Comedia wants reasonable working conditions and diversity of opinion

 The media union Comedia has also commented on the radio and TV license applications. In its statement, it calls on the Federal Office of Communications to consider compliance with collective labor agreement regulations as a key criterion when awarding licenses. It also opposes the licensing of broadcasters from dominant publishing houses. Comedia emphasizes the importance of progressive working conditions as well as training and further education. The union points out that only one applicant from German-speaking Switzerland and Ticino is subject to a collective labor agreement (CLA). Although many submissions contain verbose statements on working conditions, these do not go beyond the minimum legal requirements. It is unacceptable for fee money to be used to promote wage and social dumping, writes Comedia.
The union is also campaigning against further media concentration. Quality and diversity of opinion have suffered greatly from the developments of recent years and decades. Comedia is therefore calling for broadcasters that are not dominated by large publishers and pure profit interests to be licensed in the same broadcasting area in the event of equivalent applications.