Journalists express desire to walk out over pay

Journalists at Express Newspapers are set to strike action over a pay.

According to the Guardian newspaper, the National Union of Journalists chapel (office branch) at the Daily and Sunday Express voted on Monday by a majority of 63% to strike over wages for its lowest-paid staff.

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In the same ballot, 81% of other NUJ members at the Express group voted in favour of industrial action, but not a strike.

The Express chapel will meet tomorrow to decide whether the walkout will go ahead.