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and as reported in this issue, the union continues to help shape media policy in Scotland and Wales while our work on the safety of journalists through the national safety committee has been widely acclaimed.


The principle that journalism is a public good which must be nurtured and protected is reflected in the work of the Irish commission and has informed deliberations throughout the UK. Employers are the first to agree of course but, in their response, to pay claims their enthusiasm for the value of our labour is seldom reflected in any meaningful way. That’s why any funding of commercial media organisations by state agencies must take into account their compliance with industrial relations norms, with adherence to statutory codes of practice and should contain safeguard to ensure that taxpayers do not become a subsidy for greedy executives and shareholders. Likewise, there still need to be action to ensure that tech giants pay their share through a levy, an issue dodged to a great extent by the Irish Commission – which advocates engagement with these powerful corporations. June was an important month for the NUJ on the international stage, with our active participation in the International World Congress in Oman and the EFJ general meeting in Turkey. The re- election of Jim Boumelha as IFJ treasurer and Tim Dawson as a member of the EFJ steering committee are important signals of our ongoing commitment to international solidarity. The union’s positive role in shaping debates on the Russian invasion of Kiev at both conferences, with the focus on the protection on journalists and journalism, was widely commended. It was also the NUJ which raised the issue of human rights violations in Oman, the abuse of SLAPPS and the need to tackle gender discrimination, forcefully articulated at the IFJ by former president Sian Jones. The NUJ is a founder member of the IFJ


Be Part of a Collective Voice


As a member of the NUJ you are part of a united force championing the rights of media workers and defending atacks on press freedom. Successful workplaces are those where the management and workers share the same aims and talk to each other. Being a member of the NUJ means giving yourself and colleagues a real voice at work.


Are you keeping good company? Join the NUJ today at


nuj.org.uk/join www.nuj.org.uk


and EFJ and in Izmir the union strongly opposed amendments to the EFJ rules which would allow the EFJ to admit into membership bodies not affiliated to the IFJ. We were ultimately unsuccessful and as a result we will keep under review our relationship with the European


Federation of Journalists. Trade union solidarity is the cornerstone of the IFJ and the value of the EFJ is that is provides a European focus for international labour rights and media freedom. We will never countenance a departure from those values.


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