This Wednesday, Parliament unanimously approved a hearing of the board of directors of Global Media, businessman Marco Galigna and former TSF director Domingos Andrade on the restructuring of the group, which includes the departure of about 200 workers.
Requests to hear the Board of Directors of Global Media, former Global Media Executive Committee President Marco Galigna and former TSF Director Domingos Andrade were proposed by the Bloc de Esquerda and unanimously approved by members of the Parliamentary Chamber. Committee for Culture, Communications, Youth and Sports before the ongoing hearings of the representatives of the workers of the Jornal de Notícias, Diário de Notícias, TSF and O Jogo.
Auditions are expected to take place in the first week of January 2024.
In early December, in an internal statement, the Global Media Executive Committee, headed by José Paulo Fafe, announced that it would urgently negotiate redundancies with 150 to 200 workers and embark on a restructuring that it said needed to be avoided.” further than the foreseeable bankruptcy of the group.” Today, the termination process is being completed, as an official source in the administration confirmed to Luse.
The dismissal of Dinheiro Vivo (DV) director Bruno Contreiras Matheus on December 14 brought the number of dismissals in senior positions at the group to 11, as well as five from the Jornal de Notícias (JN) and two from the sports newspaper. “Game and Three,” December 12, on TSF.
On Sunday, JN workers, whose layoffs will affect about 40 people, assured that they will resort to all legal and judicial means to protect their rights. In the case of TSF, the number of posts affected is around 30.
The Union of Journalists has asked the Inspector General of the Office of Labor Conditions (ACT) to intervene in monitoring “several violations” at the media group.
On Friday, December 15, Global Media management said Banco Atlântico Europa had suspended access to the account and withheld Vasp’s earnings, “citing the impact of the restructuring on the media, which it said prevented it from paying employees who provide services.”
The Social Communications Regulatory Authority (ERC), which will go to parliament this Thursday, told Lusa on Tuesday that “it is monitoring the development of the Global Media group and the news that has been made public.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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