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| Telegraph staff vote for strike | Telegraph staff vote for strike |
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| Editorial staff at the Daily Telegraph and sister paper the Sunday Telegraph have voted to go on strike, said the National Union of Journalists. | Editorial staff at the Daily Telegraph and sister paper the Sunday Telegraph have voted to go on strike, said the National Union of Journalists. |
| It follows more than 130 redundancies, including 54 journalists, at the paper and relocation to new offices. | It follows more than 130 redundancies, including 54 journalists, at the paper and relocation to new offices. |
| NUJ General Secretary Jeremy Dear said managers did nothing to reassure staff over "painful and unpopular changes". | NUJ General Secretary Jeremy Dear said managers did nothing to reassure staff over "painful and unpopular changes". |
| The union said 76% of members who voted were in favour of strike action. A date for a strike has not yet been set. | |
| Telegraph staff were angry over the changes, which included different shift patterns, and believed their concerns were not being considered by managers, the union said. | Telegraph staff were angry over the changes, which included different shift patterns, and believed their concerns were not being considered by managers, the union said. |
| Mr Dear said in a statement: "Our members at the Telegraph have had no choice but to take the ultimate step and vote to strike. | Mr Dear said in a statement: "Our members at the Telegraph have had no choice but to take the ultimate step and vote to strike. |
| "Management have only themselves to blame. They should have seen this coming months ago and done something to reassure staff rather than high-handedly pushing on with painful and unpopular changes." | "Management have only themselves to blame. They should have seen this coming months ago and done something to reassure staff rather than high-handedly pushing on with painful and unpopular changes." |
| The newspaper, which is owned by brothers David and Frederick Barclay, has moved from London's Docklands to Victoria, central London. | The newspaper, which is owned by brothers David and Frederick Barclay, has moved from London's Docklands to Victoria, central London. |
| The Telegraph said of the report: "We are unable to comment until we have official notification of the ballot." | The Telegraph said of the report: "We are unable to comment until we have official notification of the ballot." |