Journalists at the Daily Express, Sunday Express and Daily Star had been set to attend a mandatory National Union of Journalists meeting this evening between 5pm and 8pm -- a crucial production time for all three newspapers -- until the publisher decided to raise its offer late yesterday evening.
Express Newspapers started the negotiations with an offer of £750 a year, but was forced to raise it at the 11th hour in an attempt to stop the action.
The pay deal is believed to be worth as much as a 6.8% rise to the lowest-paid trainees on £16,000 a year.
Jeremy Dear, general secretary of the NUJ, said: "This is sign of a sea change on national papers. After a decade of being silenced by aggressive anti-union managements, journalists are finding their voice again.
"We are negotiating again at the Independent and have opened discussions with the Telegraph on restoring union recognition."
Express Newspapers has refused to comment on the action throughout.
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