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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...

Motions for 2011 DM

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...

Zimbabwe – a hostile and dangerous environment

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...

Remembering Michael Foot

Some 8 months after his death, family, friends, admires and others gathered together in the Lyric Theatre in London on Monday 8 November to celebrate the life of Michael Foot. The NUJ was represented by vice president Donnacha DeLong and I – Michael had been a...