BBC tops £1m on legal fees fighting equal pay and race discrimination cases
The BBC has spent more than £1m on legal fees fighting equal pay and race discrimination cases brought by staff,…
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‘Great fear’ of fresh round of mass journalist redundancies this winter
Another round of “mass redundancies” among journalists is expected over the winter, a Scottish representative of the National Union of…
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Photographers object to ‘exploitative’ News UK contracts that will leave them ‘much worse off’
Photographers have objected to a new contracted offered to regular contributors to News UK that they described as “exploitative” and…
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Politicians say ‘avalanche of redundancies and paper closures’ in regional media next month if furlough scheme ends
Welsh politicians fear an “avalanche of redundancies and newspaper closures” in regional media unless the UK Government extends the furlough…
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Local journalists go on strike over late payments and looming redundancies
Journalists at a local news publisher Bullivant Media have gone on strike in a dispute over pay, new working practices…
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‘Lifeline’ for 600 BBC PAYE freelances as broadcaster offers new Covid-19 financial support
About 600 freelances who regularly work for the BBC on PAYE contracts are to “finally” be offered financial support to…
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Reach urged to extend consultation process for ‘radical’ restructure as staff given more details
The NUJ has said 300 journalist jobs are at risk under Reach’s plans for a “radical” restructure breaking down “historic…
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UK-based Iran International journalists’ rights ‘trampled’ amid threats from Iranian state
London-based journalists at broadcaster Iran International are embroiled in a battle over union recognition alongside threats from the Iranian regime.…
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