by a Father of Chapel I turned up for picket duty on Friday on my bike at 8 a.m. in the pouring rain at Whiteladies Road. Despite the weather, I was glad to see several colleagues already holding placards at the back gate on Belgrave Road, the only working entrance that time of the day. They had been…
The BBC strike over pensions has demonstrated great solidarity as NUJ members who work for the BBC went out on strike across the country.
NUJ members from Bristol and beyond were out on picket lines despite the damp conditions, to stop the BBC pensions robbery.
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.
What’s the relationship between traditional and new media? An evening of debate with mainstream journalists and bloggers.
Around 25 jobs are likely to be axed at the Bristol offices of Northcliffe Media, it was announced on Monday 1 November.
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.
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.
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.
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.