According to two statements published this Thursday, the plenary meetings of the workers of Jornal de Notícias and the sports company O Jogo decided to activate the suspension of labor contracts due to non-payment of wages.
“We cannot help but note the coincidence that the plenary days of the newspapers O Jogo and Jornal de Notícias are always marked by announcements from the Executive Committee (EC),” they lamented, pointing out that “this time the note was signed only by José Paulo Fafe,” but earlier appeared in the media “despite consistent requests for clarification from workers’ representatives.”
The President of Global Media Group (GMG) said in a statement this Thursday that the World Opportunity Fund (WOF) has indicated that it is not prepared to transfer money to pay outstanding salaries until the ERC decides and the “intended precautionary measures” are lifted. procedure,” announced Marco Galinha.
“José Paulo Fafe’s statement makes clear a disgusting idea: they don’t pay because they don’t want to,” said the editors of O Jogo newspaper.
“We do not succumb to blackmail, pressure and terrorist tactics from the EC or Jose Paulo Fafe, who make the workers real hostages and throw away their weapons,” they complained, noting that “if the EC is not able to solve the problems, let it do it.” take responsibility and act accordingly,” remembering that “for all names there are suggestions and ways out.”
“The situation requires openness to negotiations in all areas,” they emphasized.
The editors of Jornal de Notícias, in turn, denied “another terrorist attack committed by the executive committee of the Global Media Group” during a “worker meeting.”
He also assured that he “will unequivocally defend – and to the last consequences – the Jornal de Notícias and its employees, always keeping in mind the interests of readers, journalism and democracy.”
At the same time, both editorial boards decided to “activate the suspension of employment contracts due to non-payment of salaries.”
Unions for Journalists (SJ) and Manufacturing, Energy and Environmental Workers of the North (SITE-Norte) this Wednesday lodged a complaint with the ACT over unpaid wages at the Global Media Group (GMG).
In a statement, the union structures said that a complaint had been filed with the Labor Conditions Authority (ACT) “about the non-payment of December salaries to the employees of Global Notícias,” a company belonging to the GMG group that owns the magazine Jornal de Notícias. Diário news and sports program O Jogo.
In turn, according to the published statement, Nobias European Studios, a group for content creation, including video production, proposed to invest 10 million euros in Global Media Group (GMG) to obtain 51% of the company.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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