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Nine Publishing journalists will walk off the job from 11am AEST on Friday ahead of the opening weekend of the Olympic Games after rejecting the latest enterprise bargaining offer from management. The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance confirmed on Thursday evening that staff at the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Australian Financial Review, WA Today and The Brisbane Times would proceed with Friday’s planned strike after panning the latest offer.
said in a statement. The union said the latest offer “fails to include a fair pay rise that keeps ahead of the cost of living” and that management could not guarantee during negotiations there would be no more redundancies in future. acting director Michelle Rae said Nine’s journalists were being asked to do “more for less”. “Journalists have asked for a modest wage increase in line with the CPI after foregoing any pay rise during COVID and at a time when the company is making record profits,” she said. “It’s totally unacceptable that the company is asking workers to make a choice between a modest pay rise and the possibility of more job cuts.
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