Solidarity rally by the Tages-Anzeiger editorial team
Around 100 people took part in a solidarity rally in Zurich on Wednesday lunchtime for rally for dismissed Tages-Anzeiger employees in Zurich on Wednesday afternoon. They demanded a fair and respectful social plan.
Around 100 people took part in a solidarity rally for dismissed Tages-Anzeiger employees in Zurich on Wednesday afternoon. They demanded a fair and respectful social plan.
Members of the editorial team had called for the demonstration. It started in front of the Tages-Anzeiger building at Stauffacher. It ended at Helvetiaplatz. Banners read "Quality instead of dismissal",
"No credible newspaper without a fair social plan" and "Madness: fewer editors, better newspaper".
The solidarity rally was also intended to put pressure on the final round of negotiations between the personnel committee and Tamedia, said a member of the editorial team. This will take place on Thursday.
In mid-May, Tamedia announced that it was cutting 50 full-time positions at the Tagi editorial office and 7 at the printing center. The employees affected by the redundancies would be supported by an appropriate social plan, wrote
Tamedia back then.
Members of the editorial team had called for the demonstration. It started in front of the Tages-Anzeiger building at Stauffacher. It ended at Helvetiaplatz. Banners read "Quality instead of dismissal",
"No credible newspaper without a fair social plan" and "Madness: fewer editors, better newspaper".
The solidarity rally was also intended to put pressure on the final round of negotiations between the personnel committee and Tamedia, said a member of the editorial team. This will take place on Thursday.
In mid-May, Tamedia announced that it was cutting 50 full-time positions at the Tagi editorial office and 7 at the printing center. The employees affected by the redundancies would be supported by an appropriate social plan, wrote
Tamedia back then.
