Call for a strike on May 12 on Radio France, against the suspension of Guillaume Meurice and the changes to the schedule, with the fear of being brought into line – Libération

An inter-union strike notice was filed for Sunday, May 12 by the Radio France unions, reflecting the crisis in the group after the dismissal of comedian Guillaume Meurice and the schedule adjustments perceived as political.

To protest against the dismissal of Guillaume Meurice, but also against a reshuffling of the grids perceived as “a social breakdown” and a threat to emblematic broadcasts, all against the backdrop of a public broadcasting reform project, the six major unions of Radio France (CGT, CFDT, FO SNJ, Sud, Unsa) have called for a strike on Sunday from midnight 00 to midnight. Sunday, day of Charline Vanhoenacker’s show. A movement for “the end of the repression of insolence and humor”For “the defense of staff against all forms of external pressure and denigration”For “the preservation of the identity and singularity of its channels”write the unions. “Particularly on France Inter, whose trademark has been insolence and freedom of tone since the end of ORTF, threats weigh on popular broadcasts. … What purpose ? To respond to the injunctions of public authorities and private groups?

This is the continuation of the meeting which was held Monday evening, when the director of France Inter, Adèle Van Reeth met the office of the Society of Channel Producers (SDPI). A meeting with the voices of the antenna initially scheduled for May 16, but brought forward ten days in the face of the tumult which seized the station