NUJ members at the Daily Record and Sunday Mail in Scotland are to follow up tomorrow’s one-day strike over job cuts with a 48-hour stoppage next Friday and Saturday.
They are also calling for a mass picket outside their Glasgow headquarters tomorrow at 1pm.
Over 200 union members have passed a motion of no confidence in Trinity Mirror’s Scottish management.
According to the NUJ, a mass meeting in Glasgow expressed disgust about the way individuals were told they were compulsorily redundant. Union members called for the reinstatement of the 20 odd journalists selected and demanded the union pursue every way at their disposal to challenge the dismissals.
Paul Holleran, NUJ Scottish organiser, said: "We will step up industrial action, taking more strike action next week as well as pursuing all legal action possible, both collectively and on behalf of individuals."
The union has attacked the way journalists were selected for redundancy. Holleran said: "One member was told he was bottom of the list, marked on technical ability, absenteeism and discipline. He was somewhat surprised as he has just been nominated for two awards, he has only been off a handful of times in all his years at the company and had no disciplinary record."
The union will be seeking what’s called a protective award against the company as part of the legal action over the redundancies starting this week.
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Trinity Mirror makes 24 redundant in Glasgow
Trinity Mirror has told 24 journalists at the Daily Record and Sunday Mail in Glasgow that they have been chosen for redundancy.
NUJ members on the newspapers have already given notice of a strike on Friday over Trinity Mirror’s proposal to shed 70 jobs and merge production of the two titles. A 24-hour strike was held last Saturday.
James Doherty, NUJ president who works in Glasgow, said: "It's a sorry day for Scottish journalism - and our role in a healthy democracy - when our members are being escorted from the building with boxes and bags of their personal belongings."
The company announced proposals in February to cut 70 out of 276 editorial staff. According to the NUJ, that number has since been reduced to 57.
NUJ members on the newspapers have already given notice of a strike on Friday over Trinity Mirror’s proposal to shed 70 jobs and merge production of the two titles. A 24-hour strike was held last Saturday.
James Doherty, NUJ president who works in Glasgow, said: "It's a sorry day for Scottish journalism - and our role in a healthy democracy - when our members are being escorted from the building with boxes and bags of their personal belongings."
The company announced proposals in February to cut 70 out of 276 editorial staff. According to the NUJ, that number has since been reduced to 57.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Scottish TUC calls for Sunday Mail boycott
The Scottish TUC has called for a boycott of tomorrow's Sunday Mail as NUJ journalists along with their colleagues on the Daily Record strike this weekend against compulsory redundancies at the Trinity Mirror titles, Shaun Milne's milne media blog reports today
In a statement, Stephen Boyd, assistant secretary of the Scottish TUC said: "The edition of the Sunday Mail which appears on Sunday 5 April will be produced by non-union labour using copy from agencies. It would be of tremendous benefit to the NUJ and striking workers if the sales collapsed as a result.
"Therefore, the STUC is calling on all its affiliated organisations and their members to boycott the Sunday Mail this weekend."
In a letter to Record and Sunday Mail staff yesterday, the papers' managing director Mark Hollinshead said: "At a time of economic crisis and cataclysmic change in the newspaper industry this action can only have one effect. It will most certainly harm our business and the newspapers we are all proud to work for. This will undoubtedly create the requirement for further change if we are to get through the recession in one piece."
Milne says on his blog: "The names of those management want out were finalised during the week. The expectation being they will be told on Monday or Tuesday. If so the strike will most likely be escalated."
Story via journalism.co.uk
In a statement, Stephen Boyd, assistant secretary of the Scottish TUC said: "The edition of the Sunday Mail which appears on Sunday 5 April will be produced by non-union labour using copy from agencies. It would be of tremendous benefit to the NUJ and striking workers if the sales collapsed as a result.
"Therefore, the STUC is calling on all its affiliated organisations and their members to boycott the Sunday Mail this weekend."
In a letter to Record and Sunday Mail staff yesterday, the papers' managing director Mark Hollinshead said: "At a time of economic crisis and cataclysmic change in the newspaper industry this action can only have one effect. It will most certainly harm our business and the newspapers we are all proud to work for. This will undoubtedly create the requirement for further change if we are to get through the recession in one piece."
Milne says on his blog: "The names of those management want out were finalised during the week. The expectation being they will be told on Monday or Tuesday. If so the strike will most likely be escalated."
Story via journalism.co.uk
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Saturday strike set for Scottish papers
Journalists on Scotland’s Daily Record and Sunday Mail are to strike on Saturday over job cuts. NUJ members say they are opposing management forcing through around 20 compulsory redundancies.
In January parent company Trinity Mirror announced plans for seventy job cuts and the merger of the Glasgow-based titles under one editor-in-chief.
More than 40 volunteers put themselves forward for redundancy, but the NUJ claims the company wants more cuts.
In a postal ballot for industrial action, NUJ members voted 85 percent for strike action and 90 percent for action short of a strike. The chapel has given notice of a one-day strike beginning at midnight on Friday/Saturday, followed by a work-to-rule and another 24 hour strike on Friday April 10.
In January parent company Trinity Mirror announced plans for seventy job cuts and the merger of the Glasgow-based titles under one editor-in-chief.
More than 40 volunteers put themselves forward for redundancy, but the NUJ claims the company wants more cuts.
In a postal ballot for industrial action, NUJ members voted 85 percent for strike action and 90 percent for action short of a strike. The chapel has given notice of a one-day strike beginning at midnight on Friday/Saturday, followed by a work-to-rule and another 24 hour strike on Friday April 10.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Another 70 jobs axed by Trinity Mirror
Press Gazette and MediaGuardian are reporting that 70 jobs are to go at Trinity Mirror in Scotland with the company merging editorial departments on the Daily Record and Sunday Mail in Glasgow.
Record editor Bruce Waddell is appointed editor-in-chief of the Record and Sunday Mail, while current Sunday Mail editor Allan Rennie has been moved to a new role of editorial development director of Trinity Mirror's national titles.
Record editor Bruce Waddell is appointed editor-in-chief of the Record and Sunday Mail, while current Sunday Mail editor Allan Rennie has been moved to a new role of editorial development director of Trinity Mirror's national titles.
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