L'Express and L'Impartial employees end strike
The strike at the Neuchâtel daily newspapers L'Express and L'Impartial has been declared over. On Sunday evening, the 46 members of the editorial teams who were present decided to resume work.
The strike at the Neuchâtel daily newspapers L'Express and L'Impartial has been declared over. On Sunday evening, the 46 members of the editorial teams present decided to resume work.
This was after the editors of the two papers had received assurances from the publisher SNP of new negotiations with a serious examination of the short-time working proposed by the editorial teams. This was one of the three conditions that the strikers had set for a resumption of work.
For its part, the publisher, the Société neuchâteloise de presse (SNP), made it a condition that the representative of the journalists' association Impressum be replaced during the negotiations. A new round is scheduled for Monday morning. The publishers' side demanded that the strike be called off. If work is not resumed, Jacques Richard, the representative of the French SNP owner, will not appear at the negotiating table, it said in a letter to the editorial offices.
Reduction plans prompted the editorial staff of the two Neuchâtel daily newspapers to go on strike on Friday evening. The management had rejected the proposals for short-time working. This was intended to avoid the planned redundancies in the editorial department.
A week ago, the SNP, which belongs to the French media group Hersant, announced cost-cutting measures of around two million francs and a total of 15 job cuts. This corresponds to 20 percent of all editorial positions.
This was after the editors of the two papers had received assurances from the publisher SNP of new negotiations with a serious examination of the short-time working proposed by the editorial teams. This was one of the three conditions that the strikers had set for a resumption of work.
For its part, the publisher, the Société neuchâteloise de presse (SNP), made it a condition that the representative of the journalists' association Impressum be replaced during the negotiations. A new round is scheduled for Monday morning. The publishers' side demanded that the strike be called off. If work is not resumed, Jacques Richard, the representative of the French SNP owner, will not appear at the negotiating table, it said in a letter to the editorial offices.
Reduction plans prompted the editorial staff of the two Neuchâtel daily newspapers to go on strike on Friday evening. The management had rejected the proposals for short-time working. This was intended to avoid the planned redundancies in the editorial department.
A week ago, the SNP, which belongs to the French media group Hersant, announced cost-cutting measures of around two million francs and a total of 15 job cuts. This corresponds to 20 percent of all editorial positions.
