CCN Strikes reach double figures

Central Community News workers took strike action on Monday across the company’s production division after rejecting an offer last week.

This is the tenth strike taken against the Fairfax-owned company since negotiations started in June and is happening in conjuncture with a continuing overtime ban and work to rule policy across all other divisions.

EPMU organiser Mark James says industrial action of one kind or another will be continuing across the company for the foreseeable future if the members demand for 5 per cent is not recognised. "If any company can afford 5 per cent, it’s Fairfax. They’ve made hundreds of millions of dollars of profit out of New Zealand over the last year but just want to keep shipping it over the Tasman."