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Joining the revolution in Trafalgar Square

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...

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...

Wapping remembered and 25 years on

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...

Making us pay for their crisis

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...

BBC Arabic service journalists on strike today and tomorrow

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...

Pickles in a pickle over council newspapers

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...