NUJ members face crucial vote
The ballot for the election of NUJ deputy general secretary ends on July 4. Media Workers Against the War encourages our supporters in the union to vote for Michelle Stanistreet.
Michelle has been an inspirational figure at the Daily Express and Star, leading campaigns against the newspapers’ racism and Islamophobia, making the union’s “Journalism Matters” campaign a great success and fighting to build strong grassroots union organisation. She has been open about her opposition to the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Journalists’ working conditions are intimately connected to the quality of the public service they provide, as Nick Davies has shown in “Flat Earth News”, which sets out to explain the media’s failure on Iraqi WMD. The government’s assault on the BBC over its coverage of the “war on terror” has included massive job cuts, particularly in news and current affairs.
Targetting of the media by the military in war zones has made journalists’ work more dangerous, while “terror law” restrictions on reporting at home threaten journalists with arrests and prosecutions. For these reasons the NUJ needs a deputy general secretary who recognises the importance of the war for our union.
See Michelle’s election website here: www.michelle4dgs.org.uk
