Express Newspapers, publisher of ‘The Daily Express’, ‘Sunday Express’, ‘Daily Star’, and ‘Sunday Star’, plan to axe 94 staff in a drive to reduce costs. The cuts by management consist of; up to nine people from the Glasgow office, five district reporters, six from features, up to five staff photographers and a further nine from the sub-editing operations across the four papers.
Last year, Express Newspapers were looking to cut more than 80 staff and casual journalists, mainly from the sub-ed departments of the ‘Daily Express’ and ‘Sunday Express’, as part of cost cutting measures.
The latest management move to reduce staff numbers has caused anger amongst staff. More than 150 members of the National Union of Journalists chapels at Express Newspapers attended an emergency meeting yesterday where they unanimously passed a resolution condemning proprietor Richard Desmond’s “greed-driven plans to slash jobs across all the titles and endanger their future”.
The resolution said: “This chapel demands Richard Desmond use his vast personal fortune to ride out the current recession rather than force his staff to make further sacrifices: “Alternatively, this chapel calls on Richard Desmond to sell the titles to a proprietor who will restore them to their former status.”
Union members also demanded a health and safety check, to address claims that their workplace was overcrowded, dirty and home to mice.
Since Richard Desmond bought Express Newspapers for £125m in 2000 he has paid himself up to £46m a year.
In ordinary circumstances journalists should get all the support available but unfortunately this is not the case.
The EN group was, and still are, more than happy to print smear stories against The British National Party, including one that says Jews are not allowed to join the BNP, we have a Jewish councillor, and members who are Jewish.
The day after our chairman Nick Griffin was pelted with eggs outside the House of Commons the ‘Daily Star’ invited readers to buy a ‘Pukka’ pie to be thrown at Mr Griffin and other BNP members.
Therefore, they deserve no sympathy until they start to treat The British Ntional Party fairly, and write stories based on fact and not lies and spin.
GIUSEPPE DE SANTIS
What goes around, comes around guys. No doubt tears will be shed but not by me.
Start printing the truth instead of the Marxist drivel, and people will start buying newspapers again.
More good news LOL
Great stuff. I don't like to see decent working people lose there livelihood, but then these aren't decent working people… So F them!
This is only a miniscule beginning if the end for' papers in print' as more people reky on the internet for real news and getting the unvarnished truth like the BNP site.
I do feel sorry for anyone who is made unemployed but it is the fault of the upper echelon not the odinary employees who are the 1st to suffer ALWAYS when costs cutting starts.
Have no fear the head honchos at the DE will not give up anything YET !!
This is why previously reputable newspapers and reliable newspapers are resorting to trash journalism to make money as they are getting desperate. Lies always sell copy.
For people who wish to believe the slanderous comments about the BNP are the victims of their own stupidity and probably have not got 2 brain cells to devote to their political choices.Much easier to read crap and watch crap on tv.
LOL. Excellent news. Gutter press down the drain!
Thanks for making my day…
It couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people. In a decent society there must be a price to pay for the continual lies trotted out by these rags. Our people deserve to their newspapers honest and fair.
Good.
How the mighty fall, and who knows some of these workers may feel the cold steel of unemployment under LIBLABCON, Welcome to the NuLabrat’s world.
Some will deserve to loose their jobs and some won't but thats the horse pill we citizines have swallowed under NuLAB,
PS Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!
After the crap and lies published in the Daily Star today, all I can say is that they should sack the lot. Made my day.