Reach journalists take to the picket lines
23 August 2022
Around 1,000 journalists across Britain and Ireland working for the Reach group start four days of strike action on Friday 26 August after rejecting a pay increase of 3 per cent.
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Media: Protecting standards
With journalistic standards under attack , a Bristol newspaper took a stand in December against attacks on the integrity of one of its reporters.
Union mourns murdered colleague Lyra
25 April 2019
In an impressive display of solidarity, members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) all over the country held vigils in memory of their murdered colleague Lyra McKee.
Nissan boost ignored by Remain press
3 September 2017
News of a massive boost for jobs and the motor industry from Nissan failed to make the main Remain newspapers – or the BBC’s website.
EU Directive threatens investigatory journalism
Another directive, another threat. This time it’s journalists at the receiving end…
When the working never stops
A survey by one union branch shows a disturbing pattern of excess and unremunerated working, along with a lack of awareness about the law on working hours.
Financial Times sold to Japanese company
26 July 2015
Publishing group Pearson is selling the Financial Times Group to Japanese firm Nikkei for £844 million – sending another famous British firm into foreign ownership.
Greenwich fights back over newspaper order
30 March 2015
The Royal Borough of Greenwich is fighting government instructions to reduce the frequency of the council’s newspaper from weekly to four times a year.
Greenwich ordered to scrap council newspaper
6 March 2015
The Royal Borough of Greenwich has become the first local authority in Britain to have notice served by the government requiring it to close down the weekly free council newspaper to local citizens.
Referendum: The truth about young voters
30 September 2014
Reports that 71 per cent of 16- to 17-year-olds voted Yes in the Scottish referendum don’t stand up to scrutiny, says statistics programme.
Newspapers: Hitting back at the hub
Industrial action is sweeping through Newsquest papers as journalists strike back against pay restraint, job loss and plans to move editorial production to a central hub in South Wales.