Journalists walk out in pay row
Journalists at Northern Ireland’s top-selling daily newspaper today went on strike for the first time in 20 years.
Staff at the Belfast Telegraph staged industrial action in a dispute over pay.
Sister title The Sunday Life was also set to be hit by the 48-hour walkout which began at 3am.
The National Union of Journalists believed nearly all 100 editorial staff had agreed to the stoppage but bosses said they were expecting a third of workers to be at their desks.
Both The Belfast Telegraph and The Sunday Life, which are part of Anthony O’Reilly’s Independent News and Media group, were expected to be published as normal.
