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NUJ members angered by BBC deal on access to Iran
22 July 2019: The decision by the BBC to agree to prevent the Persian Service from using material gathered in Iran has deeply affected the morale and well-being of NUJ members
BBC figures on gender pay and diversity “encouraging” but more work needs to be done
2 July 2019: The corporation’s annual report highlights a successful year, but the NUJ says cuts caused by the licence fee deal for over-75s could jeopardise its future
Iran’s harassment of BBC women journalists highlighted at UN Human Rights Council
28 June 2019: NUJ member Anahita Shams addressed the UN today
BBC decision on pensioners’ free licences will cost £250m every year and lead to catastrophic cuts
10 June 2019: New free licence deal for over-75s will cost the corporation an extra £250m a year, with 3.7m now having to pay.
NUJ World Press Freedom Day event, 2019
29 April 2019: Following the murder of Lyra McKee, the NUJ will pay tribute to her life and work at this event to mark World Press Freedom Day and discuss the challenges facing journalists and press freedom throughout the world.
BBC staff issue warning over “damaging” plan to merge flagship radio news programmes
27 March 2019: The corporation is throwing Radio 4's The World Tonight "under a bus" with its plans to merge it with the World Service's Newshour.
European parliament votes to stop harassment of BBC Persian journalists & their families
14 March 2019: The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution criticising Iran’s treatment of journalists
UN Special Rapporteur on Iran 'deplores' persecution of BBC Persian staff & families
14 March 2019: Professor Rehman raised concerns about the ongoing, collective criminal investigation and asset-freeze affecting BBC journalists in London and their families in Iran
BBC investigated over discrimination by equal pay watchdog
12 March 2019: The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s suspicion that some women at the BBC have not received equal pay is, in the NUJ’s view, a fact, says Michelle Stanistreet.
Stop the licence snatchers
7 March 2019: The NUJ’s 60+council joined pensioners’ groups and trade unionists outside the offices of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport to protest against the threat of the over-75s losing their free TV licences.
