Online media journalists 20 Minutes voted a motion of distrust of the Director General and Director of Publication, Ronan Dubois, denouncing a “systematic brutality of management towards its employees [qui] is no longer acceptable today ”announced the inter-union SNJ-CGT and SNME-CFDT in a press release sent to the France-Presse agency (AFP), Friday, July 4.
According to the unions, participation in this internal vote amounted to 77 %, or 40 of the 52 journalists from the editorial staff, and the motion was adopted at 82.5 %. Chief editors have not voted, as is the use of 20 Minutessaid a union source to AFP.
Journalists criticize Ronan Dubois, appointed in 2023, “Incomprehensible decisions” who would have “Aggravated the financial situation” of the newspaper instead of straightening it. They notably point out a recruitment freezing and the non-replacement of sick leave. “This new Sabrage in the workforce greatly impacts the drafting, which must withstand an ever -increasing workload and pressure”they deplore.
The editorial staff also denounces “The meticulous destruction of [leurs] social acquired “with the denunciation of several company agreements, including that on teleworking, the judgment of copyright payment and refusal “Categorical” to pay neighboring rights, as well as two recent layoffs deemed unjustified.
“Impossible to trust Ronan Dubois to direct” 20 minutes “” “
Unions also report comments “Inadequate and possibly discriminating” Held by Ronan Dubois towards a Transgenre union delegate, which are currently the subject of an investigation.
Finally, the editorial staff points to declarations during the general meeting of June 27 “Suggesting that shareholders could transform 20 Minutes in “management” if the social climate did not become “serene” ”. In addition to all the practices denounced, this motion comes when the media has just been sentenced to the court for « discrimination » et “harcelement morale” From a journalist because of his handicap, report the unions.
Journalists now judge that it is “Impossible to trust Ronan Dubois to direct 20 Minutes ». Founded in 2002, 20 Minutes was the last free newspaper distributed in France, before becoming an exclusively digital media in September 2024.
