PUJ to hold protest against layoffs at 7 News
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 29 March 2017
Join our WhatsApp channel
The PUJ has announced a protest against layoffs at 7 News, condemning the company's actions. The union calls for transparency from management regarding these dismissals.Summary
LAHORE – The Punjab Union of Journalists condemning the layoffs at 7 News Television has announced holding a protest outside the channel’s offices on March 30.
The union’s Secretary General Amir Sohail, in a letter to the news organization’s Chairman Omer Nazar Shah, demanded the management provide details of this unlawful economic murder of journalists.
He warned that PUJ would go to any extent to stop these sackings which are being done for no reason and without giving prior notices to the employees.
Sohail wrote the decision to start a protest campaign against the channel was made after consultations with Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Lahore Press Club, and other journalist bodies.
KEY POINTS:
- PUJ to protest layoffs at 7 News on March 30.
- Union condemns actions as unlawful economic murder.
- Secretary General Amir Sohail demands management accountability.
- Protest decision made after consultations with journalist bodies.
- Employees were dismissed without prior notice.
