The NUJ in the newsby Dave Crouch
We are living through the worst economic crisis for 60 years. No one has any idea how it will pan out or when it will end.
Unemployment is soaring. Yet where are the unions? We should be battering on the doors of parliament.
One thing inevitably lost in the coverage of the case of the four Unison activists banned from office after criticising the union’s leadership is the contribution they made to their local media.
As a former chief reporter who covered Bromley for a south east London weekly, one of my reliable contacts was Glenn Kelly, the local council’s Unison branch secretary.
NUJ Left activists were a visible and vocal presence at what veterans of the Tolpuddle Martyrs festival have described as the “biggest and best” ever.
The gathering is held annually in the Dorset village made famous by six 19th century agricultural workers who took an oath of allegiance to fight to improve wages and conditions for their fellow workers.
Blogger Jon Slattery is excited about a film being shown on BBC4 tomorrow about Rose Hacker, who was billed as the ‘oldest columnist in the world’ in her weekly slot in Jon’s local paper.
Rose, who Jon describes as “a remarkable woman”, was a committed socialist and anti-war campaigner who wrote for the Camden New Journal and Islington Tribune until she died last year aged 101.
Two events are being held next week to show solidarity with our colleagues in Gambia.
On Monday 20 July journalists in Glasgow will hold a vigil in support of the seven journalists facing trial for sedition.
Guardian Media Group activists in Manchester have launched a petition as part of their campaign to save their jobs and newsrooms.
Management at the Manchester Evening News group want to make almost 80 journalists redundant and close all the offices of its Greater Manchester weekly titles.