Advice on covering protests
The union will always stand firm for the right of bona-fide newsgatherers to do their jobs without fear of threats to their well-being.
NUJ sets record straight as IPT hearing draws to a close
An affidavit has been submitted by Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secretary, following a late disclosure document revealed during a hearing earlier this week.
NUJ Christmas hours & emergency legal numbers, 2023
The NUJ will close for the Christmas and New Year break at close of business on Friday 22 December. We will reopen the London and Irish offices on Tuesday 2 January and the Scottish office on Wednesday 3 January.
Afghan journalists granted right to review in UK legal challenge
NUJ welcomes decision allowing former BBC journalists in Afghanistan to have their cases considered under government’s relocation scheme.
NUJ Christmas hours & emergency legal numbers, 2022
The NUJ will close for the Christmas and New Year break at close of business on Friday 23 December. We will reopen the London and Irish offices on Tuesday 3 January and the Scottish office on Wednesday 4 January.
NUJ welcomes government's decision to drop exit payment cap
The union is part of a challenge to the public sector £95,000 cap, which compromised equal pay settlements and undermined collective pay and conditions terms.
BBC “defended the indefensible” by spending more than £1m fighting discrimination cases
The corporation has disclosed it paid more than £1 million to external barristers and solicitors to deal with tribunal claims brought by staff in equal pay and race discrimination cases.
NUJ calls for harsher penalties for repeated attacks on journalists
Harsher legal penalties should be considered for individuals who repeatedly threaten or attack journalists.
NUJ welcomes final settlement for No Stone Unturned journalists
Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey have inspired support and solidarity, congratulations on their final settlement agreed today.
Report finds no evidence of unlawful pay discrimination at BBC
Michelle Stanistreet said: “Many NUJ members who read this Equality and Human Rights Commission report will feel it doesn’t address their lived experiences."
NUJ demands access to information and evidence from the undercover policing inquiry
Union asks the inquiry to confirm or deny if undercover policing units and agents were put into media organisations and the NUJ.
NUJ urges government to take up "right to know" equal pay bill
Stella Creasy’s bill would allow women to compare their pay to male colleagues and require companies to act to end the gender pay gap.
NUJ member denounces police failure to investigate threat to rape her baby
Patricia Devlin to lodge official complaint to Police Ombudsman after a 'year of inaction' by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Covert powers must not override legal protections on UK press freedom
New powers enshrined in the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill must not override existing legal protections on press freedom.
Unfettered reporting threatened – what Assange extradition hearings reveal
Assange faces a potential sentence with a release date more than a century beyond his lifespan, the indictment contains a description of core journalistic activities.
NUJ slams sham redundancy exercise at Iran International
The chapel at the London-based broadcaster says the redundancy exercise was a pretext to force out their rep who has led the recognition campaign at the channel.
Assange’s bid for privacy is a dangerous precedent
Unless the media forces courts to justify keeping material from the media, the danger is that it becomes the default.
NUJ demands justice for murdered journalist
The British and Irish governments should not turn a blind eye to the lack of justice for Martin O’Hagan.
Assange trial hears evidence from Kahled El-Masri
Cover up of his torture by Macedonian police and the CIA was revealed by Wikileaks.
Wikileaks as important as the Pentagon Papers
Daniel Ellsberg gives evidence at Assange extradition hearing.