I attended the SNP Trade Union Group meeting this afternoon at the STUC Building in Glasgow.
Yesterday, we heard that Gordon Thomson, a NUJ representative within the Evening Times had been suspended by Newsquest management. This demonstrates an ugly aspect to the current dispute within Herald newspapers. Only days before, management had notified staff that the NUJ was effectively being De-recognised for pay and collective bargaining purposes.
Gordon Thomson is unquestionably, one of the best journalists in the West of Scotland, and is known for his fairness certainly when covering Industrial Dispute issues.
As a show of support, and having contacted the NUJ for its approval, the SNP Trade Union Group unanimously passed a motion calling for an immediate boycott of the Evening Times, until Gordon is re-instated, and to encourage all SNP Council Groups to lodge motions within their Councils, calling for their Local Authority to immediately withdraw advertising revenue from the Evening Times.
Its time to deal with Newsquest where it hurts most.......their pockets!
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The link to the SNP Trade Union Group doesn't work, and there are not many SNP members who list their unions on the Scottish Parliament website - do you have a list of the SNP MSP and MP trade union memberships?
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