Staff at The Herald, Sunday Herald and Evening Times in Glasgow are to ballot on industrial action over a change to the date they are paid.

Owners Newsquest have said that, from October, staff will be paid on the 26th of every month rather than the 20th.

But some staff are unhappy with the plan and the National Union of Journalists says it will cause widespread financial difficulties.

Now ballot papers are being prepared and are due to go out to around 230 NUJ members working on the group's newspapers and magazines in the next few days, asking if they would support strike action or industrial action short of a strike.

The ballot papers will also go out to around 220 Amicus members who would be affected by the change.

NUJ Scottish organiser Paul Holleran said the union had tried to negotiate with the company and had called for a compensation package to be put in place.

They had also gone to conciliation service ACAS, but talks had broken down.

Paul said: "We're hoping that once they see the result of the ballot they will see sense and get back round the table.

"We're prepared to negotiate but they came up with nothing - it was a waste of time."