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The temperature goes up a notch at Radio France. A few weeks after the CEO, Mathieu Gallet, announced a deficit of € 21 million for 2015, five trade unions have called a strike for Wednesday, February 11.
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This call for strike is as much the management of the company that the state shareholder, deemed jointly responsible for the ” Budget shipwreck “ and ” the great puzzle of Radio France which promises “.
In a leaflet, the SUD refers in particular to documents work management. They evoke a “savings plan [which] is to find 50 million euros” – a sum equal to the deficit expected in 2019
“. If own resources relate ME 10, rationalizations, broadcasts 15 relate ME, find E25 payroll … “, is written on these documents, according to the union. He also cites a reference to “non operational staff” “identify” and ‘mutual projects newsrooms and journalists. “
Probable plan departures
According to our information, this document is from a seminar held Wednesday, January 28 at the House of Latin America, in Paris, at the level “executive committee expanded” (about 65 frames). At this seminar, these frameworks have been working on ways to achieve this amount of savings.
At the direction of Radio France, so it shows that it is “tracks back to balance “ developed as part of the negotiation of the new contract of objectives and means (COM) with the state. This COM must frame the 2015-2019 period and the negotiation must be completed in late March.
At the Ministry of Culture, where the Inter de Radio France was received it a few days ago, it was confirmed the COM will include the goal of return to equilibrium, but also remember that the budget of public broadcasting was stabilized for three years. The date of return to equilibrium is still part of the discussions
One certainty. Stringent economies ahead. Mr Gallet has never hidden his desire to develop new revenue sources – speaking operating the parking of the Radio House, a restaurant, a bookstore … and he had already mentioned in January a possible saving of 15 million euros over distribution costs, if Radio France ceased broadcasting in medium and long waves.
By cons, this is the first time a quantification of of possible measures starting out. Internally, this supports the idea that a redundancy plan is inevitable. In the corridors of Broadcasting House in recent weeks, this prospect worries, like pooling engaged between different editorial teams, for example on sport.
Despite this concern, the unions are not on the same line. FO and SNJ not called the strike for Wednesday, saying that this initiative comes too soon, while there has been no official announcements. And refusing to weaken an operation scheduled for Wednesday on France Bleu, a month after the events of 11 January.
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