Editorial staff from the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review, the Brisbane Times and WAtoday reject improved pay offer
Journalists employed by Nine Entertainment’s publishing division have voted overwhelmingly to strike over pay from Friday for five days, hampering the company’s coverage of the Paris Olympic Games.
Nine CEO urges staff to ‘get into the Olympic spirit’ – but doesn’t mention he will keep the flame burning in Paris | Weekly BeastThe stop work action starts at 11am on Friday and includes all newspaper staff covering the games in Paris, but not television. Nine sent about 200 people to Paris to cover the games across all platforms.
The national vote came after what have been described by attenders as “heated” newsroom meetings in Melbourne and Sydney which were addressed by the managing director of publishing, Tory Maguire. Despite an improved offer from Maguire, who had originally offered a 2.5% pay rise in the first year, staff said the deal was not acceptable.The union said rallies were being planned outside each of Nine’s offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth at the same time as members walk off the job.
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