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Journalists agree to strike/work-to-rule at Scottish Newspaper

by mudricky | March 27, 2009 at 11:17 am

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Journalists at one of Scotland's biggest newspapers are to strike because of restructuring and job cuts.

The newspapers, the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, owned by Trinity Mirror will strike for 2 days.

It follows a strike ballot that was held by the National Union of Journalists, where the 276 editorial staff voted overwhelmingly to begin action that also includes work to rule.

Staff will walk out on Saturday 4 April and Friday 10 April.

The action is because the newspapers owners plan to axe 70 jobs and merge the production of the Daily Record and Sunday Mail titles.

rinity Mirror said the current economic climate had been a factor in the reorganisation, under which the Daily Record and Sunday Mail would operate as a single editorial team.

The Daily Record's circulation has dropped to about 336,000, allowing it to be overtaken by the Scottish Sun as Scotland's most-bought daily newspaper, according to official ABC figures.

The circulation of the Sunday Mail has also fallen in recent times to a current level of 416,169, but it has retained its position as the country's most popular Sunday newspaper.