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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Angus Thompson and Alan Jones

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

The Guardian Media Group has agreed to sell The Observer - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The head of the UK’s union movement has weighed in on the backlash over the sale of The Observer newspaper, urging its owner to “press pause” on the controversial transaction amid staff uproar ahead of more planned strikes next.

Trade Union Congress general-secretary Paul Nowak joined the condemnation from the National Union of Journalists on Friday, which led a staff strike in the lead-up to the planned sale by Guardian Media Group and the Scott Trust of the Sunday newspaper to start-up Tortoise Media.

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