Posted by rosieniven in convergence, integration, new media, NUJ, organising.
Donnacha DeLong, a member of the NUJ’s Multimedia Commission, has written an article for Press Gazette on how changes in the nature of the media is changing the NUJ’s structure and how the union is adapting to the changes. Read the full article here.
Last month, the union held an event discussing integration issues and the challenges they pose. Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it and neither could other branch members so a write up wasn’t possible. But now I’ve found a write up on Vice President James Doherty’s blog.
Posted by rosieniven in facebook, Israel boycott, new media, NUJ, Social Networking.
Thought I’d share with you the latest post from the Stop NUJ Boycott blog:
Last week Rory Cellan-Jones, who set up the blog, wrote to more than 70 union officials asking them to tell their members about the Stop NUJ Boycott campaign. He only got three replies, one from an official who said he supported the boycott.
Rory’s main worry is that the controversy over the boycott is showing the huge hole in the democratic structure of the union – sparsely attended branch meetings and policy decided by the handful of delegates who go to ADM.
He also noted that officials seem reluctant to give members the chance to have their say on the issue:
“I’ve had other comments from activists who say people who cannot be bothered to attend branch meetings have no right to complain. But if that covers 99% of members (as it does) then the NUJ has a problem which it needs to address.”
Read the full post here.
So what do you think of the union’s democratic processes? Do the existing structures allow the views of grassroots members to be heard?
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