From Amazon’s monitored warehouse hell to delivery workers being paid per package, exploitative work destroys collaborative relationships young people need — more screen time and 12 new AI ‘friends’ will only make things worse, writes ALAN SIMPSON
A resurgent union, committed to free expression
Without a free press, democracy dies, says NUJ general secretary MICHELLE STANISTREET
Michelle Stanistreet (right) with former MP Chris Mullin. The union helped his successful fight to prevent West Mercia Police forcing him to reveal his sources
The Tatar rebel argued that Western workers could be bought off, so instead a ‘colonial international’ must form a dictatorship over Europe and the US, ideas that led to his expulsion from the Bolsheviks and eventual execution, writes EDMUND GRIFFITHS
HEATHER WOOD reports back from another packed annual Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, where Palestinian flags flew high and solidarity with Birmingham’s striking refuse workers was central
Robinson successfully defended his school from closure, fought for the unification of the teaching unions, mentored future trade union leaders and transformed teaching at the Marx Memorial Library, writes JOHN FOSTER
A judge in a German court ruled that the ban activity imposed on renowned Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah was unlawful, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
At the very moment Britain faces poverty, housing and climate crises requiring radical solutions, the liberal press promotes ideologically narrow books while marginalising authors who offer the most accurate understanding of change, writes IAN SINCLAIR
AT THE beginning of next month, the NUJ with the Society of Editors will launch The Journalists’ Safety Toolkit. It is an app that provides regularly updated information for reporters and photographers who feel themselves in danger.
Delighted as I am to provide such a resource for our members, the need for it is the cause of the deepest concern.
The working assumption of the labour movement for the past half-century has been that work is becoming progressively safer — and it is trade unions who have led on that work and deserve much of the credit for advances made.
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