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Daily Echo staff give their bosses 3 day strike as a ‘Christmas Bonus’

January 5, 2011 by

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Daily Echo staff have once again walked out from their Southampton office in their long-running dispute over pay and pensions.  This is their 3rd walkout so far, and is part of a nationwide action by employees of Newsquest newspapers against what they say are unfair pay and pension compared to managers. As we reported previously, […]

Daily Echo facing second wave of strikes

December 4, 2010 by

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Hampshire’s main local paper, The Southern Daily Echo, will be hit yet again by more strikes this coming week (Tuesday 7th & Wednesday 8th) as part of a nationwide stoppage against owners Newsquest. National Union of Journalists  (NUJ) members first striked last month in a dispute over pay freezes to ordinary staff (whilst bosses reportedly […]