by admin | Nov 30, 2010 | international, unions
Greece’s journalists and media workers are holding a 24-hour nationwide strike declared by their trade unions in protest against the abolition of collective labor agreements, the violation of labour and pension insurance rights, and mass-scale layoffs.The country’s...
by admin | Sep 25, 2010 | international, unions
Although I shall miss this demo due to being on holliday in France and Spain, the RMT has announced that there are still rail tickets available at £80 each on a first come first serve basis. If you are interested please contact Maria Santamera on...
by admin | Sep 13, 2010 | Campaigns, unions
An extensive study commissioned by the TUC, which meets in Manchester this week, has found that the ConDems proposed spending cuts will hit the poorest 10 times harder than the richest. Pensioners and single parents will suffer the most, with all but the top 10% of...
by admin | Jul 22, 2010 | nuj, Press, unions
Banner Theatre has been working with the Campaign for Press & Broadcasting Freedom and the National Union of Journalists to develop Embedded with the Bankers, a new 25-minute live music and video performance, which asks the question: Why didn’t the UK media warn...
by admin | Jul 22, 2010 | nuj, photographers, unions
Two letters about payment for photographers, from members in the CWU and Aslef unions, which appeared in the current issue of the Journalist, were criticised at last Friday’s NEC meeting. Both letters, which appear on pages 26 and 27, suggested that photographers...
by admin | Jul 2, 2010 | international, nuj, unions
Report on the 2010 IFJ Congress – Cadiz, Spain – 25 -28 May Every three years, the International Federation of Journalists holds its annual congress. Affiliated unions elected their delegates and the NUJ elected ours at the last year’s general meeting in Southport....
