Journalists vote to take industrial action

AN overwhelming majority of the journalists working for the Irish Examiner and Evening Echo have voted in favour of industrial action in pursuit of a pay claim.

Of 101 ballot papers returned to the head offices of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), 87 were in favour of industrial action, with just 14 against.

The chapel or in-house members of the NUJ will consider what form the industrial action will take when they meet next Friday.