PCP wants to know whether the government is aware of the economic situation of the Global Media Group (GMG) and what it will do regarding the intention to lay off one and a half hundred workers, especially in the Jornal de Notícias and TSF.
In requests sent to the ministers of labour, culture, economy and finance through parliament, the PKP parliamentary group intends to clarify “what monitoring is”. [o Governo] have made or intend to make an announced collective redundancy” and “what steps do you intend to take to protect jobs and workers’ rights?”
The communists ask the executive branch what “specific support, direct or indirect, from the state” Global Media has received.
They also question whether “negotiations are ongoing or expected between the government and GMG and/or Páginas Civilizados or their representatives with a view to the government acquiring their respective shares in Agência Lusa?” and “if so, under what conditions and to what extent, especially in relation to the value of the transaction in question?”
PKP recalls that “the businessman Marco Galinha, until recently President of GMG, intended to sell 45.71% of the capital of Lusa – Agência de Notícias de Portugal, which controlled 23.36% through GMG and 22.35% through the company Páginas Civilizada, then owned the Bel group, which he owned, but which in October became controlled (51%) by the aforementioned WOF fund [World Opportunity]”.
Considering that “the situation in GMG and the evolution of the shareholders of Agência Lusa, which are also interconnected, require full clarification, the PCP parliamentary group asked questions to the government, and more precisely to the ministries of culture, finance, economy and sea, as well as labor, solidarity and social security.” Safety.
This Friday, the Union of Journalists considered “unacceptable, impracticable and unthinkable” the Global Media Group’s intention to proceed with the dismissal of 150 people.
“The leadership of the Union of Journalists considers the intention declared by the Global Media Group to be unacceptable, impracticable and unthinkable. [GMG] lay off 150 people, almost a third of the company’s approximately 500 employees,” the same note states, indicating that “the decision was officially communicated by the administration to several people and received unanimous resistance from the editorial board, distrustful and outraged by the administration, which officially entered into position less than two weeks ago.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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