Reporters at top provincial newspapers to strike
The National Union of Journalists yesterday served notice on the Johnston press group that 49 journalists working in the Limerick Leader, the Leinster Express, the Offaly Express and the Clonmel Nationalist are to down tools in a 24-hour work stoppage. The protest is over about 12 job losses arising from the introduction of a new printing system, ATEX.
With that system, reporters can write their articles straight onto the page rather than having to have it placed by sub-editors. The union says that as well as leading to job losses, ATEX will undermine the editorial quality in the newspapers.
