“The proposal presented by the Administration to review the Company Agreement is a deliberate insult to those who, every day, ensure the public media service. Given the Government’s recommendation for the State’s business sector, which indicates increases of R$56.58, the Administration responds with R$7.50”according to a joint statement from the RTP Workers’ Committee (CT) and the Porto Workers’ Subcommittee.
The Administration’s initial proposal was an increase of five reais.
According to the same note, the administration of the public broadcaster also wants to eliminate the 3% discount for supplementary retirement insurance, end travel assistance and make the worker have to pay three times more for the insurance.
On the other hand, the value of meal vouchers will not change, “despite the increase in costs in the company’s cafeterias and outside them”.
The RTP CT and the Porto subcommittee also pointed out that the refusal of the Minister of the Presidency, Leitão Amaro, to update the Audiovisual Contribution, which is indexed to inflation, takes approximately six million euros from the company this year.
Since 2017, the accumulated loss corresponds to R$135 million.
The unions will meet with the Opinion Council and the Independent General Council of RTP, respectively, on March 30 and 31.
The next meeting with the Board of Directors, as part of the negotiation of the Company Agreement, is scheduled for April 1st.
Lusa contacted the RTP Administration, led by Nicolau Santos, on Thursday, to obtain a comment on the position of the Workers’ Committee and the Administration declined to comment as the negotiation process was still ongoing.
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