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| Reluctant Hero |
Glasgow Herald Vote To Strikehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6897773.stmHerald journalists vote to strike Journalists at The Herald, the Sunday Herald and the Evening Times have voted by more than 70% in favour of strike action against proposed job cuts. An option for industrial action, but not strike action such as "working to rule", received 85% support. Newsquest, which bought the group in 2003, has made £3m of cuts, resulting in 100 job losses at the three titles. There has so far been no comment on the result of ballot from the papers' parent company, Gannett. The Competition Commission has rejected calls to re-examine the takeover because too much time has passed. SNP MP Pete Wishart has been supporting a campaign by the National Union of Journalists to have the purchase of the Herald Group re-visited by the commission. He said: ?It is sadly inevitable that this dispute has come to this sorry conclusion. "This is the first time for years that a Scottish newspaper has taken industrial action, and is an extremely serious situation." |
| SLG |
Think Wishart is right - this was always going to happen when Gannett took over. Reckon they will be looking for a buyer soon enough. |