Zuvo: Unions announce further strikes
More strikes are expected to take place at the newspaper delivery company Zuvo in the coming days. The unions announced this on Monday after management failed to respond to demands for negotiations.
Further strikes are to take place at the newspaper delivery organization Zuvo over the next few days. This was announced by the unions on Monday after the management failed to respond to demands for negotiations. On the contrary, the Zuvo managers (50 percent Tamedia, 50 percent NZZ) have threatened to take legal action in the event of further strike action, according to the Communication and Comedia unions. However, the Zuvo employees could not be silenced with the threat of claims for damages.
Further strikes are legal, Fritz Gurtner, Vice President of the communications union, told SDA. This was the last resort after previous talks had achieved nothing. The strikes had been approved by a general meeting of Zuvo employees. They will therefore continue this week.
Around 60 newspaper carriers took part in the first strike action on September 26 in the Zurich area. They demanded that Zuvo rescind the wage cuts of up to 20 percent announced in March and called for negotiations. However, the Zuvo managers did not offer any help and referred to one-off compensation payments that had already been made. Furthermore, a large proportion of Zuvo employees had already signed the new contracts with lower wages.
Around 2,200 employees are affected by the wage reductions at Zuvo. According to Gurtner, the unions have a written mandate to negotiate with around 10 percent of these employees. Zuvo is responsible for the early delivery of newspapers in the canton of Zurich and large parts of eastern Switzerland.
Further strikes are legal, Fritz Gurtner, Vice President of the communications union, told SDA. This was the last resort after previous talks had achieved nothing. The strikes had been approved by a general meeting of Zuvo employees. They will therefore continue this week.
Around 60 newspaper carriers took part in the first strike action on September 26 in the Zurich area. They demanded that Zuvo rescind the wage cuts of up to 20 percent announced in March and called for negotiations. However, the Zuvo managers did not offer any help and referred to one-off compensation payments that had already been made. Furthermore, a large proportion of Zuvo employees had already signed the new contracts with lower wages.
Around 2,200 employees are affected by the wage reductions at Zuvo. According to Gurtner, the unions have a written mandate to negotiate with around 10 percent of these employees. Zuvo is responsible for the early delivery of newspapers in the canton of Zurich and large parts of eastern Switzerland.
