Telegraph’s NUJ members vote to strike
October 25th, 2006 by Lloyd Gofton
News was coming through yesterday afternoon that editorial staff at the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph have voted to go on strike, including this from the Press Gazette.
The action follows months of speculation on strike action, which originated from a series of changes including relocation to new offices in Victoria, different shift patterns and more than 130 redundancies including 54 journalists, such as foreign editor Alan Philps and former deputy editor Neil Darbyshire.
The NUJ has confirmed 76% of members who voted were in favour of strike action. A date for a strike has not yet been set.
NUJ General Secretary Jeremy Dear commented: ”Our members at the Telegraph have had no choice but to take the ultimate step and vote to strike.
“Management have only themselves to blame. They should have seen this coming months ago and done something to reassure staff rather than high-handedly pushing on with painful and unpopular changes.”
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