As the UK goes into another lockdown, it is really important for members to know their rights to a safe working environment, both when working from home and on any return to the workplace.
Here are the slides and some web links from our recent branch meeting:
Health and Safety Executive: Working safely with display screen equipmenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/dse/
Health and Safety Executive: Temporary working at home – workstation setuphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af7q5j14muc
If so the NUJ is the for you
From editing and sub‑editing to design, marketing and production, the NUJ represents everyone in this sector of publishing, and supports the value they add to the high‑quality books, magazines and journals so vital to the creation and spread of knowledge.
In a time of changing business models and increasing monopoly, the NUJ stands squarely behind editorial quality, and fair pay for the skilled professionals who produce it.
Membership of the union and your NUJ card is a vital passport for your career in the media. Membership of the union is a vital part of securing fair pay and job security for professionals in quality academic publishing.
Download the leaflet from the Magazine and Book industrial Council: https://www.nujlmb.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WEB-200626-MABIC-leaflet-v01-1.pdf
NUJ London Magazine Branch and its members stand in solidarity with NUJ Iran International Chapel in your fight to gain union recognition, and against the union-busting tactics of your management and the British Association of Journalists (BAJ).
We are appalled at the behaviour of both your management and the BAJ in denying your right to be represented by the NUJ.
We applaud your stand against this behaviour, and send our full support to those of you who have been put under management pressure in its attempt to force through its anti-democratic decision.
We urge BAJ to do the right thing and step away from this deal to ensure a genuinely independent collective voice at Iran International.
We are encouraging our branch members to join the social media campaign against this deal with the BAJ, and to appeal to the International Labour Organisation to take up your case.
Please be assured that we will continue to monitor events in order to make clear our anger at the situation you have been placed in, and keep up support for your case.
NUJ London Magazine Branch Committee
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