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Scotsman staff set for strike ballot over production job cuts

on Sep 26, 2015 | 0 comments

By Cameron Clarke

Scotsman staff will ballot over strike action after a third of production staff were told they face redundancy.

Publisher Johnston Press intends to cut 12 of the 32 production staff that produce the Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, the Edinburgh Evening News, a number of magazines and two weekly newspapers.

Media Guardian reports that as staff were given news of the cuts they received an email asking them to attend a party to “celebrate” the relaunch of the Scotsman print and digital editions, announced yesterday.

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Source: The Drum