The magazine was £100K in the red and creditors were demanding money but not enough Union "Barons" could be bothered turning up to have a quorate board meeting .
Editor Chris McLaughlin went purple with rage at his "comrades" telling them if a company had treated their members in this way , they would be clamouring for a strike . One Board Member went away chortling that the magazine was more f***ed than before .
Although Tribune magazine is owned by some of Britain's biggest unions - the general secretaries are refusing to hand over further funding . UNITE's Tony Woodley wants to see the magazine changed into a union propaganda sheet , whilst the CWU's portly Billy Hayes won't stump up as he " doesn't like the layout " . The GMB's Paul Kenny when approached , refused to step in after taking offence at a article .
The staff of the threatened Tribune have not had a pay rise for four years .
If that magazine does get rescued - a new owner and management won't have to look far for cuts - Deputy Editor Keith Richardson has been reported to the National Union of Journalists for plagiarism - including one word for word article from that well known bastion of Socialism - " The Mail on Sunday " .
