December edition of anti-fascist mag Searchlight up for grabs. Also, latest copies of The Zimabwean - we get one a week - can be mailed out to you.
Email nujbrighton@gmail.com and I can put it in the post
28 November 2005
27 November 2005
Branch's free job-finding service
From Media Guardian:
Brighton and Hove City Council - £22,512 - £26,157.
With your journalistic approach and flair for web-based copywriting, you'll use your creativity within a commercially focused framework to deliver high quality web communications to our customers, clients and partners.
Click on the headline for more info.
Brighton and Hove City Council - £22,512 - £26,157.
With your journalistic approach and flair for web-based copywriting, you'll use your creativity within a commercially focused framework to deliver high quality web communications to our customers, clients and partners.
Click on the headline for more info.
24 November 2005
Argus to launch lite edition?
Click on the headline to read the UK Press Gazette's tip-off on the Argus. Any staff members want to enlighten - pseudonymously, of course?
23 November 2005
Freelance course
Last call for HQ-run course on Saturday 26th November at head office, Headland House, 308-312 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8DP.
It starst at 10am and finishes at 4.30pm-5m. Cost of the course is £65 and there are still spaces availabl.
Click on this item's headline to for a link
If you are interested email training@nuj.org.uk or telephone 020 7843 3717.
It starst at 10am and finishes at 4.30pm-5m. Cost of the course is £65 and there are still spaces availabl.
Click on this item's headline to for a link
If you are interested email training@nuj.org.uk or telephone 020 7843 3717.
10 November 2005
AGM minutes
Minutes of Annual General Meeting held on October 18 at Shakespeare’s Head, Brighton.
1 Apologies – Rowan Dore, Claire Rigby, Naomi Marks. Present – Jemima Kiss, Adrian Colley, Fred Pipes, Virginia Bridgewater, Alex Forbes
2 New members – N Freedman, H Davies, M Townsend, J Sykes, L Appleby, T Briggs, H Way, S Underwood
3 September’s minutes were accepted
4 Treasurer Adrian Colley circulated copies of 2004/05 accounts. At the beginning of October 2005, we had £1,536.35 in the branch account.
5 Correspondence – copies of Searchlight and The Zimbabwean were circulated.
6 Election of officers. Jemima Kiss was elected chair (nominated by Virginia Bridgewater, seconded by Adrian Colley); Adrian Colley was elected secretary and treasurer (nominated by Jemima, seconded by Virginia). Virginia Bridgewater was elected as welfare officer.
7 Chapel reports. Virginia Bridgewater said many Argus staff were still keen leave. They included herself – she resigned in September.
8 ADM motions. There were no motions to be put forward for next year’s Annual Delegate Meeting. It was pointed out that the branch might have three delegates for next year’s meeting as numbers have swollen to close to 250 – beat that and the branch is entitled to send three people to the ADM.
9 No nominations to stand for the National Executive Council
10 No nominations for elections to TUC-elected bodies.
11 The branch reaffiliated to the Trade Union Friends of Searchlight at a cost of £50.
12 Christmas party. It was agreed to spend up to £300 on drinks for members attending the event. The Cricketers was viewed as the likeliest venue.
1 Apologies – Rowan Dore, Claire Rigby, Naomi Marks. Present – Jemima Kiss, Adrian Colley, Fred Pipes, Virginia Bridgewater, Alex Forbes
2 New members – N Freedman, H Davies, M Townsend, J Sykes, L Appleby, T Briggs, H Way, S Underwood
3 September’s minutes were accepted
4 Treasurer Adrian Colley circulated copies of 2004/05 accounts. At the beginning of October 2005, we had £1,536.35 in the branch account.
5 Correspondence – copies of Searchlight and The Zimbabwean were circulated.
6 Election of officers. Jemima Kiss was elected chair (nominated by Virginia Bridgewater, seconded by Adrian Colley); Adrian Colley was elected secretary and treasurer (nominated by Jemima, seconded by Virginia). Virginia Bridgewater was elected as welfare officer.
7 Chapel reports. Virginia Bridgewater said many Argus staff were still keen leave. They included herself – she resigned in September.
8 ADM motions. There were no motions to be put forward for next year’s Annual Delegate Meeting. It was pointed out that the branch might have three delegates for next year’s meeting as numbers have swollen to close to 250 – beat that and the branch is entitled to send three people to the ADM.
9 No nominations to stand for the National Executive Council
10 No nominations for elections to TUC-elected bodies.
11 The branch reaffiliated to the Trade Union Friends of Searchlight at a cost of £50.
12 Christmas party. It was agreed to spend up to £300 on drinks for members attending the event. The Cricketers was viewed as the likeliest venue.
09 November 2005
Aid for Pakistan
Members are being urged to support trade union campaigns to deliver aid to workers in Pakistan affected by the recent earthquake. The Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign has set up a relief committee to send teams of members to help.
It's set up centres in Islamabad and Lahore to co-ordinate relief efforts and a solidarity caravan of more than 20 trucks was organised to take aid to stricken villages and cities.
Send cheques payable to PTUDC to NUJ, Headland House, 308 Grays Inn Road, London. WC1X 8DP.
It's set up centres in Islamabad and Lahore to co-ordinate relief efforts and a solidarity caravan of more than 20 trucks was organised to take aid to stricken villages and cities.
Send cheques payable to PTUDC to NUJ, Headland House, 308 Grays Inn Road, London. WC1X 8DP.
08 November 2005
Stamp out homophobia
As part of LGBT History Month, the TUC is holding a conference for union leaders, officials and activists about the international dimension of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans rights.
Drawing on personal testimonies from around the world, the conference will raise awareness of the issues, explain how and why LGBT rights worldwide are a trade union issue, and discuss what British and other trade unionists can do to show global solidarity.
Click on the headline for more details.
Drawing on personal testimonies from around the world, the conference will raise awareness of the issues, explain how and why LGBT rights worldwide are a trade union issue, and discuss what British and other trade unionists can do to show global solidarity.
Click on the headline for more details.
30 October 2005
New courses
Head office is running two new courses next month
* Freedom of Information Act on Monday 21 November.
* Introduction to Sub Editing on Thursday/Friday 24/25 November 2005. Both courses are held at the NUJ Head Office, Headland House, 308-312 Grays Inn Road, Londo.
Courses will start at 10.00am and finish between 4.30pm-5.00pm. The cost of the courses are as follows; the Freedom of Information Act is £65; introduction to subediting £205.
http://www.nujtraining.org.uk/page.phtml?id=1755&category=outline&finds=0&string=&strand=
* Freedom of Information Act on Monday 21 November.
* Introduction to Sub Editing on Thursday/Friday 24/25 November 2005. Both courses are held at the NUJ Head Office, Headland House, 308-312 Grays Inn Road, Londo.
Courses will start at 10.00am and finish between 4.30pm-5.00pm. The cost of the courses are as follows; the Freedom of Information Act is £65; introduction to subediting £205.
http://www.nujtraining.org.uk/page.phtml?id=1755&category=outline&finds=0&string=&strand=
17 October 2005
AGM venue
Just a quick reminder not to forget tomorrow's Annual General Meeting in the back bar of the Shakespeare's Head, Chatham Place, Brighton at 7pm. Click on the headline if you're not quite sure of the geography. The pub is at the junction of Chatham Place and Old Shoreham Road.
15 October 2005
Annual accounts report
The branch receives 5% of members’ subscriptions to fund running costs and activities. So if you work for the Argus, say, and pay subs of about £140 a year, then £7 will come back to the branch during the course of a year. Due to fluctuating numbers of members from one quarter to the next we get different amounts paid into our bank account each quarter. This year we received £1,404.75
In a nutshell, we started the year (Oct 1, 2004) with £1,265.10 in the bank, received £1,404.75 from head office and spent £1,133.50. That left us, on October 1, 2005 with £1,536.35 – a healthy position and the most we have had in our account since the branch was re-formed in 1998. With about 250 members, the branch has expanded hugely – we had fewer than 100 members back when we re-established.
We have been able to keep running costs at a reasonable level due to the fact that we don’t pay for room hire for monthly meetings. And the decision of members – currently about 75 – to receive newsletters via email also helps. This has allowed us in the last 12 months to make a series of donations to various causes, detailed below. More info on these causes is available from the branch website www.nujbrighton.org.uk
INCOME
Four payments from NUJ - £1,404.75
EXPENDITURE
BRANCH RUNNING COSTS
A Colley - £20
Jemima Kiss £8.49, £20.45 (photocopying) = £28.94
Stamps £315
Cost of website £6.09
Total = £370.03
BRANCH AFFILIATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
Trade Union Friends of Searchlight affiliation £50
Manchester NUJ fighting fund on behalf of Mansoor Hassan, facing deportation to Pakistan - £25
Justice for Colombia donation - £25
Donation to appeal for cash to help re-establish Indonesian newspaper after Asian tsunami - £75
Justice For Colombia reaffiliation fee - £50
Working Class Movement Library donation - £50
Subscription to UK-based paper The Zimbabwean - £42
Donation to Grenada 17 appeal costs - £50
Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom subs 2004/05 £25
Donation to Coventry NUJ fighting fund for striking workers - £50
Total = £442
BRANCH ENTERTAINMENTS
June barbecue costs – J Kiss £62.27 (food), A Colley £44 (booze). Total = £106.27
Christmas party booze bill - £215.20 – cheque to A Colley who paid bill on his debit card.
Total = £321.47
Branch total expenditure for period October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005 = £1,133.50
A Colley, treasurer
In a nutshell, we started the year (Oct 1, 2004) with £1,265.10 in the bank, received £1,404.75 from head office and spent £1,133.50. That left us, on October 1, 2005 with £1,536.35 – a healthy position and the most we have had in our account since the branch was re-formed in 1998. With about 250 members, the branch has expanded hugely – we had fewer than 100 members back when we re-established.
We have been able to keep running costs at a reasonable level due to the fact that we don’t pay for room hire for monthly meetings. And the decision of members – currently about 75 – to receive newsletters via email also helps. This has allowed us in the last 12 months to make a series of donations to various causes, detailed below. More info on these causes is available from the branch website www.nujbrighton.org.uk
INCOME
Four payments from NUJ - £1,404.75
EXPENDITURE
BRANCH RUNNING COSTS
A Colley - £20
Jemima Kiss £8.49, £20.45 (photocopying) = £28.94
Stamps £315
Cost of website £6.09
Total = £370.03
BRANCH AFFILIATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
Trade Union Friends of Searchlight affiliation £50
Manchester NUJ fighting fund on behalf of Mansoor Hassan, facing deportation to Pakistan - £25
Justice for Colombia donation - £25
Donation to appeal for cash to help re-establish Indonesian newspaper after Asian tsunami - £75
Justice For Colombia reaffiliation fee - £50
Working Class Movement Library donation - £50
Subscription to UK-based paper The Zimbabwean - £42
Donation to Grenada 17 appeal costs - £50
Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom subs 2004/05 £25
Donation to Coventry NUJ fighting fund for striking workers - £50
Total = £442
BRANCH ENTERTAINMENTS
June barbecue costs – J Kiss £62.27 (food), A Colley £44 (booze). Total = £106.27
Christmas party booze bill - £215.20 – cheque to A Colley who paid bill on his debit card.
Total = £321.47
Branch total expenditure for period October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005 = £1,133.50
A Colley, treasurer
13 October 2005
Are you disabled?
The Disabled Members Council is looking for disabled members to register as such so that it can draw up more effective policies and campaigns on their behalf.
It is looking at a new disability policy covering matters such as employment issues and support and access to the Annual Delegate Meeting.
In the past it has launched the Hacked Off campaign to fight the use of unacceptable terminology in news and features relating to disabled people. The 10-strong council works in and outside the union on matters relating to improving opportunities for disabled members in the industry and on offering greater access to union services.
It is aware some members are worried about registering as a disabled member. Any member can register in confidence at membership@nuj.org.uk or contact DMC's chair Stephen Brookes MBE at stbmbe@aol.com or union official Lena Calvert at lenac@nuj.org.uk
It is looking at a new disability policy covering matters such as employment issues and support and access to the Annual Delegate Meeting.
In the past it has launched the Hacked Off campaign to fight the use of unacceptable terminology in news and features relating to disabled people. The 10-strong council works in and outside the union on matters relating to improving opportunities for disabled members in the industry and on offering greater access to union services.
It is aware some members are worried about registering as a disabled member. Any member can register in confidence at membership@nuj.org.uk or contact DMC's chair Stephen Brookes MBE at stbmbe@aol.com or union official Lena Calvert at lenac@nuj.org.uk
12 October 2005
Unions in Iraq
We've just affiliated to this - click on the headline to access the UK unions' website.
09 October 2005
Anti-war meeting
From branch member Cath Senker:
Thursday October 20, 7.30pm at St Joseph's Church, Milton Road, Brighton IRAQ - invaded & occupied, what happens next?
A talk and discussion with Milan Rai, author and anti-war activist, looking at the following questions:
* Is immediate withdrawal of US & UK occupation forces the answer?
* Will withdrawal make the situation worse for the Iraqi people?
* Can the damage done to Iraq be limited? Is thre a responsible exit strategy?
* Should the UN be involved?
For more details see website http://www.blogger.com/www.watchingthewarmakers.org.uk For more info on Milan Rai see http://www.blogger.com/www.j-n-v.org
Thursday October 20, 7.30pm at St Joseph's Church, Milton Road, Brighton IRAQ - invaded & occupied, what happens next?
A talk and discussion with Milan Rai, author and anti-war activist, looking at the following questions:
* Is immediate withdrawal of US & UK occupation forces the answer?
* Will withdrawal make the situation worse for the Iraqi people?
* Can the damage done to Iraq be limited? Is thre a responsible exit strategy?
* Should the UN be involved?
For more details see website http://www.blogger.com/www.watchingthewarmakers.org.uk For more info on Milan Rai see http://www.blogger.com/www.j-n-v.org
30 September 2005
Coventry says: "Ta!"
Letter (slightly pruned) from Brum and Coventry branch chairman Chris Youett:
Thank you for sending a cheque for £50 whcih I have paid into our hardship fund account. It is much appreciated.
To give you an update - Jeremy Dear was brought in for fresh talks following a conciliatory letter from Trinity Mirror's cheif Sly Baily who earned a mere £1.2m last year. Jeremy forced the management to concede what the chapel had been asking for all along: early implementation of the skills matrix (a grading structure members campaigned for for years). In return we have agreed to return to work while management is supposed to work with the Coventry Newspaper Chapel on assessing all our members.
We have made it clear that if management drags its feet the chapel reserves the right to start further industrial action. Morale is still high and this has been helped by letters of support, donations and emails to senior TM staff.
I was pleased to note fellow freelancers were offered bribes (er, loyalty bonuses) of £50 a day to cross our picket lines. Most told the management to stick their cheques. TM tried to hire freelances from as far away as Bristol and London to break the strike. This mostly failed. The effect was the cancelling of photographic jobs and titles were forced to rely on handout pics or stock snaps. Readers very quickly noticed this.
I know those who worked did not like coming in an hour earlier to get a reduced-contents paper out, despite free bacon butties. I expect to pick up new recruits from those who stayed inside over the coming weeks because they haven't got any extra money.
Thank you for sending a cheque for £50 whcih I have paid into our hardship fund account. It is much appreciated.
To give you an update - Jeremy Dear was brought in for fresh talks following a conciliatory letter from Trinity Mirror's cheif Sly Baily who earned a mere £1.2m last year. Jeremy forced the management to concede what the chapel had been asking for all along: early implementation of the skills matrix (a grading structure members campaigned for for years). In return we have agreed to return to work while management is supposed to work with the Coventry Newspaper Chapel on assessing all our members.
We have made it clear that if management drags its feet the chapel reserves the right to start further industrial action. Morale is still high and this has been helped by letters of support, donations and emails to senior TM staff.
I was pleased to note fellow freelancers were offered bribes (er, loyalty bonuses) of £50 a day to cross our picket lines. Most told the management to stick their cheques. TM tried to hire freelances from as far away as Bristol and London to break the strike. This mostly failed. The effect was the cancelling of photographic jobs and titles were forced to rely on handout pics or stock snaps. Readers very quickly noticed this.
I know those who worked did not like coming in an hour earlier to get a reduced-contents paper out, despite free bacon butties. I expect to pick up new recruits from those who stayed inside over the coming weeks because they haven't got any extra money.
28 September 2005
ADM motions
It's that time of year again - your chance to have an issue debated by the union's premier power.
October's meeting is when you have the opportunity to propose a motion to be discussed at next year's Annual Delegate Meeting.
So whatever the issue come and along and state the case for it. The branch has to adopt the motion of course.
It would help us greatly if you plan to propose something, to have it written up before the meeting. Two years we proposed a couple of items which were more or less dreamt up on the spot and therefore inelegantly worded. They were, quite rightly, thrown out because of ambiguities or uncertain meaning.
So get a friend to look it over perhaps, or get it subbed, and it should stand a greater chance of being accepted on next year's ADM agenda. Branches are advised to submit a maximum of four motions and the deadline is November 7, which means our October meeting is the only chance for us to discuss possible motions.
October's meeting is when you have the opportunity to propose a motion to be discussed at next year's Annual Delegate Meeting.
So whatever the issue come and along and state the case for it. The branch has to adopt the motion of course.
It would help us greatly if you plan to propose something, to have it written up before the meeting. Two years we proposed a couple of items which were more or less dreamt up on the spot and therefore inelegantly worded. They were, quite rightly, thrown out because of ambiguities or uncertain meaning.
So get a friend to look it over perhaps, or get it subbed, and it should stand a greater chance of being accepted on next year's ADM agenda. Branches are advised to submit a maximum of four motions and the deadline is November 7, which means our October meeting is the only chance for us to discuss possible motions.
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