Convergence news and ‘that motion’

Here’s a couple of updates from the NUJ website, which you might have missed.

There’s a short piece on last Saturday’s convergence event and the launch of the NUJ Commission on Multimedia. If you attetended this event, please leave a comment with your views and observations on the discussion.

The ADM-elected members of the Commission are Paula Dear, Helene Mulholland, Jemima Kiss, Gary Herman, with NEC-elected Donnacha DeLong and John Barsby.

Also, NUJ general secretary, Jeremy Dear has written a piece for Tribune on ‘that motion’. He reveals he’s had some death threats and points out that those who complain about the Israel motion being passed only have theirselves to blame.

He points out that the union’s largest branch (presumably the freelance branch) wrote to members pointing out the motion and inviting them to discuss at a meeting. No-one did, yet many of the complaints came from this branch. You can read more here.