8 April 2010
Two chapels at Johnston Press have voted to strike over the introduction of a new content management system Atex.
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.
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31 March 2010
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.
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27 March 2010
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.
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23 March 2010
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.
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17 March 2010
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 »
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12 February 2010
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.
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12 February 2010
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.”
(taken from NUJ website)
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25 January 2010
The Right to Work campaign will be holding a conference on the 30 January in Manchester to organise resistance to job cuts. So far more than 50 union branches are backing it and more than 500 people have registered to attend.
Speakers include Mark Serworka (PCS), Sally Hunt (UCU), Jerry Hicks (Unite) and the NUJ’s own Jeremy Dear. There are plenty of other speakers and workshops.
Workers, students and unemployed are encouraged to attend
Full details of registration and the day itself, plus local transport are here http://sites.google.com/site/righttoworkconference
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8 January 2010
Missed this the first time. But Newsnight’s Paul Mason blogs movingly about Contract Journal, the magazine where he started his journalistic career. Contract Journal was closed last November after more than a 100 years of printing.
A story that could be told about many magazines
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8 December 2009
The Southport ADM has given the NUJ a strong platform to build a sustained campaign for action to resist a further assault on jobs, pay and the conditions under which we have to work. Here, Alan Gibson gives the highs and the lows of the conference and identifies some of the key issues in the coming year.
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