PKP secretary-general Paulo Raimundo said on Tuesday that “the possibility of nationalization of Global Media Group (GMG) by the state cannot be ruled out,” saying the priority was to prevent workers from losing their wages and rights.
“DN and JN were once community newspapers. This possibility cannot be ruled out. This possibility is accepted,” Paulo Raimundo said when asked by reporters whether nationalization of GMG could be a solution.
The Communist leader, speaking after the presentation of CDU candidates in Évora for the legislative elections, said that the coalition’s electoral program includes a proposal for the state to have means of communication with the press.
“But I believe that at the moment it is urgent to respond, first of all, to the rights of workers, to wage arrears and to the difficulties that every person faces,” he emphasized.
Paulo Raimundo said that only after this problem is solved should the state devote itself to “knowing the situation of the company” and “not allowing shareholders to be absolved of responsibility at any time.”
“The state has the ability and capacity to intervene to, firstly, ensure that these workers cannot be left with unpaid wages and cannot lose their rights,” he stressed, believing that this is a “core issue.”
When asked what type of tools he was referring to, the PKP secretary general replied that “there are several programs” that can be used when companies “are in an uncertain situation or on the verge of bankruptcy, to ensure that workers are not left without help.” . wage”.
“The state ultimately has a responsibility to not allow a group of this size and with such very important publications to gain traction and fall,” he added.
On December 28, GMG told workers it could not pay salaries for December, stressing that the financial situation was “extremely serious.”
The executive committee did not give a date for the payment of salaries for December, but stressed that it was making “every effort” to ensure that the delay was as short as possible.
Meanwhile, the group paid last month’s food allowance and wages to workers in the Azores on Thursday.
GMG’s redundancy program ends on Wednesday, the day the group’s workers also went on strike.
On December 6, in an internal statement, GMG’s executive committee, led by José Paulo Fafe, announced that it would urgently discuss layoffs of 150-200 workers and embark on a restructuring that it said was necessary to avoid “more than the foreseeable outcome.” . bankruptcy of the group.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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