The many disputes in various media in the city of La Plata was sparked by concern and participation of workers in the media and communication to the atropelllos in the workplace. From the Media Workers' Collective essential we achieve coordination and unification of the struggles in the Journal today Radio Provincia Multichannel and to demand from all to each employer the effective reinstatement of the partners, compliance Journalist Statute, collective agreements and respect for freedom of expression.
workers LS 11 Radio Provincia de Buenos Aires, at a meeting called for, in a statement, Governor Daniel Scioli the reinstatement of two colleagues laid off and the resignations of the directors of the station for "serious acts of persecution of journalists, censorship, abuse and atrocities. "
After an interview where he consulted the Minister of Justice and Security on the investigation into the disappearance of Luciano Crease and placed in security policy debate, radio managers verbally reported the dismissal of journalists Marcelo Chapay and Silvina Garrido. That same night, before the fast state public of what happened would have been reversed with the firings.
for dismissal without cause of a cameraman in Multichannel CTA convened a meeting to develop a strategy and demonstration outside the offices of the company. The expulsion of Ricardo Benitez was the culmination of "a long campaign of harassment and employment discrimination exerted the Clarin Group in its various businesses against workers who assert their rights."
Before the "persistence and increased severity of laws violations, unacceptable treatment of workers in the newspaper today" and "lack absolute official response "by the provincial Ministry of Labour Press Union in Buenos Aires was declared" State of Alert and Mobilization. "
This occurred because on the day of Ramiro Garcia Morete journalist was fired by phone, insulted and physically assaulted by the owner of the newspaper, Myriam René Chávez Balceda. Also were fired without justification and journalists Kemelmajer Cintia Leticia Lozano, before the newspaper began to go free. Given the abuse and labor precariousness preferred to give workers an additional 10 in the last three months.
The labor situation in the media the region is reaching a limit, and it is essential to break isolation and create solidarity between the laburantes. So we call on all workers of press and communication, the Press Union Buenos Aires and Fetraccom-CTA, to stand with these situations and to generate actions that collectively we put a limit on employers of all media that violate the labor rights.
La Plata