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The NUJ will be joining other unions this Saturday in what promises to be the biggest march since the anti-war demonstration in February 2003. The TUC March for jobs and growth follows this week’s Budget from Chancellor George Osborne, which had to revise downward projected growth figures.
Osborne however is continuing with the ConDems fiscal tightening, which will lead to more job losses and cuts. Hundred of thousands of people will join the TUC demonstration and march for an alternative to cuts and job losses.
The NUJ will be assembling at the Embankment with other trade unionists from 11.00am onwards. Come along on Saturday and march with your union.
South London’s Lorraine is building for the TUC demonstration against the cuts on 26 March. Watch it, get inspired, convince your friends and march with her on the 26.
Staff at the BBC are striking on the 5 and 6 October over threats to their pensions. The national strike will take BBC’s coverage of the Tory Party conference off the airwaves. There will also be two-days of strikes later this month.
Scarborough and Sheffield NUJ members at the company voted for strike action in protest against the way management has introduced Atex.
The votes came as NUJ chapels at Johnston Press are balloting for national action over Atex and the lack of serious negotiations over jobs, increased workloads, and the creation of regional production hubs.
Johnston Press announced the cutting of 18 sub editors posts (out of 38) in the North West today. Newspapers targeted include the Blackpool Gazette and Lancashire Evening News, both of which will be losing nearly half their sub-editors.
Journalists on Johnston Press titles in the North are balloting for action over the introduction of new technology. The content management system is leading to greater workloads on some staff while threatening the jobs of others. Production staff in Scarborough have also been told that they will have to move to Sheffield. Here, Stephanie Pride, Joint MoC at Scarborough office, explains the dispute.
Journalists in Sheffield and Scarborough who work for Johnston Press are balloting for action over a new content management system that threatens jobs and standards in local journalism.
NUJ reps from across Johnston Press newspapers are to hold a conference this weekend (Saturday 20 March) to prepare for a ballot on industrial action to save jobs at dozens of the company’s titles, writes Peter Murray, NUJ president. Read the rest of this entry »
The Scott Trust, which controls the Guardian group, is to sell many of its regional titles and websites to Trinity Mirror. This includes titles such as the Manchester Evening News.
The NUJ is balloting members at the Blackpool Gazette and Herald for industrial action.
The dispute concerns the company’s failure to consult meaningfully over proposed changes to working arrangements and failure to guarantee there will be no compulsory redundancies. The union is also demanding assurances on staffing numbers, pay, grading and status for those affected by the proposed changes.
“A total of 37 chapel members are being balloted,” said NUJ North of England organiser Chris Morley, “and we plan to send ballot papers out on February 16. TThe ballot is due to close on March 2.”
