NUJ Vice-President, Donnacha DeLong, refuses to be drawn on his alleged night terrors about punctuation and grammar which began on the first night of the NUJDM. The delinquent comma that halted Friday’s proceedings, surrounding composite D order paper 7 on government policies, was apparently haunting the man who will be assuming the NUJ presidency when Pete Murray’s …
Hello colleagues. My name is Sam Butler and I am a student delegate from the University of the West of England, Bristol. As the seventh social media editor this weekend, I will be selecting top tweets from the hashtag #nujdm. Enjoy… @SamNewsham: Donnacha Delong proposes an amendment to the motion but Peter Murray tells him he …
After leaving school at 14 and trying a few different jobs, Roy ended up working in construction where he became Shop Steward. “I was a shop steward and worked in construction from ’53 until ’82, by which time I was black-listed,” Roy says. Trade unions were and still are very important to Roy and after …
My name is Angela Brooks and I am the current social media Editor. Here you will find the best ten tweets from the last hour (3pm-4pm) from the NUJ Delegates Meeting 2011. Read on to be amused, informed and inspired… 1. @samfromstroud : A second standing ovation for lifetime NUJ activist and long serving branch …