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Newcastle votes to fight compulsory redundancies
Journalists in Newcastle have voted ninety percent in favour of industrial action in a secret ballot over job cuts.
The NUJ members – who work for the Chronicle, Journal, Sunday Sun and associated Trinity Mirror weekly titles – are determined to stop compulsory redundancies.
Management want 23 posts to go – along with the closure of offices in North Shields and Durham.
NUJ Northern Regional Organiser Chris Morley said: “The chapel are willing to talk about restructuring but do not want anyone to be forced out of a job.
“This ballot demonstrates the strength of feeling and gives us a mandate for action if anyone is threatened with compulsory redundancy.”
The ballot – carried out independently – showed 85 percent in favour of strike action, and 90 per cent for action short of a strike.
The NUJ chapel meets again on Tuesday.
28 November 2008
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