It is a vast plan of savings that the employees of the Altice group do not intend to pass up. This Wednesday morning, the branches of BFMTV, RMC and RMC Découverte were disrupted by the first strike in their history, against the job cuts announced a few days ago.
"This is a First edition produced under special conditions after the announcement of a restructuring plan which provides for job cuts," said one of the presenters of the BFMTV morning show, Christophe Delay. “All the antennas are now disturbed given the concern aroused by these projects. "
In place of Jean-Jacques Bourdin's morning show, RMC radio rebroadcast until 8:30 am a program by Les Grandes Gueules and the RMC Découverte channel an episode of Constructors of the Extreme . The journalist was able to conduct his interview with the President of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand. The morning show at BFM Paris was also disrupted.
The last municipal debate in Paris still on the agenda
“We decided to go on strike today and give up on broadcasting because an unprecedented social plan threatens the NextRadioTV group. Because we are proud of our jobs and we are attached to them, ”tweeted several journalists and technicians from the chain. The last municipal debate in Paris is scheduled for Wednesday evening on BFMTV and BFM Paris.
We @BFMParis journalists have decided to strike today and give up the mission of informing you because an unprecedented social plan threatens the NextradioTV group. Because we are proud of our editorial staff and are committed to it. #BFMENGREVE pic.twitter.com/tPms5Ti31x
- Barthelemy Bolo (@ B2Bolo) June 24, 2020The Altice group's media subsidiary (BFMTV, RMC, RMC Sport, BFM Business, RMC Découverte, RMC Story, etc.) had unveiled on June 17 a vast savings and "recovery" plan to cope with the impact of the Covid-19 crisis and increased competition (especially in sports).
It plans in this context to remove "330 to 380 permanent contracts and up to 200 freelancers and intermittent", or about a third of the workforce, out of a total of 1,600 employees, according to the inter-union.
A plan that the unions had immediately denounced, deeming "this drastic cut incomprehensible" within a structurally profitable group. And they had called a general meeting Tuesday at the group's headquarters in Paris, which brought together many employees and approved the principle of a work stoppage.
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