A.. Journalists Strike?
Journalist strike closes down major newspapers
The Norwegian Union of Journalists and the National Association of Mediacompanies failed to come to an agreement, despite arbritation several hours on overtime.A dispute over pensions and a special increment for the lowest salaried employees were the main reasons for the strike.
Major national and regional newspaper like Aftenposten, VG, Dagbladet, Adresseavisen, Bergens Tidende, Sunnmoersposten and Nordlys will not be published from Thursday on. The National News Agency (NTB) is also closed down, as are a couple of commercial TV stations.
This is the flip-side of the impact that commercial media consolidation has had on the journalistic profession. How can these journalists claim to represent the public interest when they are willing to strike over pensions? They don't even want to spend the time being incompetent reporters if they aren't properly compensated! Gooooo Union!
Thanks to J. on the hookup.