2023-07-15 09:16:00
This Saturday, the strike was voted by 96% of the members of the newspaper. This is the longest strike in the history of the “JDD”.
By VD with AFP The movement began on June 22, in reaction to the appointment of Geoffroy Lejeune as editorial director. © ALAIN JOCARD / AFP Published on 07/15/2023 at 11:16 am
The drafting of Sunday newspaper renewed its strike to protest once morest its change of direction, preventing the weekly from appearing for the fourth week in a row, its society of journalists (SDJ) announced on Saturday. “For us, employees and collaborators of the newspaper, it is heartbreaking, but this does not undermine our determination to defend the values of this newspaper”, indicated this representative body of journalists in a press release. The strike was voted “Saturday morning at 96%, during a secret ballot” (94 for, 4 once morest, 8 blanks and zero), said the SDJ.
It entered its 23rd day on Saturday, and is due to continue on Sunday and Monday, traditional days off for the newspaper. “The editorial staff will meet on Tuesday to decide on the continuation of the movement,” added the SDJ. The movement was started on June 22, in response to the appointment of Geoffroy Lejeune as editorial director.
Ongoing discussions
This arrival makes the strikers fear a radical change of editorial line, this journalist having directed for seven years the weekly Current valuesto bring it closer to the ideas of Éric Zemmour, far-right presidential candidate for 2022. The strikers and the owner of the JDDLagardère, discuss without reaching an agreement on the two demands, “to renounce the appointment of Mr. Lejeune” and “to offer the editorial staff guarantees of legal and editorial independence”.
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The JDD, founded in 1948, must pass in October, at the latest, under the control of Vivendi, the group of billionaire Vincent Bolloré, following a successful takeover bid for Lagardère. Thursday evening, the daily The world affirmed that Lagardère envisaged, without waiting for this deadline, the opening of a “departure counter” which would allow journalists refusing this new shareholder to leave the editorial staff with a financial agreement.
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