On the eve of the February school holidays, the employees of Parisian had taken date in order to discuss a possible rating to denounce the savings plan proposed by management. At the end of the general assembly organized Thursday, March 6 at the call of the unions, they voted a strike of twenty-four hours, which will take place on Friday March 7 from midnight. Out of 319 voters, 163 people spoke for, 143 against, and 13 white votes and abstentions were recorded. The production of the media website – bought in 2015 by LVMH, luxury giant held by billionaire Bernard Arnault – could therefore be less on Friday.
The savings plan resulting in the abolition of 39 posts, including 29 in the editorial staff out of approximately 400, does not pass. He is deemed unacceptable by the motion voted on Thursday, just like “The reorganization of the editorial staff such as intended” by management. Departures will be “On a volunteer basis”insisted management in February, explaining the need for these measures by the obligation not to dig the losses, which were more than 33 million euros in 2024.
But working conditions for remaining employees are particularly internally worried. “Employees will no longer have the means to work properly, and will incur serious psychosocial risks”alerts the motion text, denouncing a project threatening the “Editorial quality” titles The Parisian AND Today in France.
The previous workforce reduction plan at Parisianwhich dates back to 2020, had already led to the departure of around fifty employees and to the disappearance of the nine departmental notebooks of Ile-de-France and Oise, founded in a “Grand Paris” notebook. In return, around thirty people had been recruited, mainly in lives responsible for live news for the website.
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