Imprint demands 5.5 percent wage increase for media professionals
Media professionals should earn 3 percent more in real terms in the coming year and receive an inflation adjustment of 2.5 percent. This is the demand of the Swiss Journalists' Association Impressum.
Media professionals should earn 3 percent more in real terms in the coming year and receive an inflation adjustment of 2.5 percent. This is the demand of the Swiss Journalists' Association Impressum.
Wage increases for media professionals in German-speaking Switzerland have failed to materialize in recent years despite economic successes, Impressum said in a press release on Friday. With the high inflation in 2008, the loss of income is no longer sustainable.
While wages in Switzerland rose by an average of 2.4 percent in 2007/08, media professionals rarely benefited from this. Since the termination of the collective labor agreement in 2004, many publishers have not even granted full compensation for inflation. For this reason, and in view of a possible economic downturn, Impressum is calling for purchasing power to be maintained by compensating for inflation of 2.5 percent. In addition, media professionals should finally be granted their share of the upswing with a 3 percent real wage increase.
The media union Comedia is also demanding a general real wage increase of CHF 100 per month and full compensation for inflation. "With the highest inflation for 15 years, the improvements granted at the beginning of 2008 have long since melted away for most wage earners," according to a communiqué issued by SDA at the beginning of September.
Wage increases for media professionals in German-speaking Switzerland have failed to materialize in recent years despite economic successes, Impressum said in a press release on Friday. With the high inflation in 2008, the loss of income is no longer sustainable.
While wages in Switzerland rose by an average of 2.4 percent in 2007/08, media professionals rarely benefited from this. Since the termination of the collective labor agreement in 2004, many publishers have not even granted full compensation for inflation. For this reason, and in view of a possible economic downturn, Impressum is calling for purchasing power to be maintained by compensating for inflation of 2.5 percent. In addition, media professionals should finally be granted their share of the upswing with a 3 percent real wage increase.
The media union Comedia is also demanding a general real wage increase of CHF 100 per month and full compensation for inflation. "With the highest inflation for 15 years, the improvements granted at the beginning of 2008 have long since melted away for most wage earners," according to a communiqué issued by SDA at the beginning of September.
