Journalists set to strike after feeling betrayed over deal to sell world's oldest Sunday newspaper
The Kings Place development, which houses the editorial offices of the Guardian and Observer newspapers, in London The protest, a critical moment in the history of this country’s liberal press, has been called in anger over plans by the Scott Trust, owners of Guardian Media Group , tolast week called on the trust to pause the process, which they called “a gamble, a throw of the dice, for a title which started publishing in 1791”.
Approaching a decade in the job next March, Viner’s position looks vulnerable. The vote for strike action was backed by 93 per cent of journalists across both titles. They passed a vote of no confidence in the Scott Trust, which sits on reserves of £1.3bn. There is now talk of a similar ballot in respect of their editor-in-chief.journalists, trying to persuade them of the need for the sale but asking them not to take notes. The process was viewed by one participant as “divide and rule”.
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