Mediagazer: Wapping's pseudo-union dog fails to bark as members face uncertain future (Roy Greenslade/Guardian)

2:00 PM ET, October 7, 2011

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Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Wapping's pseudo-union dog fails to bark as members face uncertain future — One dog at Wapping that has hardly barked since the phone hacking scandal broke is the in-house pseudo-union known as the News International Staff Association (Nisa). — It is, of course, a creature of News Int …

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