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NEC hears that Jeremy is stepping down

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...

BBC pensions strike gathers pace

With less than 48 hours to before  the first NUJ strike action against  the great pensions robbery proposed by the BBC management, news of  how programmes will be affected are being reported. BBC Journalists  stand to lose thousands of pounds every year under...

Support action at the BBC on 5/6 November

At last week’s meeting of the NEC Policy Committee, (28 October) we had an update from the meeting with BBC reps being held at the same time, on the fifth floor, to discuss the outcome of the ballots on the BBC mangement’s latest ‘pensions...

Fighting the BBC cuts

Last Friday’s heavily leaked Times story of cuts at the BBC has been confirmed today with the publication of the BBC strategy review. In it Mark Thompson sets out the BBC’s intention to make £600m in savings through the closure of BBC6 Music, and the BBC Asian...