Journalists set for strike action
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National Union of Journalists members at Thompson Reuters will strike for two days from Monday 9 February after they voted by 83% for action in a dispute over pay.
Media Unions
Newsquest national pay battle moves closer
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National Union of Journalists (NUJ) chapels in the Newsquest group of papers met for a national “group chapel” on Saturday 21 January to discuss a campaign against the profitable company's attempt to
Essex NUJ strike
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National Union of Journalists members working for newspapers owned by the Newsquest company have voted to strike in a dispute over pay.
Strikes before Xmas at BBC
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The BBC plans to cut 2,000 posts and make significant changes to workers’ terms and conditions as part of its “Delivering Quality First” review.
Support the Johnston Press strikers!
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The media industry’s first all-out strike in decades has seen journalists working for Johnston Press titles in South Yorkshire, including Doncaster Free Press and the Selby Times, take over a month’s worth of action.
BBC strike
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BBC workers took a second day of strike action on Monday 1 August in a battle over job cuts.
Media workers need a culture of solidarity
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Mike Jempson, the Director of The MediaWise Trust and a senior lecturer in journalism at the University of the West of England, spoke to Solidarity.
When Murdoch smashed the unions
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In 1986-7 5,500 print production workers were sacked for striking against an attempt to impose new draconian terms and conditions at Rupert Murdoch’s new, then state-of-the-art, printing plant.
NUJ members meet to discuss Murdoch
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By an NUJ activist
Strike against job losses at BBC
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Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in BBC news struck on Friday 15 July against compulsory redundancies. One hundred posts are due to go in the BBC World Service and BBC Monitoring.