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Home | Friday 6th February 2009 | Issue 665

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...AND FINALLY...

The Morning Star, faithful cheerleader for industrial action and lefty agitation for decades, has been well and truly hoisted by its own petard this week after its own workers agreed to vote on strike action. ‘Star workers are angry after the newspaper backed out of an agreement to up their pay. Currently reporters and sub-editors take home around £270 a week, so its no wonder they’re feeling hard done by- especially after they kept the rag running from their homes after a fire gutted the offices.

It remains to be seen whether they’ll get a write up...

Keywords: newspapers, morning star, workers struggles, stirke, london


 

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