2023-09-01 16:52:50
The strikers oppose the abolition of national editions of the JT, replaced by regional editions.
Notice of disruptions on France Télévisions: strike movements are planned for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday against the establishment of regional news on France 3, instead of national editions, a change that the unions consider ill-prepared and “low cost».
Bye-Bye the national news of 12/13 and 19/20, place Monday at “ICI 12/13» et «ICI 19/20», the new information events organized by the 24 regional branches of the network. But, internally, this abolition of national editions definitely does not pass. This is the third time that the unions have called for mobilization against the project called “Tempo».
The National Union of Journalists (SNJ) of France Télé filed a notice alone for Sunday September 3, the date of the last national news, and September 4, asking for the outright abandonment of the project or “at least its postponement of several months“. For its part, the CGT-CFDT-FO inter-union calls on all France Télé employees to stop work on September 4 and 5 to denounce the deployment of Tempo “as isand make various demands, such as a shift to 35 hours over four days.
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A request for “local”
After the announcement of the reform by the management of France Télévisions in July 2022, a first call for a two-day strike was launched in September to denounce a “low cost regionalizationof information and a project ofsocial coffers“. In July 2023, a second three-day strike caused disruptions on the regional antennas of France 3.
Opposite, Delphine Ernotte, president of France Télévisions, is convinced of the relevance of the change which “responds to strong public expectations». «People expect more and more that the public service restores what is happening near their homes, in particular what is happening there that is positive, such as the dynamics of territories and associative fabrics or the role of mayors in each of their municipalities“, she argued in early July, during a hearing before the Finance Committee of the National Assembly. But, as the broadcast of these new regional JTs approaches, which will continue to include topics on national and even international news, the tension is mounting.
Fear of “crash”
«The management refused our request to postpone things to have a serene deployment“, Regrets Pierre Mouchel, secretary general CGT France Télévisions, to AFP. But the zero numbers made recently “revealed that things on the air were still very messy“, he believes.
The SNJ anticipates for its part “a crash», reinforced by the «analyzes by psychosocial risk experts who predict an industrial accident». «Back from vacation, the employees of the regional network discover with dismay, in many regions, that we still do not know exactly what these endless news will be made up of.“explains the union in a press release published on Wednesday.
«We also have fears about the hearingsadds Pierre Mouchel. “Many viewers are attached to their regional news. We are not sure that they necessarily welcome the mixture of the three: the national, the regional, the international“. Asked by AFP, the management evokes the opening of “a major page in the history of France Télévisions». «This September 4, it is all the information of the group which evolves profoundly towards more proximity», «so it’s normal” that “raises concerns».
«But the teams and all the employees concerned have been working on it for a year and we are ready“, we assure. Pierre Mouchel of the CGT rather plans “an arm wrestling that is likely to last», particularly on the adjustment of working conditions. “We’re going to have to straighten out a number of things.“, underlines the trade unionist, not excluding “relaunch the mobilizationin case of unsuccessful negotiations.
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