Journalists have already collected more than 10 thousand euros and helped 37 people in need from the Global Media Group.

According to the statement, journalists from all over the country have already collected more than 10 thousand euros and helped 37 people in need from the Global Media Group (GMG) who continue to not receive payments for October.

The note, published by workers’ representatives Ana Luisa Magalhães, Augusto Correia, Ivete Carneiro and Rita Salcedas, said that 308 people contributed to help these precarious workers, “albeit with difficulty, meet their most pressing obligations, even without receiving payments due from company”.

According to the information, to date, “dozens of green receipts from GMG, including journalists and technical specialists, have not received payments corresponding to the October months, which should have been paid before December 10,” the signatories lament that “this is not so.” long enough to wait at least 40 days to receive payment, as has been the norm in recent years, but this month there is a delay of almost 60 days.”

“Given the silence of the administration, which has failed to provide payments, dozens of people do not even know when they will be paid for work completed three months ago and for which they have already been asked to pay dues and taxes,” they say.

The note also said that GMG journalists, although they did not receive Christmas benefits, organized a fundraiser to help their colleagues “in more dire difficulties.”

This movement originated in the editorial office of the Jornal de Notícias, but spread to other specialists.

“In four days, 1,615 euros were raised through 308 donations, which made it possible to help with green receipts 37 of the most needy GMG employees, including people from the Jornal de Notícias, TSF, Global Imagens, the O Jogo sports team and several of the group’s magazines,” emphasized He.

Finally, “to give meaning to the will shown by readers, listeners and many other people,” it was planned for this Wednesday “to open an account at the Caixa Geral de Depósitos branch in Rua de Gonçalo Cristovao in Porto, in the remainder of the received so far donations, €1,365, will be deposited unless we receive further requests for assistance by then,” they add in a note.

On December 6, in an internal statement, GMG’s executive committee, led by José Paulo Fafe, announced that it would urgently negotiate layoffs with 150 to 200 workers and embark on a restructuring it said was necessary to prevent it from “going further than was predicted by the group.” bankruptcy”.

Global Media Group (GMG) management has opened a mutual severance program for workers under 61 years of age on open-ended contracts, with compensation spread over 18 months, according to an internal statement released Dec. 11.

Meanwhile, the management of Jornal de Notícias (JN), TSF, O Jogo and Dinheiro Vivo (DV) resigned following a restructuring process.