@ Welcome to the NJU
The Name of the organisation is the NATIONAL JOURNALISTS UNION [NJU]. Its headquarters is based in Vellore, Tamil Nadu at the time when this Constitution was approved.
NJU Formed by Dr. K. Kumar and Mrs R. Dhakshayani ICWA (Int), B.Com., BAICC., PGDHM., M.com., M.B.A(Fin)., SAP(FICO), M.Phil(Fin)., PhD (Fin).,
The National Journalists Union is the voice of journalists and journalism. To Promote actions to defend press freedom and social justice through strong, free and independent trade unions of journalists. We strive to improve the pay and conditions of our members and protect and promote media freedom, professionalism and ethical standards.
They are represented across the media as staffers, Daily Newspapers, Periodical Magazines, Public relations, photographers, Cameraman, TV Channels, Casuals and freelances in broadcasting and News media.
The NJU is a confederation of journalists' trade unions. It has been created to deal with matters related to trade unionism and the practice of the profession of journalism. It is established in the context of support for pluralist democracy and fundamental human rights. It is independent of all ideological, political, governmental and religious bodies. It represents and assists its member organisations in education and research in the protection of core labour rights and all professional matters and has and promotes continental and regional groups made up of those member organisations.
The NJU is a Trade Union as a public not-for-profit company limited by guarantee. Its structure includes a Board and an Advisory Board. Members of both have diverse senior skills and expertise and are united by their commitment to journalists’ freedom and safety. The day-to-day operations are managed by an executive director. The NJU is funded by Annual Subscription, donations from business and philanthropists on the expressed understanding that the funding is independent of the NJU’s activities. Funding is not sought or received from governments.
Aims and Objectives
@ Aims and Objectives
The aims and objectives of the NJU are:
To protect and strengthen the rights and freedoms of journalists;
To respect and defend freedom of information, media freedom and the independence of journalism particularly through research and monitoring of violations and taking action to defend journalists and their work;
To uphold and improve professionalism and to promote high standards of journalism and journalistic education;
To improve and defend the social and working conditions of all journalists, and to encourage and support member unions in collective bargaining;
To promote co-operation between member unions, and to support trade union development, through the organisation of continental and regional groups;
To promote and maintain editorial democracy;
To promote the social role of journalists and the profession of journalism, particularly its contribution to democracy and freedom;
To encourage the provision of professional and trade union education and training for journalists;
To co-ordinate action to ensure the safety of journalists and to incorporate safety training in collective agreements between member unions and employer organisations;
To encourage member unions to provide goodwill and assistance for members of other member unions who may be working in their territories;
To establish and maintain close relations with relevant international, government and non-government organisations in the pursuit of these objects;
To fight for authors' rights and international reimbursement systems;
To promote mainstreaming equality in journalism and to encourage member unions to pursue this objective.
To fight against hate speech
To fight for the protection of sources and against all kinds of data retention by governments and corporations
@ Safety and Protection
The safety and protection of journalists are at the heart of the NJU’s commitment to media freedom. Working with NJU and safety experts we deliver training, advice, support and campaigns to demand Executive bodies, states and employers take action to protect journalists, fight impunity and enable us to work free from harassment, intimidation and violence.
Our safety fund provides a unique lifeline for journalists facing persecution, threats or in need.
Future of Journalism
@ Future of Journalism
The business model which sustained media for decades is collapsing in many parts of the world. Rapid technological change has both opened up exciting new opportunities for journalism but can also pose widespread threats to jobs, working conditions and quality journalism. Jobs, which were once well paid and secure, are increasingly being replaced with insecure, precarious work with wages so low many are forced to leave the profession.
Major news platforms like Facebook and Google rake in billions in profits but pay few taxes and produce no original news content. Public service broadcasting, especially television - once the antidote to the excesses of profit-driven media -is increasingly starved of resources or faces severe political pressures to toe the government line.
Media concentration threatens pluralism and democracy by hampering the role of the watchdog which the media ought to play. The NJU believes media is a public good - that media should serve the public interest not political agendas or corporate greed. We stand - whatever the platform - for quality journalism and for journalists to have access to the resources they need, including training, to properly fulfil their functions. We do not believe journalists can resist the future but they must have a voice in shaping it.
The NJU is working to:
- Carry out research into alternative models of financing journalism
- Lobby to defend public service broadcasting
- Campaign for quality journalism in the public interest
- Help unions and associations to secure a just the transition from legacy media to digital
- Stand up for fair pay and decent conditions in digital media
- Demand social media platforms pay their fair share and help fund content creation
- Advocate for media policies which put the public interest at the heart of journalism
- Fight against media concentration
Membership Admission
@ Membership of the Union will be open to:
- 'Working Journalists' as defined in Section 2 (f) of the Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service and Miscellaneous) Provision Act, 1955 and the Wage Board Awards;
- Part-time correspondents whose principal avocation is journalism provided, however, that they produce proof in this behalf in terms of statement received from newspapers or news agencies or any other proof of employment; and
- Freelance journalists whose principal avocation is journalism.
- As per the Trade Union Act,1926 (Section22) any outsider may be admitted as an ordinary member of the union subject to the approval of the Executive Committee.
@ ADMISSION
Every "WORKING JOURNALISTS AND OTHER NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES" who has attained the age of 18 years and agrees to abide by the rules and regulations of the Union and to pay the prescribed Yearly fee and an admission fee shall be entitled to become a member.
Annual Membership Subscription Fees must be paid in the IOB bank only
BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS
| Name of Account | NATIONAL JOURNALISTS UNION |
| Account Number | 063401000043968 |
| Bank Name | Indian Overseas Bank |
| Branch Name | Allapuram Branch (0634) |
| IFS Code | IOBA0000634 |
| Type of Account | Savings Account |
@ There shall be three categories of members:
a. Ordinary Member: persons not less than 18 years of age who are qualified under Clause 5 and who have worked as journalists for at least one year.
b. Life Members: Members who retire from work on account of age, infirmity or who have done outstanding service to the profession or were employed in the organization. A list of member/Register shall be maintained by the Union under the provision of Trade Union Act, 1926.
c. Honorary Members: Persons who are admitted to the membership for their outstanding service to the trade union movement in the newspaper industry. Such Honorary members shall hold office until they resign their membership or are removed by the General Body as per rules.
Benefits and Forfeitures
@ BENEFITS AND FORFEITURES
a. No member of the union who is in arrears of his/her monthly subscription for a consecutive period of 3 months shall be entitled to any of the benefits assured by the Rules of the union.
b. Any member of the union entitled to any of the benefits conferred by the union under its Rules may make an application in writing, claiming such benefits to the General Secretary of the Union, who shall forthwith place it before the Executive Committee. The applicant shall have the right to appeal to the General Body of the Union, whose decision shall be final.
c. With reference to the financial position of the union, the Executive Committee shall decide from time to time the benefits to be given to the members. A member shall be entitled to the benefits only if he has been a member for at least six months and he has paid his subscriptions to the union up to date.
d. Any office-bearer or member of the union found working against the interest of the union may be removed from the union or otherwise punished on a resolution to that effect passed by Executive The committee at the meeting of the union held for the purpose in which at least one-half of the members of the union are present and at least 60% of those present vote in favour of the resolution provided that the member or office bearer concerned is given adequate prior notice of the action proposed to be taken against him.
e. If a member goes on strike without the sanction of the union he shall not be entitled to any benefits from the union from the date on which he has so struck work. This is in addition to any other penalty which may be imposed on him under the previous rule.
Funds
@ FUNDS AND OBJECTS
Funds shall constitute of subscription collected, special levies not otherwise year-marked, donations and income through other activities of the union shall be the funds. Subject to the provisions of section 13 of the Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926 for the present and later subject to such law as may be enacted in this behalf and subject to the sanction of the Executive Committee and General Body of this union and not inconsistent with the aims of the union.
@ PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE GENERAL FUNDS WOULD BE SPENT
The general funds of the Organization should be spent on the stated objectives mentioned under Section 15 of the Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926 for the present and later subject to such law as may be enacted in this behalf and subject to the sanction of the Executive Committee and General Body of this union and not in consistent with the aims of the union.
a. the payment of salaries, allowances and expenses to office-bearers of the Trade Union;
b. the payment of expenses for the administration of the Trade Union, including audit of the accounts of the general funds of the Trade Union;
c. the prosecution or defiance of any legal proceeding to which the Trade Union or any member thereof is a party when such prosecution or defence is undertaken for the purpose of securing or protecting any rights of the Trade Union as such or any rights arising out of the relations of any member with his employer or with a person whom the member employs;
d. the conduct of trade disputes on behalf of the Trade Union or any member thereof;
e. the compensation of members for loss arising out of trade disputes;
f. allowances to members or their dependents on account of death, old age, sickness, accidents or unemployment of such members;
g. the issue of, or the undertaking of liability under, policies of assurance on the lives of members, or under policies insuring members against sickness, accident or unemployment;
h. the provision of educational, social or religious benefits for members (including the payment of the expenses of funeral or religious ceremonies for deceased members) or for the dependants of members;
i. the upkeep of a periodical published mainly for the purpose of discussing questions affecting employers or workmen as such;
j. the payment, in furtherance of any of the objects on which the general funds of the Trade Union may be spent, or contributions to any cause intended to benefit workmen, in general, provided that the expenditure in respect of such contributions in any financial year shall not at any time during that year be in excess of one-fourth of the combined total of the gross income which has up to that time accrued to the general funds of the Trade Union during that year and of the balance at the credit of those funds at the commencement of that year; and
k. subject to any conditions contained in the notification, any other object notified by the appropriate Government in the official Gazette.
Strikes
@ STRIKES
a. No members of the union shall strike without the permission and specific direction of the Executive Committee of the union and any member contrivance of this rule shall be subject to such disciplinary action as may be decided by the Executive Committee.
b. The Executive Committee of the union alone shall have the power to call for the conduct of a strike and such action shall be taken by the Executive Committee only after exploring all other possible avenues for the settlement of disputes between the union and the undertaking in which the members are employed. In accordance with the provisions made and procedure laid down by the Indian Trade Union Act 1926 the Industrial Disputes Act, and such other laws as may be framed by the Government from time to time and in particular no strike shall be called upon unless seventy-five per cent of the members of the union have declared themselves in favour of the strike.
Disqualification of Office Bearers
@ DISQUALIFICATION OF OFFICE-BEARERS
a. A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of the executive or any other office-bearer of a registered Trade Union if -
· he has not attained the age of eighteen years,
· he has been convicted by a Court in India of any offence involving moral turpitude and sentenced to imprisonment, unless a period of five years has elapsed since his release.
b. Any member of the executive or other office-bearer of a registered Trade Union who, before the commencement of the Indian Trade Unions (Amendment) Act, 1964 (38 of 1964), has been convicted of any an offence involving moral turpitude and sentenced to imprisonment, shall on the date of such commencement cease to be such member or office-bearer unless a period of five years has elapsed since his release before that date.
Disciplinary
@ DISCIPLINARY
Any member of the affiliated body shall be liable to disciplinary action by the Executive Committee of the union as in case of:
- Default of payment
- Criminal breach of trust
- Defiance of any resolution or a directive of delegates conference, Executive Committee of the union
- Any activity or utterance is prejudicial to the interest of the union or the activities serving the employers as against the interest of employees. A member against whom there is a complaint of indiscipline shall be given a charge- sheet in writing by the Executive Committee and shall be asked to submit a written explanation. He shall have the right to address the Executive Committee on the subject if he so desires. The Executive The committee shall take the decision after hearing the member concerned.
Rules and Interpretations
@ RULES AND INTERPRETATIONS:
A member desiring to ask any question in the General Body Meeting shall furnish a copy of the question which he wishes to ask, one day before the meeting is fixed. Questions that do not relate directly to the affairs and objects of the union shall not be permitted. No discussion shall be permitted in respect of any reply to a question.
Legal Proceedings
@ LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Union is liable to sue and be sued in its name. The General Secretary shall represent the union in all legal proceedings.
Functions of the Office Bearers
@ Functions of the Office Bearers
| President | தலைவர் | 1 |
| Vice President | துணைத் தலைவர் | 2 |
| Secretary | செயலாளர் | 1 |
| Joint Secretary | இணைச் செயலாளர் | 2 |
| Deputy Secretary | துணைச் செயலாளர் | 2 |
| Treasurer | பொருளாளர் | 1 |
| Coordinator | ஒருங்கிணைப்பாளர் | 1 |
| Joint Coordinator | இணை ஒருங்கிணைப்பாளர் | 2 |
| Deputy Coordinator | துணை ஒருங்கிணைப்பாளர் | 2 |
| Total Office Bearers | மொத்தம் பொறுப்பாளர்கள் | 14 |
Above Mentioned Functions of the Office Bearer for
1. State Wise Office Bearers (1) - மாநில பொறுப்பாளர்கள் = 14
2. Zonal Wise Office Bearers (11) - மண்டல பொறுப்பாளர்கள் = 154
3. District Wise Office Bearers (33) - மாவட்ட பொறுப்பாளர்கள் = 462
4. Taluk Wise Office Bearers (301) - வட்ட பொறுப்பாளர்கள் = 4214
Total Office Bearers - மொத்த பொறுப்பாளர்கள் = 4844
மண்டலம் - தமிழக மாவட்டங்கள் - வட்டங்கள்
1 வது மண்டலம் (Zone - 1)
1. திருவள்ளூர் மாவட்டம் (Thiruvallur) - 9 => 1. கும்மிடிப்பூண்டி ; 2.மாதவரம் , 3.திருவள்ளூர் , 4.பொன்னேரி , 5.பூந்தமல்லி, 6.திருத்தணி, 7.பள்ளிப்பட்டு , 8.ஊத்துக்கோட்டை , 9.ஆவடி.
2. சென்னை மாவட்டம் (Chennai ) - 16
3. காஞ்சிபுரம் மாவட்டம் (Kanchipuram) - 11
2 வது மண்டலம் (Zone - 2)
4.வேலூர் மாவட்டம் (Vellore) - 13
5. கிருஷ்ணகிரி மாவட்டம் (Krishnagiri) - 8
6. தர்மபுரி மாவட்டம் (Dharmapuri) - 7
7. திருவண்ணாமலை மாவட்டம் (Tiruvannamalai) - 12
8. விழுப்புரம் மாவட்டம் (Villupuram ) - 8
9. கள்ளக்குறிச்சி (Kallakurichi) - 5
4 வது மண்டலம் (Zone -4)
10.கடலூர் மாவட்டம் (Cuddalore) - 10
11. அரியலூர் மாவட்டம் (Ariyalur)- 4
12. பெரம்பலூர் மாவட்டம் (Perambalur) - 4
5 வது மண்டலம் (Zone - 5)
13. நாமக்கல் மாவட்டம் (Namakkal) - 8
14. சேலம் மாவட்டம் (Salem ) - 13
15. ஈரோடு மாவட்டம் (Erode) - 10
6 வது மண்டலம் (Zone - 6)
16. நீலகிரி மாவட்டம் (Nilgiris) - 6
17.கோயம்புத்தூர் மாவட்டம் (Coimbatore) -11
18. திருப்பூர் மாவட்டம் (Tiruppur) - 9
7 வது மண்டலம் (Zone - 7)
19. கரூர் மாவட்டம் (Karur) - 6
20. திருச்சிராப்பள்ளி மாவட்டம் (Tiruchirapalli) - 11
8 வது மண்டலம் (Zone - 8)
22. தஞ்சாவூர் மாவட்டம் (Thanjavur) - 9
23. திருவாரூர் மாவட்டம் (Thiruvarur) - 8
24. நாகப்பட்டினம் மாவட்டம் (Nagapattinam) - 8
9 வது மண்டலம் (Zone - 9)
25. திண்டுக்கல் மாவட்டம் (Dindigul) - 9
26. தேனி மாவட்டம் (Theni) - 5
27. மதுரை மாவட்டம் (Madurai) - 11
10வது மண்டலம் (Zone - 10)
28. சிவகங்கை மாவட்டம் (Sivagangai) - 9
29. இராமநாதபுரம் மாவட்டம் (Ramanathapuram) - 9
30.விருதுநகர் மாவட்டம் (Virudhunagar) - 10
11 வது மண்டலம் (Zone - 11)
31. தூத்துக்குடி மாவட்டம் (Thoothukudi) - 10
32 . திருநெல்வேலி மாவட்டம் (Thirunelveli) - 16
33. கன்னியாகுமரி மாவட்டம் (Kanniyakumari) - 4
BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS
Dear Members
Annual Membership Subscription Fees must be paid in the IOB bank only
BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS
| Name of Account | NATIONAL JOURNALISTS UNION |
| Account Number | 063401000043968 |
| Bank Name | Indian Overseas Bank |
| Branch Name | Allapuram Branch (0634) |
| IFS Code | IOBA0000634 |
| Type of Account | Savings Account |
உறுப்பினர்கள் நல உதவி (WELFARE)
உறுப்பினர்கள் நல உதவி மற்றும் பயன்கள்
1. இழப்பீட்டு நிதி உதவி :
1. இறப்பு எய்தினால் அவர்களது குடும்பத்தினருக்கு சங்கத்தின் நிவாரண நிதியிலிருந்து கீழ்க்கண்டவாறு இழப்பீட்டு நிதி உதவி வழங்கப்பட்டு வருகிறது.
உறுப்பினர் ஆண்டுகள் | குடும்ப நிதி உதவி |
1வது ஆண்டு முதல் 3வது ஆண்டுகள் வரை | ரூ.25,000 /- |
4வது ஆண்டு முதல் 7வது ஆண்டுகள் வரை | ரூ.50,000 /- |
8வது ஆண்டு முதல் 12வது ஆண்டுகள் வரை | ரூ.2,00,000 /- |
13வது ஆண்டு முதல் | ரூ.3,00,000 /- |
2. விபத்தில் உடல் ஊனம்* ஏற்பட்டால் மேலே குறிப்பிட்ட தொகையில் 50 சதவீதம் இழப்பீட்டு தொகை வழங்கப்படும்.
3. மண்டலம் மற்றும் மாவட்ட பொறுப்பாளர்களுக்கு மேலே குறிப்பிட்ட தொகையில் 25% கூடுதலாக வழங்கப்படும்.
2. குடும்ப நல மேம்பாட்டு நிதி உதவி :
4ம் ஆண்டு முதல் தொடர்ந்து உள்ள சங்கத்தின் உறுப்பினர்களுக்கு
1. இலவச மருத்துவ உதவி*
2. இலவச கல்வி உதவி*
3. கல்வி கடன் உதவி*
4. திருமண கடன் உதவி*
5. தனிநபர் கடன் (Personal Loan)* உதவி
3. சங்கத்தின் சார்ப்பாக அரசு உதவிகள் பெற்றுதரப்படும்* (அரசு விதிமுறைகளுக்கு உட்பட்டு);
அரசு உதவிகள் காண லிங்க்கிளிக் செய்யவும்
தமிழில் => அரசு உதவிகள் காண லிங்க்கிளிக் செய்யவும்
English => JOURNALISTS’ WELFARE - Click Link
4. சங்கத்தின் சார்பாக போராட்டத்தில் பாதிப்பு ஏற்பட்டால் அதனால் ஏற்படும் பாதிப்பு செலவுகள் மற்றும் வழக்கு செலவுகள் சங்கம் ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளும்.
* ஆண்டு சந்தா செலுத்தி உறுப்பினர் அடையாள அட்டை பெற்றிருந்தால் மட்டுமே அனைத்து உதவிகள் கிடைக்க பெறும். அடையாள அட்டை காலாவதியாகாமல் பயன்பாட்டில் இருக்க வேண்டும். மற்ற சங்கத்தில் உறுப்பினராக இருந்தால் இழப்பீடு மற்றும் நல உதவிகள் நிராகரிக்கப்படும். சங்கத்தின் நிதிநிலைமையை சார்ந்து நல உதவிகள் வழங்கப்படும்.
* With reference to the financial position of the union, the Executive Committee shall decide from time to time the benefits to be given to the members. A member shall be entitled to the benefits only if he has been a member for at least six months and he has paid his subscriptions to the union up to date (Under Trade Union Act 1926).
