Workforce at Lausanne printing plant Marsens goes on strike

 The workforce at the Marsens printing plant in Lausanne went on strike on Monday morning with the support of the Comedia media union. The 16 employees, who were made redundant at the end of March, are holding a one-day work stoppage to demand negotiations on an appropriate social compensation plan. The print shop was acquired by the French Autajon Group, which already owns the Säuberlin & Pfeiffer print shop in Châtel-St-Denis. The merger unites the two names under one roof. As a result of this merger, six women and ten men were made redundant on March 28, 2008. The accompanying measures offered to them to avoid resistance were "ridiculous", writes Comedia in a press release on Monday. The current approach of the management, which is trying to get rid of the employees without any consideration and regardless of their expertise, is causing costs from which the company is increasingly suffering, it says.