For the first time in its history, the editorial offices of BFMTV, RMC, and RMC Discovery, went on strike to denounce a broad plan of cuts in post.
The antennas on BFMTV, RMC, and RMC Découverte were disturbed on Wednesday morning by the first strike in its history, against the planned job cuts by the subsidiary of Altice*.
“This is a First edition manufactured in the special conditions after the announcement of a restructuring plan that envisages job cuts,” said repeatedly one of the presenters of the morning BFMTV, Christophe Delay. “All the antennas were today disrupted on account of the anxiety caused by these projects”
programs upset
instead of the morning Jean-Jacques Bourdin, RMC radio rediffusait up at 8: 30 a program of the Big mouths and the string RMC Discovery, an episode of the Builders of the extreme. The journalist has been able to conduct his interview of the president of the national Assembly, Richard Ferrand. The morning of BFM Paris has also been disrupted.
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“We have decided to do strike today and opt to rotate the antenna because a social plan unprecedented threat the group NextRadioTV. Because we are proud of our trade and that we are attached to”, have tweeted several journalists and technicians of the chain.
The last debate of the municipal to Paris is still scheduled for Wednesday evening on BFMTV and BFM Paris.
About a third of the workforce deleted
The subsidiary of media group Altice (BFMTV, RMC, RMC Sport, BFM Business, RMC Découverte, RMC Story…) was unveiled on 17 June a comprehensive plan to save and “re-conquest” to face the impact of the crisis of the Covid-19 and increased competition (particularly in sport).
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It provides in this framework, delete “330 to 380 CDI and up to 200 freelancers and contract workers”, that is, about one-third of the workforce, on a total of 1600 employees, according to the intersyndicale.
A plan that the trade unions had immediately denounced it, deeming it “this cup drastic incomprehensible” within a group of structurally beneficiary. And they had summoned Tuesday to a general assembly at the group’s headquarters, in Paris, which brought together many employees and approved the principle of a work stoppage.
*The group Altice France is the owner of The Express to the tune of 49%.
