Swiss Newspaper Staff Stage Walkout Over Job Cuts

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Staff at Swiss media house Tamedia went on strike for an hour on Thursday morning to protest against 41 redundancies, including those of two trade union representatives within the editorial teams. Select your language

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The offices in Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich, Bern and Basel were affected.

From 11am, the walkout was intended to be nationwide, involving both the French-speaking and German-speaking editorial teams within the group. In French-speaking Switzerland, this affects staff at the editorial offices of 24 heures, La Tribune de Genève, Le Matin Dimanche, Femina and Bilan.

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