INM staff weigh up possible strike action

Workers unhappy over conditions at the media company and possible pay cuts, writes Róisín Burke.

Independent News & Media's office on Talbot Street, Dublin: staff at three of its newspapers are considering strike action. Picture: Feargal Ward

Staff at the Sunday Independent, Irish Independent and Herald newspapers are to consider the option of strike action, following concern over conditions and possible pay-cut fears.

At a recent meeting for Independent News and Media (INM) staff held by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), it was agreed to carry out a “consultative ballot on industrial action among staff”, an email to members said. The timing of any strike ballot has not yet ...