Comments on: Up to 90 journalists’ jobs to go at Scottish titles

By: Sick English Sub

Sick English Sub — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:18:12 +0000

@Sport Geexer
Bang to right’s guv, but if I used any identifier that was vaguely close to my real persona I’d loose my PA pension!

PS: How many mistakes there?

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By: Sport Geexer

Sport Geexer — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:47:44 +0000

So PA is about to get rid of it’s remaining multimedia staff

Subs in England don’t know their grammar eh?

It is remaining multimedia staff?

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By: Sick English Sub

Sick English Sub — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:19:51 +0000

So PA is about to get rid of it’s remaining multimedia staff and is concentrating on “traditional” news production, but they don’t have enough staff to keep up with the existing work, let alone taking on more from TM. Howden is enough of a sweat shop already but the extra demands will push the workers over the edge I reckon. And if TM’s Scottish staff disrupt production today guess who is on standby to pick up the work? That’ll be PA’s scabs again.

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By: Former Record employee

Former Record employee — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:55:33 +0000

NUJ Scotland reaping what they sow here. Two years ago when cuts were made “no compulsary redundancies” boomed Mr Holleran. Four weeks later came the meek surrender in which after those who had taken voluntary redundancy, two employees would be offered as the sacrificial lambs for the compulsary programme. Only two but a precedent had been set and this particular chicken has come home to roost. One member said at the time that the NUJ had only succeeded in merely “clipping the company’s toenails” only for Mr Holleran to shout him down. Well……..

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By: john

john — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:19:33 +0000

“one of the most technologically advanced and operationally efficient digital newsrooms in Europe.”

translates to – we have no staff, everything is automated – ctrl shift F2, writes, subs and proofs in one easy step.

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