Buzzfeed UK staff are set to vote on whether they want trade union recognition from the National Union of Journalists, after fighting for the right to a ballot for 18 months.

Ballot papers were posted to a group of staff from the website’s News and Buzz sections on Tuesday so they can vote on whether the NUJ should be recognised for collective bargaining on their behalf.

The Buzzfeed NUJ chapel first asked management to recognise their right to representation in November 2016, in a letter to editor-in-chief Janine Gibson.