Journalists, producers and technical staff decided to go on strike to protest against planned changes to the press laws. Unions representing the media workers informed that the planned changes are a great blow to the press workers as they “would pave the way for mass layoffs”. It was underlined that the proposed law, which aims to reduce the requirement of 400 employees at television channels to 280, includes more flexible articles against journalists regarding their employment contracts.
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