by admin | Oct 19, 2011 | nec, nuj
Last weekend’s NEC had a heavy agenda and was the last for the outgoing council with elections now underway in some regions. However, the old NEC will continue to operate until the end of the year with meetings of the Policy, Development and Finance Committees being...
by admin | Sep 22, 2011 | nuj
Last week’s TU Congress (12 – 14 September) was a ‘dumbed down’ affair. It was held in London with reduced delegations from the unions – the NUJ had three instead of five. The idea to hold it in London with reduced delegations, was an attempt to stop moves to make the...
by admin | Sep 17, 2011 | media freedom, nuj, whistle blowing
Yesterday the news broke that the Metropolitan Police were demanding the handover of documents relating to the source of information used in the Guardian’s Milly Dowler phone-hacking story. In an extraordinary and outrageous move they have resorted to using the...
by admin | Aug 4, 2011 | Campaigns, media freedom, Press
On 26 July I spoke at a meeting on Murdoch organised by NUJ members and supported by the Defend the Right to Protest (DtRtP), at Conway Hall, London. Main speakers included Tony Benn, Michelle Stanistreet (NUJ general secretary) and Matt Foot, campaigning lawyer and...