The threatened strike (see here) by journalists on the Morning Star has been called off.
The dispute was settled after management offered the National Union of Journalists' chapel members a two-year deal. They will get a rise of £900 now, and next year a rise based on the retail price index plus a sum measured against the rate of inflation over the course of the 12 months to be no less than 1% and no more than 4%.
Special pay rates for working unsocial hours will also be paid, with time-and-a-quarter for Sundays and time-and-a-half off in lieu for bank holidays.
The deal has yet to be ratified by the management committee of the paper's owners, the People's Press Printing Society, though that is thought to be a formality.
