Harassment on the French-speaking Swiss broadcaster: letters were also sent to the head of television about “love feelings from a painting”



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SRG boss Gilles Marchand emphasizes that he was not aware of any specific attacks on television in western Switzerland. The docs now show the opposite.

SRG CEO and former RTS director Gilles Marchand claims to have known nothing specific about the allegations of intimidation and assault on television in western Switzerland.  But the internal documents weigh him down.

SRG CEO and former RTS director Gilles Marchand claims to have known nothing specific about the allegations of intimidation and assault on television in western Switzerland. But the internal documents weigh him down.

Photo: Urs Jaudas

The time for silence is over. Taboos are broken every day on RTS television in western Switzerland. Media reports on sexual harassment and assault RTS employees have eliminated the fear of talking about bullying in the workplace. The women wrote down their experiences in a dozen papers that hung in the corridors of the television and under the hashtag «swissmediatoo» on social medianorth published.

Now read this: «A colleague notices that I am pregnant, and ask: hurry up reyou refertilize me? The same journalist said at five in the morning while driving in the elevator: Mmmm … first morning boner.» On another sheet of paper, a woman wrote: «During my studies I worked as an assistant in daily News. A painting tried, constantly hugging and kissing me against my will. When I escaped from another attempt, I ran into another boss. He said about his colleague: Ah, yes, of course he does it all the time.›»

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