fruitful - journalists fall by the wayside
After Tamedia announced on Friday that the commuter newspaper *News* would be discontinued effective immediately, *Impressum* and *Comedia* have now commented on the consequences. *Impressum* is calling on Tamedia to act with social responsibility and—compared to the social plan—to extend the notice periods.
"After Tamedia successfully ousted the commuter newspaper Le Matin bleu from the market with 20 minutes in French-speaking Switzerland and immediately swallowed it up, and after the skirmishes the freelance and salaried journalists fell by the wayside, Tamedia is now unceremoniously discontinuing News after News ousted the commuter newspaper .ch from the market - and this at the editorial team's Christmas dinner," writes Impressum in a press release. Since the launch of News, it has been speculated that its main purpose was to oust the then new commuter newspaper .ch from the market. The journalists were only hired to take the wind out of the sails of the competition, Impressum continued. What this meant for the employees did not seem to concern the company management.
Now the editors are threatened with being sent out onto the street in the middle of the crisis, when there are simply no more surplus jobs for journalists. Comedia regrets this decision in a press release and is also relieved that Tamedia
at the same time announces that the social plan for Tages-Anzeiger and Druckzentrum negotiated in June 2009 with employee representatives and the media trade union Comedia and the professional association Impressum will apply to all those affected. In addition, the company management will be taken at its word that News employees will be given first priority when new positions are filled at Tamedia.
should be taken into account. Impressum calls on Tamedia to assume its social responsibility and to consistently avoid hardship. Due to the even tougher labor market, longer notice periods should be applied than those provided for in the recently negotiated social plan.
Now the editors are threatened with being sent out onto the street in the middle of the crisis, when there are simply no more surplus jobs for journalists. Comedia regrets this decision in a press release and is also relieved that Tamedia
at the same time announces that the social plan for Tages-Anzeiger and Druckzentrum negotiated in June 2009 with employee representatives and the media trade union Comedia and the professional association Impressum will apply to all those affected. In addition, the company management will be taken at its word that News employees will be given first priority when new positions are filled at Tamedia.
should be taken into account. Impressum calls on Tamedia to assume its social responsibility and to consistently avoid hardship. Due to the even tougher labor market, longer notice periods should be applied than those provided for in the recently negotiated social plan.
Commuter newspaper News to be discontinued with immediate effect
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