The union fights for the printers
Comedia is demanding negotiations on the preservation of jobs at the Zofingen printing site. It opposes any attempt to undermine the collective labor agreement.
After it was announced on Tuesday morning that Ringier would be cutting 74 jobs at its Zofingen printing site and outsourcing an additional 65, the media union Comedia issued a statement in the afternoon. In this statement, it announced that it was demanding negotiations on the preservation of jobs through working time models as well as negotiations on a social plan and was opposed to any attempt to undermine the collective labor agreement or worsen working conditions through outsourcing. Comedia fears that the announced cutbacks in Zofingen could send a negative signal to the entire printing industry. If Ringier reduces production costs in the area of customer printing through massive job cuts and outsourcing, this will inevitably lead to other print shops taking the same step. For this reason, the union is calling for jobs to be saved in Zofingen.
