The Government is moving forward with a voluntary retirement plan in Public Media to begin a deep cut of the bloated structure inherited at Televisión Pública and Radio Nacional. The measure, confirmed by official sources, aims to reduce part of the 2,400 registered employees, distributed between both companies, before the end of the year.
The process will be implemented by Javier Lanari, appointed to lead the new Secretariat of Media and Communication following Manuel Adorni's arrival at the Cabinet Chief's Office. Although the secretariat is still awaiting the publication of the decree that will formalize its creation, the team is already working on the final design of the voluntary retirement plan.
An official involved in the scheme explained that the objective will be to open enrollment, measure how many workers join, and negotiate severance payments proportional to position and seniority. Within the Government, officials state that the amounts will be "reasonable" and that they seek an orderly transition, although they anticipate there will be tension with the unions.
The plan will rely on two central figures: Carlos Curci González, trustee of Televisión Pública, Radio Nacional, and Artistic and Informative Content; and Fernando Subirats, director of the station. Both are considered key pieces in the modernization strategy. Official sources emphasize that, while a leading radio station in the country operates with about 300 employees, Radio Nacional keeps a staff of 1,100 people (four times more). From the ruling party, officials describe that size as "nonsense" consolidated during the first years of Kirchnerism.
