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    Striking Back: Britain’s Unions vs the Media | The Listening Post

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    Source: Al Jazeera English

    The UK media vs. the labour movement Following successive rail strikes, right–wing newspapers have blamed the unions for travel disruptions, but one union leader – Mick Lynch – has flipped the script – putting journalists on the defensive over their habitual anti-union approach.

    Daniel Turi reports on the coverage of labour issues in the British media.

    Mick Lynch – General Secretary, RMT Union

    Aditya Chakrabortty – Senior Economics Commentator, The Guardian

    Julia Langdon – Chairwoman, British Journalism Review

    Nicholas Jones – Former industrial correspondent, BBC

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