NUJ calls for an official investigation into the reporting of police misconduct cases
The Times has discovered that misconduct hearings are often surrounded in secrecy and journalists are blocked from getting information.
National Pensioners’ Convention, October 1, 2021
Report on the National Pensioners’ Convention webinar Connections for All: digital & the right to choose
National Pensioners’ Convention, October 1, 2021
To mark UN International Day of Older People on Friday 1 October, the National Pensioners’ Convention held a webinar Connections for All: digital & the right to choose’
Unions can help broadcasters reverse their “woeful” record on diversity
More women are leaving broadcasting than joining and the representation of disabled people and diversity in senior positions is woeful, according to the UK’s industry watchdog Ofcom.
BBC director general’s 16.6 per pay rise is “tone deaf and an insult” to staff
Tim Davie’s rise – worth £75,000 and taking his pay to £525,000 – is a massive insult to BBC staff who have experienced pay freezes, budget cuts and redundancies.
Deadline looms for freelances’ Covid-19 aid grant
The deadline to claim for the fifth government Covid-19 aid grant for freelances, the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, is Thursday 30 September.
Austin Mitchell, the first chair of the NUJ’s cross-party Parliamentary Group, has died aged 86
Seamus Dooley, assistant general secretary led tributes on behalf of the union to the former MP for Great Grimsby.
Ministers have missed chance to help disabled workers, says TUC
The government has failed to act on the disability pay gap and rights on reasonable adjustments.
NUJ response to the UK government’s White Paper on broadcasting and privatisation of Channel 4
The NUJ believes the government's proposal to privatise Channel 4 makes no sense and will result in a poorer offering for viewers in terms of news coverage, innovative programming, nurturing UK talent and will damage the thriving indie production sector.
TUC report finds seven in 10 disabled women say they have been sexually harassed at work
A survey found 68 per cent had been harassed, with one in eight leaving their jobs because of this.