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Scottish Newsquest titles ballot for industrial action


NUJ MEMBERS at Newsquest’s Scottish titles, which include The Herald, Herald on Sunday, The National, Sunday National, and the Glasgow Evening Times, were balloting for industrial action over proposed staff cuts, as The Journalist went to press. The move is in response


to the company’s announcement on proposed redundancies, stating that it will make compulsory dismissals if it cannot achieve proposed cuts of around £500,000 by any other means. The ballot at the


Glasgow-based titles also follows a series of structural changes that staff say will have a detrimental impact on the quality of their work, health and family lives. Although the company has yet to confirm


the exact number of jobs they will cut, this is seen as a further blow to journalists who have faced more than a decade of cuts to staffing levels and almost no increase in wages during the same period.


By coincidence, the NUJ had conducted a


stress survey shortly before the company’s announcement. Among other findings, the survey showed that 83 per cent of respondents believe the quality of their title has declined over the last year; 78 per cent say their workloads have increased in the last year; 57 per cent say they are pressured to produce work faster than they are comfortable with and just nine per cent said they had confidence in the current management. John Toner, NUJ national organiser for Scotland, said: “Our members are very


committed to providing Scotland with quality journalism, and our survey demonstrates that commitment, despite the severe reduction in staffing levels over many years. “This latest blow has galvanised them, and


they don’t believe it is possible to work harder than they do already, with fewer people than they already have.”


Samira Ahmed claims pay parity


THE BBC presenter Samira Ahmed, backed by the NUJ, has made a claim for equal pay at an employment tribunal. The ruling is expected soon. The case was heard at the


Central London Employment Tribunal over several days and focused on her contracts on Newswatch. Her equal pay comparator was Jeremy Vine in relation to his work on Points of


View between 2008 and July 2018. He was paid £3,000 per episode between 2008 and 2018. His fee was then reduced to £1,300 in January 2018. He left


Journalist editor re-elected


CHRISTINE BUCKLEY has been re-elected editor of The Journalist in a ballot of NUJ members. Nine candidates competed for the role. The election was conducted by single transferable vote which means that the lowest


scoring candidates are systematically eliminated, and their second preference votes distributed to other candidates until a candidate reaches a required quota. Bill McCarthy was eliminated first with 55 votes and David


the programme in July 2018. By contrast, Samira was paid £440 per programme from 2012. This increased in 2015 to £465 but then reduced again when the BBC moved presenters onto employment contracts. Samira previously secured


backdated pay in line with male comparators for work on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row and Radio 3’s Night Waves/ Free Thinking.


Nicholson was eliminated second with 93 votes. At that point Christine Buckley was elected with 1364 votes. Jane Anderson polled 572; Samantha Downes 120; Alanna Gallagher 154; Marc Jones 169; Matt Salusbury 182; and Lynne Wallis 126. Turnout was 11.2 per cent.





They don’t believe it is possible to work harder than they do already


John Toner, NUJ Scottish Organiser


inbrief...


MALTA’S PM RESIGNS AMID PRESSURE Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat is to resign in January following public pressure for the truth about the 2017 car bombing that killed journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Muscat will quit as leader of the Labour Party on January 12 and subsequently resign as prime minister. .


DAILY MAIL BUYS THE I PAPER FOR £49M The Daily Mail and General Trust, which publishes the Mail and Metro, has bought the i paper from JPI Media for £49.6 million. It said it wanted the i because it is a strong print title with a reputation for quality journalism. It promised to preserve its editorial independence.


ORWELL SOCIETY OFFERS BURSARY The Orwell Society is inviting aspiring journalists to enter a competition for a £3000 bursary. It is open to students studying in September/October 2020 or those aiming to take up a journalistic job at that time. For more information email info@orwellsociety.com with Bursary Journalist in the header.


REACH CLOSES LAST CORNISH NEWSROOM Reach is closing its last newsroom in Cornwall and another office in the south west. Its journalists there will work remotely or in shared spaces while others go to a hub in Plymouth. No jobs will go from the closure of the Truro and Exeter offices.


GROCER’S TRIUMPH OVER APOSTROPHE A society that championed the correct use of apostrophes has closed. John Richards, a former sub-editor, started the Apostrophe Protection Society in 2001 when he retired. Now 96, Richards is ending his mission. On its website, he said: “We, and our many supporters worldwide, have done our best but the ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won!”


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