Friday, September 22, 2006

Newspaper changes deadlines - staff unhappy

Burton Mail trials morning publishing

The Burton Mail has begun a monthlong trial of morning publishing every day. It follows a month's experiment of morning publication on a Thursday, which resulted in a "significant" sales rise on the day.

...It is understood that staff have approached the NUJ over work patterns, claiming they were not properly consulted by management about the changes and that there are not sufficient staffing levels at present.

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