WHY THE FORUM OF MEDIA WORKERS WAS CREATED

       The Social Forum of Media Workers was established with the aim of creating a framework for open dialogue, free exchange of experiences and interlinking for effective action by all workers in the media sector opposed to neoliberalism, the brutality caused by the free trade policies, the American war industry and racism.

      Open, pluralistic and seeking to strengthen interrelations the SFMW aims to express the dissent, the protests, the opposition of the workers in the media sector who have felt the brunt of the aggressive policies of their employers whose main goal is the doing away with labour rights and consequently the very core of information.

      The SFMW does not aspire to replace or transform into a union movement. It hopes however to unite the hard-hit serfs of the media sector and open debates on all the pressing issues concerning them, to fight against the unaccountability of their employers, to defend press freedom and the right of the public to information. The SFMW will speak out about the crucial issues that workers in the media have to handle such as war, terrorism, human rights and suggest solutions for the problems arising in each particular circumstance.

      All workers in the media sector whether they belong to an organization or not - who oppose neoliberalism and war make up the mosaic of the SFMW which participates actively within the Greek Social Forum.