Strike notice at Tamedia Romandie suspended until end of negotiations
Following the closure of *Le Matin*, Tamedia’s French-language editorial teams are counting on negotiations with group management before the conciliation board of the Canton of Vaud.
On Monday, they appointed their representatives for this purpose. The top priority is to negotiate a social plan. Around 70 members of Tamedia's French-language editorial team voted by a large majority in Lausanne on Monday to suspend the strike notice. This is until the end of negotiations, which was set by mutual agreement with Tamedia, according to the Syndicom union and the Impressum professional association. "We have five weeks to negotiate. This seems reasonable to agree on a social plan," said Karim Di Matteo, president of the employee committee of 24 heures the Keystone-SDA agency. After completion of the social plan, four further general demands would be discussed.
The plenum expects the Zurich-based media group to rescind the dismissals made for economic reasons during the negotiations. Tamedia has already confirmed that the notice periods for the 21 people terminated in June will be extended by one month, the communiqué from Syndicom and Imprint continues. This extension is part of the commitments made during mediation by the Vaudois State Council.
According to the elected delegation of members of the editorial staff and the Syndicom union and the professional association Impressum, "thanks to the newly initiated dialogue, it should finally be possible to find a solution for the employees who have been laid off. The delegation welcomes the fact that Tamedia is prepared to discuss issues that go beyond the discontinuation of the printed edition of the daily newspaper. Le Matin The future of the media group's titles in French-speaking Switzerland, for example. (SDA)
