NUJ members hit by anti union laws
Last Friday’s NEC meeting (14 May) was dominated by the action of Johnson Press in their use of the anti-union laws to stop our members taking industrial action, following a successful ballot. On arrival we were given two letters one from the group human resources...
Media policies after the election
The emergence of the Con-Dem coalition government from 6 May general election poses some interesting questions as to what their media and related policies would be. One interesting observation concerning the Liberal Democrats was made by David Yelland (editor of the...
Mordechai Vanunu to go to prison again
On 16 February I blogged that the union had agreed to back a campaign of support for Mordechai Vanunu, an honorary member of the NUJ, who served 18 years in prison for revealing Israel’s secret nuclear programme to the Sunday Times in 1986. Earlier this week, Israel's...