by admin | Mar 9, 2011 | international, unions
At last Friday’s European network meeting at the TUC we received an update of the continuing fight back against attacks on our pay, working conditions and social benefits across Europe. Protests against austerity continue in Greece and the first general strike of the...
by admin | Mar 9, 2011 | unions
I recently received a copy of a news release from Unite, the trade union, stating that Amnesty International had told its workers based outside the UK that they will no longer have the right to remain members of the UK based union. A copy of the news release dated 21...
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 | 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 | Dec 2, 2010 | Campaigns, unions
The Con-Dems proposed bill to privatise the Royal Mail will lead to widespread closures of post offices; threaten the universal postal system and will result in further cuts to services and increases in costs. It will adversely affect both domestic and business...
by admin | Nov 30, 2010 | Campaigns, unions
At the recent NEC meeting a number of members reported on their visits to the student occupations (we also have NUJ student members on media courses etc). Two members even went in the lunch break to visit local occupations and reported back. The NEC then voted for a...
