STRIKE ACTION AT THE DAILY RECORD AND SUNDAY MAIL

That this House supports the three-day strike organised by National Union of Journalists members at the Glasgow-based Daily Record and Sunday Mail starting from 24 April 2009 in protest against owners Trinity Mirror's decision to enforce 24 compulsory redundancies as a part of a plan to merge the titles; recognises that Sunday Mail and Daily Record are iconic Scottish titles and make significant profits for Trinity Mirror; believes that these planned redundancies will undermine the quality of journalism provided by these newspapers; and therefore urges Trinity Mirror to abandon these cuts and instead enter into meaningful negotiations with the union representing staff in order to solve the challenges the titles face.