NUJ response to Press Regulation Panel call for information
NUJ response to Press Regulation Panel call for information on press information in the UK.
60+ council seeks views on age discrimination at work
NUJ members are encouraged to share views with the council to inform campaigning and boost understanding on workplace age discrimination.
TUC Congress 2024
NUJ motions on restoring trust in the media and a campaign to improve pay and conditions for freelances were passed unanimously by delegates.
NUJ Disabled Members’ Council calls for lasting improvements to access for disabled people
As the Paralympics and the achievements of Paralympians draw worldwide attention, the National Union of Journalists calls on the media industry to play its part in challenging the lack of access and inclusion in everyday life.
TUC poll finds more than half of LGBT+ people have experienced bullying or harassment at work in the last five years
Young LGBT+ workers are the most likely to face abuse. Ministers called on to change the law, so employers have a new duty to properly protect their staff from harassment at work.
One in five LGBT workers have skipped meals or gone without food
TUC poll shows1,000 LGBT people find that the cost-of-living crisis has hit LGBT workers hard.
TUC Black Workers’ Conference 2024
Babies, suicide and discrimination were all a feature of conference. Pic: conference delegates Sohair Soliman, Tony Adams & Saadeya Shamsuddin.
NUJ Disabled Members’ Council endorses UN criticism of UK human rights failures
The council responds to the "damning" UN Committee's rights of disabled people report
Women’s TUC conference 2024
NUJ motions on the risks posed to women by AI and the dangers of “unisex” protective wear which do not fit the female form, were passed by conference.
Three quarters of young workers miss out on key employment rights, TUC research has revealed
TUC says Labour’s New Deal for Working People would be “life changing” for young people by giving them rights, banning zero-hours contracts and removing age bands from the minimum wage.
NUJ’s Disabled Members’ Council calls for industry action to address the disability pay gap
Latest analysis published by the TUC shows that non-disabled workers earn around a sixth (14.6%) more than disabled workers.
Claudia Jones lecture 2023: Nels Abbey
Nels Abbey discusses racism laundering, trying to fit in…and Suella Braveman
TUC LGBT+ conference 2023
Guidelines being drawn up by the NUJ’s Ethics Council will be supported by the TUC LGBT committee and other unions, following a debate at the TUC LGBT+ conference.
International Day of Disabled People 2022
During UK Disability History Month, the NUJ Disabled Members' Council and NEC disabled members' rep call on employers and commissioners to support disabled workers and freelances.
Action needed to close 17.2 per cent disability pay gap
NUJ joins the TUC in marking Disability Pay Gap Day and calling for action to address the disability pay and employment gaps.
TUC LGBT+ conference, 2022
Delegates backed an NUJ motion in support of the BBC and Channel 4, and the conference’s main theme was trans rights.
Pride 2022
The NUJ has been supporting this year's Pride events and is attending the TUC LGBT+ conference this week
NUJ “concerned and disappointed” that new mothers who lost out on Covid-aid payments will not be paid
The Court of Appeal has ruled that self-employed women on maternity leave were indirectly discriminated against.
Government should show more pride in LGBT+ people
The NUJ has signed a TUC letter taking the government to task over its inaction to address the inequality experienced by the LGBT+ community who face discrimination at work.
NUJ statement on the Welsh Government Locked Out report about the impact of Covid-19 on disabled people
The Equality Council calls for scrutiny of the evidence that 68 per cent of Covid-19 related deaths comprised disabled people.