by admin | Dec 15, 2010 | international
Greek workers, including media workers, are staging a fresh general strike in protest at government austerity measures. The day of action has grounded flights, disrupted public transport and closed schools across the country. It is the seventh general strike this...
by admin | Dec 12, 2010 | nuj
On Monday 6 December, the Union gave evidence to the Communities and Local Government select committee at parliament. In September 2010 Eric Pickles MP the Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government published a consultation paper setting our a revised...
by admin | Dec 5, 2010 | nec, nuj
Fifteen motions for next year’s Delegate Meeting (DM) were agreed by the NEC last weekend. Four on international issues covered Palestinian photographers, the attacks on the Gaza flotilla, safety of African journalists and attacks on freedom of expression in South...
by admin | Dec 4, 2010 | international, nuj
Last weekend’s NEC received a very disturbing report from Foster Dongozi the General Secretary of the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) who has been in the UK and Ireland, touring newsrooms explaining recent developments affecting journalists and promoting the call...
by admin | Dec 2, 2010 | Campaigns, unions
The Con-Dems proposed bill to privatise the Royal Mail will lead to widespread closures of post offices; threaten the universal postal system and will result in further cuts to services and increases in costs. It will adversely affect both domestic and business...
