by admin | Feb 24, 2011 | BBC, Campaigns, international, nuj
Free and independent news and information is essential in developing and defending democracy, the latest example is demonstrated courageously across North Africa and the Middle East right now. In this context, it is bizarre and inappropriate for the British government...
by admin | Feb 13, 2011 | international, nuj
Yesterday lunch-time a little of the Egyptian revolution came to London’s Trafalgar Square, when thousands of people came together to celebrate the fall of Mubarak who had fled Cairo some 24 hours before. Called by Amnesty International and supported by the TUC, the...
by admin | Feb 13, 2011 | BBC, Europe, media freedom, nec, nuj
This year the union holds its election for a general secretary and after having served two five year terms, Jeremy Dear announced to the FebruaryNEC meeting that he would not be standing again. Jeremy was the union’s youngest ever leader when he was elected in 2001...
by admin | Feb 7, 2011 | nuj, unions
On 24 January 1986 Rupert Murdoch’s News International group moved production of their four newspapers (Times, Sunday Times, Sun and the News of the World) to Wapping in east London’s Docklands. Some 5,500 production and clerical workers were sacked overnight in what...
by admin | Feb 2, 2011 | international, Uncategorized
Just a one minute walk from the Dorchester in Park Lane (cocktails £15 in the bar) and located on the edge of Mayfair is the Egyptian Embassy. Situated in South Street opposite Balfour Mews, a bit of the Egyptian revolution has come to tranquil Mayfair. But as the...