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...
by admin | Jan 29, 2011 | Europe, nuj, unions
Yesterday I attended a meeting of the TUC’s European Network. This body is made up of representatives from various UK unions and is chaired by Owen Tutor head of the TUC’s European Union and International Relations department. I go as one of the NUJ reps and we meet...
by admin | Jan 29, 2011 | Campaigns, international, media freedom, Press
Last week’s meeting of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) held in Brussels we spent some time discussing the situation in Hungary following the introduction of controversial new media laws, which will seriously restrict the right to report and media freedom....
by admin | Jan 18, 2011 | nuj
Two day strike over impossible new rostas. Picket lines 7.00 a.m. to midnight today and tomorrow. Please support. Further information at:http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=1885 NUJ member Guy Smallman writes: Really defiant mood on the picket line this...
