Edipresse cuts a further 16.5 jobs
Job cuts at the Lausanne-based publishing house are continuing: Due to a sharp decline in advertising revenue, Edipresse has announced that it will cut another 16.5 jobs. Fifty jobs were already cut at the end of August last year.
The concert of cuts at the French-speaking Swiss media group Edipresse continues. The publisher announced on Monday that it would be cutting a further 16.5 jobs due to a slump in advertising revenues. The jobs will be cut in the printing, dispatch and administration departments. According to Edipresse, 17 part-time temporary employees, two print shop employees and six employees in the sales department are affected. All are to benefit from accompanying measures.
The media trade union Comedia criticized the renewed cutbacks in a communiqué. Once again, the employees, the members of the staff committees and the trade unions have been presented with a fait accompli. Comedia also writes that Edipresse has not done everything possible to keep the redundant employees in other jobs and is therefore neglecting its social responsibility.
Edipresse had already announced a 20 million savings program at the end of August last year in order to compensate for falling advertising revenues. This was accompanied by a total of 50 job cuts.
The media trade union Comedia criticized the renewed cutbacks in a communiqué. Once again, the employees, the members of the staff committees and the trade unions have been presented with a fait accompli. Comedia also writes that Edipresse has not done everything possible to keep the redundant employees in other jobs and is therefore neglecting its social responsibility.
Edipresse had already announced a 20 million savings program at the end of August last year in order to compensate for falling advertising revenues. This was accompanied by a total of 50 job cuts.
