South West England NUJ

Month: October 2010

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View from the picket line: BBC pensions strike in Bristol, 5 November

9 November 2010

by a Father of Chapel I turned up for picket duty on Friday on my bike at 8 a.m. in theÂ pouring rain at Whiteladies Road. Despite the weather, I was gladÂ to see several colleagues already holding placards at the back gate onÂ Belgrave Road, the only working entrance that time of the day. They had been…
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BBC strike news

6 November 2010

The BBC strike over pensions has demonstrated great solidarity as NUJ members who work for the BBC went out on strike across the country.
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BBC Bristol pensions strike

6 November 2010

NUJ members from Bristol and beyond were out on picket lines despite the damp conditions, to stop the BBC pensions robbery.
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Bristol NUJ supports BBC members on the picket line

5 November 2010

NUJ members will be joining the picket line here in Bristol, Friday 5 November, in support of BBC staff who are fighting to defend their pensions. The NUJ banner and branch members will be outside the main BBC building on Whiteladies Road on Friday from 8 a.m. until lunchtime, to show solidarity with striking colleagues.
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“What’s the Blogging Story?” Watershed, Bristol, 22 October 2010

2 November 2010

What’s the relationship between traditional and new media? An evening of debate with mainstream journalists and bloggers.
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Subs an endangered species as Northcliffe cuts up to 25 Bristol jobs

1 November 2010

Around 25 jobs are likely to be axed at the Bristol offices of Northcliffe Media, it was announced on Monday 1 November.
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BBC pensions dispute: NUJ members to strike

30 October 2010

SEVENTY per cent of NUJ members at the BBC have rejected its latest pension proposals, in a ballot result which means plans for a series of strikes and other industrial action are going ahead, with the threat of a Christmas walkout on the cards.
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Equal Pay Day, 2nd November: sign up here!

30 October 2010

The NUJ is encouraging members to sign the Fawcett Society’s equal pay petition and organise events or workplace activity on Equal Pay Day – this coming Tuesday.
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Northcliffe set to swing jobs axe yet again

29 October 2010

A new round of redundancies is expected at Bristol News & Media – the second set of job losses this year and the fourth in four years.
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Confessions of Anton Vowl, a (not so) anonymous blogger

28 October 2010

Anton Vowl was one of the country’s most well-regarded bloggers – but only a few people knew who he really was. That all changed at the Newsfutures blogging event last weekend, co-organised by Bristol NUJ.
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