8 IRISH BIENNIAL DELEGATE CONFERENCE 2019 Defending Journalism
in Times of Crisis Biennial Delegate Conference 2019
The Biennial Delegates Conference this month will consider 10 motions from branches across the country, addressing a range of issues including union recognition, training for members, low-paid workers, and a lasting memorial to the late journalist Lyra McKee.
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Under the theme, “Defending Journalism in Times of Crisis”, the conference will draw delegates and other members to the Gresham Dublin on Saturday, November 16th. The BDC comes the day after the union celebrates its most recent lifetime members at a Dublin event on Friday evening, November 15th.
THE MOTIONS
Here are the motions: (1) Timetable: This conference/ instructs the incoming IEC to re-examine the timetable for the BDM including submission of motions, and confirmation of delegates. (Irish South West)
(2) Pensions: This delegate
conference recognises that action is needed now to recover the ground lost in the financial collapse of 2007-08. It notes that some progress has been made on restoring pay cuts and instructs the Irish Executive Council to make completion of this process a priority.
This delegate conference also
notes with regret that some chapels accepted cuts in pension entitlements without consulting retired colleagues in receipt of those pensions. In doing so, they allowed employers to represent such cuts as having been agreed with the National Union of Journalists, when in fact more than half of those affected had no say, and few of them are able to work again to replace the loss of income. Throwing pensioners’ rights overboard when times get rough is contrary to the spirit and ethos of trade union solidarity. This delegate conference
instructs the Irish Executive Council to mount a vigorous and public campaign for the restoration of
pension cuts, including restoring cost of living increases, naming and shaming those employers, particularly those who entered into a formal process of restoring cuts with the Pensions Authority and then failed to honour their obligations, and conference calls on members not to support such shoddy dealing. (Dublin Freelance)
(3) Union Recognition: This conference/BDM
notes that refusals by management to recognise unions are becoming more common place and are proving more and more problematic when it comes to collective bargaining. This conference requests the incoming IEC to seek the backing of ICTU for a campaign to highlight this practice - including a naming and shaming campaign. (Irish South West)
(4) Serving Low Paid Workers: This Biennial Delegate Conference, conscious of the need to address the difficulties faced by union members and potential union members working as freelances or in precarious and low income jobs in online in online publishing, social media, and similar sectors, calls upon the Irish Executive Council to prioritise taking effective action to address the problems in this relatively new sector which is growing at the same time as employment opportunities and conditions are under attack as never before. In calling for effective action, this BDC recognises that action is required on a variety of fronts, including the following, but not ruling out others which may arise.
1. This BDC calls on the IEC to
ascertain the extent of union membership in the online journalism & social media sector and to consider running a 32-county survey NUJ members to ascertain their experience of the online journalism & social media sector; and their ideas on how the NUJ might defend their rights more relevantly and also suggestions on how their co-workers who are not
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