74 employees of the Saint Paul press group are to be laid off without a redundancy plan.
Under the legal framework, Mediahuis will now be able to proceed with individual dismissals. However, the LCGB is calling on those affected to appeal to the labour courts.
The new management and the union have not been able to reach an agreement on non-statutory benefits. Internally, employees are speaking of very high financial demands, linked to seniority.
The LCGB accuses Mediahuis of having behaved unacceptably because its proposal fell far short of the terms of the 2013 social plan, which the conciliator wanted to use as a basis for negotiations on extra-legal benefits.
The trade union makes it very clear: The new Belgian owner’s only interest was the cheap dismissal of around 80 people. What this means for these employees, or what the Luxembourg model means, Mediahuis could not care less, according to the LCGB.
Three weeks ago, the LCGB organised a protest picket in front of the Saint-Paul editorial office to protest against the dismissal of a quarter of the staff.
The demonstrators wondered whether there were still plans to circulate the “Luxemburger Wort”. Over the past ten years, Saint-Paul has had to carry out no less than four social plans.
