Newsquest Newspapers Group (EDM1152)

Newsquest Newspapers Group

EDM number 1152 in 2010-12, proposed by Austin Mitchell on 07/12/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Employment, Industrial relations, Pay and Press.

That this House supports the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) members taking industrial action at Newsquest Newspapers Group; believes they have been forced to take this course of action as a result of widespread attacks on jobs and an on-going imposed three-year pay freeze; notes the company is generating huge profits and the latest accounts for parent company Gannett UK show that the highest paid director enjoyed a massive 108,000 hike in his overall pay to 609,235 last year which exposes the corporate greed doing so much damage to their papers and websites; further notes that trade union members have balloted for and have taken strike action at a number of Newsquest sites across the UK; further notes the determination of NUJ members at Newsquest to oppose pay freezes, attacks on their pensions and job cuts; commends their stand to defend quality journalism; and urges Newsquest to enter into meaningful discussions with the NUJ at all levels to resolve these disputes by protecting jobs and investing in the journalism of its titles and websites to meet the needs of local communities and advertisers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 51 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Austin Mitchell	07/12/2010	Great Grimsby	Labour	Proposed
John McDonnell	07/12/2010	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Seconded
Hywel Williams	07/12/2010	Arfon	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Katy Clark	07/12/2010	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Seconded
Alex Cunningham	07/12/2010	Stockton North	Labour	Seconded
Paul Flynn	07/12/2010	Newport West	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	07/12/2010	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	07/12/2010	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	07/12/2010	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	07/12/2010	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Lisa Nandy	07/12/2010	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Dakin	07/12/2010	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Jonathan Edwards	07/12/2010	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	08/12/2010	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Ian Mearns	08/12/2010	Gateshead	Labour	Signed
Tom Blenkinsop	08/12/2010	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	08/12/2010	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	08/12/2010	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	08/12/2010	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	09/12/2010	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	09/12/2010	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	09/12/2010	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Michael Connarty	09/12/2010	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/12/2010	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	09/12/2010	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	13/12/2010	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Ian Lavery	13/12/2010	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Teresa Pearce	13/12/2010	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Caroline Lucas	13/12/2010	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
Dai Havard	13/12/2010	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	13/12/2010	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	14/12/2010	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Jenny Chapman	15/12/2010	Darlington	Labour	Signed
Anas Sarwar	15/12/2010	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2010	Barnsley Central	Labour	Withdrawn
Mary Glindon	16/12/2010	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	20/12/2010	City of Durham	Labour	Signed
Valerie Vaz	20/12/2010	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	10/01/2011	York Central	Labour	Signed
David Mowat	10/01/2011	Warrington South	Conservative	Signed
Bill Esterson	10/01/2011	Sefton Central	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	10/01/2011	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	12/01/2011	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Osborne	13/01/2011	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	13/01/2011	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	17/01/2011	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Yasmin Qureshi	17/01/2011	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Sheila Gilmore	19/01/2011	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	04/02/2011	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Stephen Lloyd	27/04/2011	Eastbourne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Wicks	27/06/2011	Croydon North	Labour	Signed

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