The Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) Workers' Union formulated demands at today's meeting and sent them to the management of the Public Service Broadcaster, RTS employees announced.
They added that they demand that the management and competent services urgently contact them with clear guidelines for work during the days while the Public Service Broadcasting is blocked.
"If no one contacts us as soon as possible, we will consider that the management has withdrawn and is unable to manage the public media service," they said in a statement.
They added that they demand the resignations of all editors and journalists who did not respect media laws and the Journalists' Code and allowed falsehoods and insults to be presented on Dnevnik 2 and other news programs against colleagues, students, and other citizens.
"Another reason for the resignations is responsibility towards the citizens of Serbia for being exposed to untrue and censored information, which is unbecoming of any public service," RTS employees said.
They added that they are demanding the right to engage in truthful reporting, independent work, and the professional performance of regular tasks whose fulfillment is at risk.
"We demand an immediate change in the editorial concept of the RTS news program and professional reporting in accordance with applicable laws and the journalistic code. This includes reporting on all current events in Serbia that are of public interest to all our citizens (due to the failure to report on the student protest on March 15, the RTS Archive was permanently deprived of this material and in the future our colleagues will have to use documentation from other television stations that covered this event), stated the statement of the RTS workers' union.
"This applies to all news programs. Due to the current way of reporting news programs, the majority of RTS employees have literally become hostages of an unscrupulous and irresponsible minority," the Public Service Broadcaster employees stated.
They added that they demand an immediate end to the practice of sending freelance journalists and technicians on high-risk assignments, such as reporting from protests and rallies.
"The precariousness of their position absolutely does not allow them to be abused in this way," the Public Service employees concluded in a statement.
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