Guardian Journalists Strike Over Potential Sale of Sister Paper The Observer

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Guardian urged to ‘press pause’ on Observer sale as more strikes planned

Staff are planning two days of action next week over the sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media

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Observer newspaper sale to Tortoise Media agreed despite widespread oppostion

This week's two-day strike was backed by a host of politicians and renowned cultural figures such as Grayson Perry, Lemn Sissay, Anne Robinson, Michael Rosen, Stewart Lee and message of support from Tilda Swinton, Maxine Peake and Armando Iannucci

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Mounting fury as the Observer is sold while its staff strike

More walkouts could follow as a deal with Tortoise grows closer

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The traditional newspaper Observer is to be sold. As a result, journalists from the Guardian and Observer are going on strike for the first time since 1971.

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I was there on the dark day The Observer was bought by The Guardian

Now that the railway workers and the junior doctors have settled their differences with the Government, it is left to a group of liberal-minded journalists to provide a demonstration of industrial solidarity, and while not exactly bringing the country to its knees, the strike this week at The Guardian newspaper has, for some of us, a certain significance.The 48-hour strike – the first time journalists at the paper have withdrawn their labour for…

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Guardian and Observer journalists strike over proposed sale

Journalists at the Guardian and Observer newspapers went on strike today over the planned sale of the Observer.