Journalists Plan Strike on Day of Olympic Opening Ceremony

The threat of a strike comes amid wider job cuts across Australia’s major media outlets.

Olympic rings to celebrate the IOC official announcement that Paris won the 2024 Olympic bid are seen in front of the Eiffel Tower at the Trocadero square in Paris on Sept. 14, 2017. Christian Hartmann/Reuters

Editorial staff at one of Australia’s most prominent newspaper groups threatened to strike on July 26 after negotiations for a new enterprise bargaining agreement fell through.

The media union said journalists at Nine Publishing had voted in favour of a five-day strike, including on the opening weekend of the Paris Olympic Games.