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Reuters journalists in Turkey have called for a strike

Journalists in Reuters’ Turkish bureaus said they would strike on May 10 over the failure of pay negotiations with the company, reports The Baron.

The Baron’s story states, “Staff demonstrated outside their offices in Istanbul and Ankara on Wednesday following the failure of collective bargaining between Reuters and the Journalists’ Union of Turkey (TGS).

“‘Reuters Turkey bureau members are determined to get what they deserve and will go on strike unless their demands are met,’ a staffer who asked not to be identified told The Baron.

“‘Turkey has been experiencing a severe economic crisis for the last two years, even if the situation is not described in those terms. We are faced with an unpredictable market, with hikes in basic consumer goods almost every day and prices even doubling in a month.'”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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