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STV journalists on strike over pay<br/><br/>GLASGOW. STV Central. Pacific Quay, Glasgow G51 1PQ.<br/><br/>STV journalists strikeover pay. On the picket line are STV staff including Raman Bhardwaj, John MacKay and Kelly-Ann Woodland.<br/>News programmes at Scottish broadcaster STV could be blacked out because of a 24 hour strike by journalists.<br/><br/>Members of the NUJ union at the company want a 6% pay rise.<br/><br/>The broadcaster says its pay offer - which has been accepted by other staff at the company- is fair and affordable.<br/><br/>Network programmes and commercials will be broadcast as usual. If the dispute is not resolved, another one-day strike will take place next month.<br/><br/>STV journalists confirm strike dates over pay<br/>STV journalists to go on strike over pay<br/>Thursday's news bulletins and the current affairs programme Scotland Tonight are at risk and could be replaced by other material. Online news services will also likely be affected.<br/><br/>It is understood that no attempt will be made to produce news bulletins, including the main STV News at Six, using staff who are not on strike.<br/><br/>There will be pickets outside STV's studios in Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen and a demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.<br/><br/>The NUJ is seeking a 6% rise for members to help keep pace with inflation.<br/><br/>The union argues salaries for journalists at the company have fallen behind the pay for equivalent roles at the BBC and ITV, which runs the rest of the channel three network.<br/><br/>'Award-winning journalism'<br/>Nick McGowan-Lowe, the union's national organiser for Scotland, said: \