SRG under pressure?
Negotiations between SRG and SSM on a collective bargaining agreement will enter their final round on Monday. Now, SRG is also facing pressure from politicians.
SRG Director General Roger de Weck is being put under massive pressure not only by the professional associations, but also by the SP. This is according to the Sonntagszeitung. As early as June, an SP parliamentary group committee is said to have met with SRG management and openly threatened to withdraw its support for the media company.
This is confirmed by Hans-Jürg Fehr, SP National Councillor for Schaffhausen, according to the Sonntagszeitung: "We have made it clear to the general management that only an SRG with Gav is an option for us." Even if the SP generally has a benevolent attitude towards the media company, its support is not "free" and is no longer guaranteed without Gav.
However, SRG spokesperson Daniel Steiner says, according to the Sonntagszeitung, that SRG rejects any interference from the SP. "Independence from political and economic interest groups is one of the SRG media house's greatest assets," he says. Attempts to exert pressure would be ineffective. Only last week, De Weck addressed all employees in an internal communication and emphasized that SRG continues to attach great importance to social partnership.
