SUD-AFPSUD condemns AFP’s abuse of personal service and part-time contracts to guarantee full-time availability of journalists while paying them less
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AFP: Part-time job, Full-time insecurity
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Fact-checking at AFP: The trouble has just begun
30 MarchThe op-ed published in January by our CEO Fabrice Fries in Le Monde was a welcome response defending the Agency and its staff against Mark Zuckerberg’s assertion that the work of fact-checkers was censorship. This stinging attack on Meta’s fact-checking partners, “denigrating” in the words of our CEO, is a telling example of the immense challenge that social networks and their leaders have set for AFP and for journalism. SUD also believes that Fries was right to declare that AFP will (…)
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Audit of AFP HR practices: Management has finally listened to us!
26 FebruaryAFP’s CEO convened the HQ trade unions on Monday, February 24, to announce that he had decided to launch an external audit of human resources management and workplace suffering at the Agency.
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Souffrance et mal-être à l’AFP: La direction nous a enfin écoutés !
26 FebruaryLe PDG a convoqué lundi 24 février les organisations syndicales pour leur annoncer qu’il avait décidé de lancer un audit externe sur la gestion des ressources humaines à l’Agence, précisant qu’il souhaitait faire appel au cabinet Sextant.
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HR problems at AFP: ’The status quo is no longer tenable’ »
18 FebruaryA bomb landed on AFP’s HQ on Friday the 14th: a report by France Inter, relayed by Franceinfo, revealed that a journalist had filed a harassment lawsuit against AFP and the labor inspector had alerted prosecutors.
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Reform of the Spanish text service: Lots of pain for little gain
7 FebruaryWhat the reform of the Spanish text wire unveiled by management lacks in vision it makes up for in creating needless angst. It will not attain its stated objectives and raises serious questions about our leaders’ financial management, while depriving around thirty people of the meaning of their work. A harmful project that foreshadows a profound weakening of the AFP network.
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AFP at the Paris Olympic Games: Gold medal for obfuscation! And now?ille ! Et maintenant ?
30 JanuaryOur excellent coverage of the Paris Olympic Games was praised by management with good reason. But that coverage belied considerable logistical failures which management glossed over in its responses to questions posed by SUD in October.
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AFP on X Suicide Mission?
23 JanuarySUD has suspended publishing on its X account and urged AFP’s management in both December and earlier in January to do the same. Our requests were rebuffed. SUD once again calls on management to stop publishing on X.
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Say no to earning less! Mobilize now!!
5 December 2024SUD calls on HQ-status staff to participate in the work stoppage planned for 2 :00 pm on Friday when management meets with trade unions to discuss wages.
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Austerity, Frustration, Precarity
1 November 2024Despite a significant boost to our state funding it appears that there will be nothing more for staff until 2029
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