Newspaper staff strike in Leeds
Journalists and editorial staff at a newspaper in Leeds took strike action against compulsory redundancies in early 2009.
Workers at the Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post, backed by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), set up a picket for 12 weeks in order to save jobs at their newspapers – which are owned by Johnston Press.
Joint father of the NUJ chapel at the paper and journalist Peter Lazenby describes how the paper has changed in his 37 years there.
Mr Lazenby said: "In the regional newspaper industry, profits in excess of 30% of turnover are seen as the norm. In any other industry, profits of half that level would have directors dancing with glee. In regional newspapers even that 30% was never enough."
Mr Lazenby explains how and why NUJ members at the newspapers balloted for strike action.
The strike last for 13 days - the maximum time allowed by law. Mr Lazenby explains the effects the strike had and other steps taken to protect jobs in his newsroom.
Johnston Press was unwilling to comment on the problems facing the regional news industry.