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”France media world

Tuesday March 5, 2024

FRANCE 24 NEW FORMULA : A MISSED FIRST MEETING

The launch of the new France 24 schedule had a false start yesterday morning. Despite management's communications plan, this new chapter of France 24 opened with rebroadcasts of newspapers on the English and Arabic channels, due to a strike by control technicians.

The CFTC has underlined, on several occasions, in CSE, the inadequacy between the editorial ambitions of the management of France 24 and the technical and human resources planned to implement them in several sectors (management, TV production, engineering , TV maintenance , dressing service, infographics, self-promotion, makeup, etc.)

For several months, Red Bee employees have been pointing out the deterioration of their working conditions and insufficient resources to implement the new France 24 schedule. These concerns, relayed by the CFTC (our press release of February 21), have not been addressed. unfortunately not heard. Our colleagues at Red Bee, some of whom have been with us since the launch of the channel, therefore began an unlimited strike action yesterday to carry out their demands.

Beyond this chaotic launch, the CFTC regrets that management has chosen to rush the deployment of the new grid, while the workflow has only just been stabilized and employees are awaiting answers about their working conditions. .

The CFTC asks management to hear the legitimate anger of journalists in VSD+ and to respect the organization presented during the CSE consultation (doc. of 08/11/2023):

Planning for 24 replacement shifts on Monday or Thursday throughout the year.

V The replacement day will be planned on a fixed basis on Monday or Thursday, depending on the teams, every other week.

If there is no need on the dedicated day the session will be devoted to preparation.

The CFTC provides its support to Red Bee technicians and renews its call to FMM management to strengthen the technical and human resources allocated to the deployment of the new program schedule.

VSD++ journalists cannot be the adjustment variable for planning reform. The CFTC asks management to respect the work organization presented in the CSE: “a fixedly planned replacement day, Monday or Thursday, every other week”.

The CFTC stands ready to act alone or as an inter-union organization to make employees' demands heard.