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Union condemns savage job cuts proposed in Bristol
The NUJ has condemned the proposed cutting of 45 jobs at the Western Daily Press and Evening Post in Bristol.
The plans were announced at 10am today.
In 2007 Bristol News and Media, the local division of Northciffe made profits of £7.5 million.
Tim Lezard, NUJ National Executive Council member for the South West of England and a former Western Daily Press reporter, said: “These are cuts that don’t need to be made.
“It’s an example of Northcliffe’s contempt for their readers, workers and advertisers.
“The company would rather bow to its boardroom than serve the community it has been an integral part of for 150 years.”
The scale of the cuts has staggered members of the NUJ chapel who will be meeting on Monday.
The NUJ is running a union-wide campaign against the job cuts.
23 January 2009
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