Changes “15min”: a union was created, those research departments

The formation of the union was motivated by the reluctance of the company manager to listen to the opinion of the employees when planning radical changes in the editorial structure. We are concerned that there is a threat to the independence of the editorial office, but together we will strive to uphold the values ​​of the 15 minutes, says the president of the union that unites the creative employees of 15 minutes, the first editor of the editor-in-chief of 15 minutes Ilvinas Pekarskas.

Trade unionists support seasoned investigative journalists Dovyd Pancerov and Birut Davydonyt, who left the ministry leader for 15 minutes in protest.

The union currently has 47 15-minute creative employees, or almost 40% of all employees.

Some professional journalists have already stated that they will also be forced to withdraw if reckless changes are implemented, he says. Pekarska. We intend to defend the freedom of the media and the independence of 15-minute journalists and other creative workers by all legal means, including speaking to our company’s board of directors, who are already calling.

Ser. Pekarskas, the 15-minute independent trade union editorial board, the editors of the Department of Business, Current Affairs and Sports Marius Jokbaitis, Liepa elnien, Kstas Rimkus and the current police journalist Vytenis Mikinis belong to the council. Trade Union The 15-minute freelance newsroom is a structural unit of the Lithuanian Trade Union of Journalists.

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Ramnas auikovas, CEO of 15min, V assures that so far there has been no change.

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However, like any other modern medium, we are constantly planning changes. It used to be there, and now we have it, and we discuss those plans, possible changes with the employees. Yes, while I was still talking about the changes, some journalists quickly made a decision, I said, based on emotions, and I left the newsroom, I paid R. auikovas.

Although it was indicated that the position of editor-in-chief can remain in the company, and that the editors of the rubric would be directly responsible to the CEO, R. auikov ensures that all these are languages, all are invited to work, they have not implemented changes, only discussed. the post of editor must remain.

We try to speak constructively with the union created by the employee, to take his opinion into account, and the fact of the crime itself is welcome. If employees join in, and this will help us to be a more modern and reliable means of communication, it will be welcome. For me it is very important that the goals of our employees always coincide and that we are all in the same dimension. I stress that we want to achieve our goal as effectively as possible, says V auikov.

Asked if the changes commented on in the editorial are initiated by the shareholder or the management of the company, R. auikovas, affirms that it is done with the objective of the latter.

But you have to understand that the initiatives do not go on air, there are also employee comments, opinions, joint meetings with managers, etc. All our employees understand that we have to change, says R.auikov in his position.

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David Pancerov, a 15-minute researcher in the Research Division, sharing the change on his Facebook account, says that we will be leaving in a year.

I am leaving the newsroom because I categorically disagree with the conduct, plans and decisions of the director R. auikov. At the end of September, we not only learned about the future restructuring of the company, one of whose objectives, as I understand it, is to disrespectfully dismiss the editors-in-chief and several other important editors. Such drastic plans, to my knowledge, have been kept secret until the last minute, not only from us, the journalist, but also from the editors that are being removed and removed. Birutė and Davidonyte protest against the disrespectful, disrespectful and non-transparent treatment of our colleagues by our director for 15 minutes. We no longer trust this director and believe that he should resign, writes D. Pancerov.

B. Davidonyt, another journalist from the Investigation Department, also left the company due to lack of access.

Mr. Celenceviius then paid attention to the fact that the restructuring had already been suspended indefinitely.

I am not authorized to comment on the company changes, which are confidential in response to a question from the president, R. Celenceviius emphasized. If there was a planned change in my position, I did not go, the director will not speak to me about it. As we can see from the union’s report, she has reached out to the company’s board and hopes to discuss the situation with her in the near future.

15-minute revenue in the latest financial year (May 2019 – April 31, 2020) amounted to 4.8 million. Eur, and it was 14% lower than in previous years. The company was profitable (579 euros) and had a loss of 277,711 euros in the previous year.

15min belongs to the Postimees Grupp media group. The sole shareholder of the latter is the Estonian investment company UP Invest. The majority of UP Invest shares are owned by Estonian businessman Margus Linnamae.

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