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Strike action could be back on at the Trinity Mirror titles in Coventry and Birmingham.

Last week a 48 hour strike was suspended after Trinity Mirror management said that redundancies would be voluntary rather than compulsory.

Now, however, the management has not told journalists whether they have got the jobs they wanted or not, by the agreed date of Monday October 6.

Birmingham and Coventry staff will now hold a disruptive mandatory chapel meeting, starting at midday on Thursday October 16.

Newspapers affected by recent changes include the Birmingham Post and Mail and the Coventry Telegraph. Speaking in a release issued today , the NUJ northern regional officer, Chris Morley said: "[T]he last thing the chapels want to do is to be forced into taking action.

"But management's failure to deliver on its promises leaves our members under a huge cloud of uncertainty", he said.

"Very few people are sure about their role, and even those who want to leave don’t yet know whether they will be allowed to go", he added.

"This is an incredibly difficult time for all our members, and the company is making things 10 times worse by failing to deliver on its commitments to staff."

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