Trinity Mirror recently acquired the Daily Express and Daily Star
TRINITY MIRROR faced criticism today for its “huge” 18 per cent pay gap between male and female employees.
The newspaper publisher also announced that chief executive Simon Fox was given a 19 per cent pay rise, taking his annual pay to £893,000.
National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Trinity Mirror co-ordinator Chris Morley said it was “deeply ironic” that Trinity Mirror had announced a “near 20 per cent income boost for its male chief executive” on the same day as it published its gender pay gap information.
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