Business question from Jim Devine (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 11 December 2008. It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.
Business of the House
Can we have a debate in Government time to look at the behaviour of the management of the Sunday Herald, The Herald and the Evening Times? Those are quality campaigning newspapers in Scotland, and this time last week, 240 journalists were brought into a room and summarily dismissed. Bizarrely, they were given 90 days' notice, and then even more bizarrely, they were told to reapply for far fewer jobs. That is totally unacceptable behaviour and shows the need to look at trade union legislation again.
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- 485 c682
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- 2008-09
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Conditions of employment Dismissal Journalism Newspaper press Scotland The Herald Evening Times
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