It appears that the uncomfortable business of a young man on work experience being involved in strike breaking has been overcome.
The National Union of Journalists reports on its website that "embarrassed Johnston Press bosses" have defused the controversy by asking the 16-year-old to remain at home.
He was an unpaid volunteer on work placement at the Selby Times, one of three south Yorkshire newspapers where NUJ members are engaged on an indefinite strike over job cuts.
NUJ negotiator Lawrence Shaw is quoted as saying: "Our strikers have every sympathy with young people who want work experience because they're interested in pursuing a career in journalism.
"But management at the Selby Times was exploiting that interest so the experience the young man was being offered was in strike breaking. We're glad that exploitation has now stopped."
Source: NUJ
