NUJ wins £200,000 for redundant Sport staff
Victory for stricken Sport staffThe National Union of Journalists is celebrating winning a £200,000 payout for 62 Daily and Sunday Sport staff who were made redundant as a result of the papers closing.
The NUJ pursued the case after claiming that there had been a lack of consultation over staff redundancies when the Manchester-based titles closed on 4 April.
It represented journalists who were members of the NUJ but also extended its support and assistance to all non-journalistic staff in the workplace who were not represented by another trade union at the time.
Each of the 62 former employees it represented can now claim eight weeks' pay capped at £400 from the Redundancy Payments Office. The total amounts to £3,200 per person.
Michelle Stantistreet, the NUJ general secretary, said: "I hope this victory also sends a strong message to those companies who choose to shirk their legal obligation to engage in a meaningful consultation process."
Lawrence Shaw, NUJ assistant organiser, added: "The former Daily and Sunday Sport newspapers had a loyal and talented workforce before it was closed down in April. Unfortunately the papers were badly mismanaged and suffered a premature death. Questions still remain over the role of Richard Desmond and the taxpayer-owned RBS bank in the closure of the titles. It is easy for people to forget that the Daily Sport was the first daily newspaper in the UK to go to the wall since 1984."
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Thank god for the Unions, hmmmm everyone is entitled to a capped £400 a week x no of years employed if your company goes bump, glad I don't pay union subs if thats the limit of what they can deliver. It's not really a message to employers at all. And err no it won't make employers engaging in meaningfull negotiations when they want to a) close a business or b) get rid of dead wood.
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