NUJ May Branch Meeting
Tuesday 14th May
Carrs Lane Church Centre
Carrs Lane
Birmingham
B4 7SX
6:00 pm for 6:30 start
Any apologies to branch chair: alan.weaver1@ntlworld.com
Agenda
1) Introduction by chair/those attending
2) Minutes of April meeting
3) Secretary/Treasurers reports
4) Branch reports
5) Up date on disputes
6) Any other business
This is the official blog for the NUJ Birmingham and Coventry branch.
Tuesday, April 30
Monday, April 29
Voices In Danger: Journalism In The Line Of Fire
Journalists risk their lives every day and many are jailed, or even killed, for revealing what others want hidden. Today, we launch a campaign to give them their voices back.
Voices in Danger – will give prominence to the plight of journalists being harassed, attacked or pressurised. In collaboration with Reporters Without Borders UK and other NGOs, we will feature regular case studies, interviewing the subjects where possible, and featuring some of their most powerful work.
We want to use the Independent’s global reach and online audience of millions to put these often forgotten reporters on a major media platform.
We do this in support of our fellow journalists, and in support of World Press Freedom this Friday, 3 May.
Read more: Indpendent, <> 29/04/13
Journalists risk their lives every day and many are jailed, or even killed, for revealing what others want hidden. Today, we launch a campaign to give them their voices back.
Voices in Danger – will give prominence to the plight of journalists being harassed, attacked or pressurised. In collaboration with Reporters Without Borders UK and other NGOs, we will feature regular case studies, interviewing the subjects where possible, and featuring some of their most powerful work.
We want to use the Independent’s global reach and online audience of millions to put these often forgotten reporters on a major media platform.
We do this in support of our fellow journalists, and in support of World Press Freedom this Friday, 3 May.
Read more: Indpendent, <> 29/04/13
Monday, April 22
Birmingham and Solihull Workers Memorial Day
Remember the Dead- Fight for the Living
Birmingham- Sunday 28th April at 12.30pm
Grounds of St Philips Cathedral,
Colmore Row,Birmingham, B3 2QB
Speakers Include:
The Revd Peter Sellick
Kathy Gaffney, West Midlands Hazards Trust
Neil Vernon, UCATT
Solihull - Sunday 28th April at 12.30pm
Brueton Gardens (opp Barley Mow Pub)
Speakers Include:
Lord Mayor of Solihull, Councillor Irene Chamberlain
Yvonne Washbourne, West Midlands Hazards Trust
Hazardous substances kill 440,000 workers annually – asbestos claims 100,000 lives
One worker dies every 15 seconds worldwide. 6,000 workers die every day.
Every year more people are killed at work than in wars.
Most don't die of mystery ailments, or in tragic "accidents". They die because an employer decided their safety just wasn't that important a priority
Workers' Memorial Day is our chance to remember them and demand an end to this suffering!
An opportunity to highlight the preventable nature of most workplace accidents and ill health and to promote campaigns and union organisation in the fight for improvements in workplace safety.
Organisations are encouraged to bring wreaths to lay at the memorials. For details of how to order yours email hazardsinfo@wmhtco.uk
Birmingham Trades Union Council and the West Midlands Hazards Trust
Remember the Dead- Fight for the Living
Birmingham- Sunday 28th April at 12.30pm
Grounds of St Philips Cathedral,
Colmore Row,Birmingham, B3 2QB
Speakers Include:
The Revd Peter Sellick
Kathy Gaffney, West Midlands Hazards Trust
Neil Vernon, UCATT
Solihull - Sunday 28th April at 12.30pm
Brueton Gardens (opp Barley Mow Pub)
Speakers Include:
Lord Mayor of Solihull, Councillor Irene Chamberlain
Yvonne Washbourne, West Midlands Hazards Trust
Each year, more than two million women and men die as a result of work-related accidents and diseases
Workers suffer approximately 270 million accidents each year, and fall victim to some 160 million incidents of - related illnesses
Workers suffer approximately 270 million accidents each year, and fall victim to some 160 million incidents of - related illnesses
Hazardous substances kill 440,000 workers annually – asbestos claims 100,000 lives
One worker dies every 15 seconds worldwide. 6,000 workers die every day.
Every year more people are killed at work than in wars.
Most don't die of mystery ailments, or in tragic "accidents". They die because an employer decided their safety just wasn't that important a priority
Workers' Memorial Day is our chance to remember them and demand an end to this suffering!
An opportunity to highlight the preventable nature of most workplace accidents and ill health and to promote campaigns and union organisation in the fight for improvements in workplace safety.
Organisations are encouraged to bring wreaths to lay at the memorials. For details of how to order yours email hazardsinfo@wmhtco.uk
Birmingham Trades Union Council and the West Midlands Hazards Trust
Friday, April 19
Online Petition: Drop the Charges Against Iraqi Oil Union Leader!
Despite all the talk about fostering democracy and human rights in Iraq, workers there continue to be denied the right to freely organize trade unions and negotiate over the terms of their labor - just as they were under Saddam Hussein.
In the last two years, repression against unions has escalated. A wave of peaceful strikes has recently swept Iraq as workers seek to redress grievances and assert their rights. The response of the Al Maliki government has been to crack down on discontent with disciplinary action against union activists, and even criminal complaints against union leaders.
Recently the Ministry of Oil lodged a criminal complaint against Hassan Juma'a Awad, President of the Iraq Federation of Oil Unions, claiming he was responsible for strikes in the oil industry.
If convicted, he could face stiff fines and five years in prison. He has been ordered to appear in court on April 7th to respond to charges leveled against him.
Persecution of union leaders for exercising rights promised by Iraq's constitution and protected under international treaty must not be allowed to stand unchallenged.
Please sign the Online petition
http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2488/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=13006
and ask others to sign too.
Despite all the talk about fostering democracy and human rights in Iraq, workers there continue to be denied the right to freely organize trade unions and negotiate over the terms of their labor - just as they were under Saddam Hussein.
In the last two years, repression against unions has escalated. A wave of peaceful strikes has recently swept Iraq as workers seek to redress grievances and assert their rights. The response of the Al Maliki government has been to crack down on discontent with disciplinary action against union activists, and even criminal complaints against union leaders.
Recently the Ministry of Oil lodged a criminal complaint against Hassan Juma'a Awad, President of the Iraq Federation of Oil Unions, claiming he was responsible for strikes in the oil industry.
If convicted, he could face stiff fines and five years in prison. He has been ordered to appear in court on April 7th to respond to charges leveled against him.
Persecution of union leaders for exercising rights promised by Iraq's constitution and protected under international treaty must not be allowed to stand unchallenged.
Please sign the Online petition
http://org.salsalabs.com/o/2488/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=13006
and ask others to sign too.
Tuesday, April 9
Early Day Motion 1261: ITV News Broadcasting In The North West
That this House calls on Ofcom to insist that ITV continues to maintain the same level of local news broadcasting in the North West as previously required as part of the renewal of its licence conditions; and further calls on ITV to increase resources for local news and current affairs programmes in the North West and to continue its commitment to programme-commissioning in the North West.
Sponsors:
Watts, Dave
Ellman, Louise
Hilling, Julie
Miller, Andrew
Rotheram, Steve
Twigg, Derek
House of Commons: 10/04/2013
That this House calls on Ofcom to insist that ITV continues to maintain the same level of local news broadcasting in the North West as previously required as part of the renewal of its licence conditions; and further calls on ITV to increase resources for local news and current affairs programmes in the North West and to continue its commitment to programme-commissioning in the North West.
Sponsors:
Watts, Dave
Ellman, Louise
Hilling, Julie
Miller, Andrew
Rotheram, Steve
Twigg, Derek
House of Commons: 10/04/2013
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