Bristol NUJ

As New York came under attack on September 11th 2001, janitor William Rodriguez bravely remained in the North Tower to help save dozens of lives. The last man out as the tower was collapsing, he has since been honoured five times by the White House for outstanding courage. After the 9/11 attacks, William helped coordinate the efforts of survivors’ and victim’s families’ to lobby the US government to hold an enquiry into what happened that day. When he came to give evidence, he was one of the only witnesses the 9/11 Commission heard behind closed doors.  None of his testimony – nor that of several other eyewitnesses – was included in the Commission’s final report, published in July 2004. He now leads two 9/11 campaigns representing the interests of survivors, victims and relatives of the dead: the Victims Support Group and Hispanic Victims Group. As part of his UK tour William is in Bristol on the 5th February to tell his story at the IMAX Cinema, @Bristol, Harbourside. Doors open at 6:00 pm and the event begins at 7:00pm. Tickets are priced at £6, with a £4 concessionary rate available from the @Bristol box office on 0117 915 5000. Tickets are also available online, see www.911truthbristol.com – or call Ticket Web on 08700 600100.

Christina Zaba, Chair of Bristol NUJ will introduce William and there will be an opportunity to ask questions. Proceeds from the event are being given to William to support his campaigning.

Links: William’s personal website - http://www.911keymaster.com UK Tour – http://www.last-man-out.com William Rodriguez on Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rodriguez

Hello to all our members,

Our next NUJ Bristol Branch Meeting is on Thursday 8th February, at Cafe Halo, 141 Gloucester Road, Bristol, 6.30pm for a 7pm start.

Amendments to Motions for the NUJ’s Centenary Annual Delegate Meeting (ADM), April 2007.

We are having this Branch meeting soon after our previous one, as there are more motions to the NUJ’s Annual Delegate Meeting to be discussed. Though the deadline for proposing any new motions has passed, we can still propose amendments at a Branch meeting to both our own motions and any others already published in the preliminary agenda, before the deadline for compiling the final agenda on 12th February.

The preliminary agenda is available online on the main NUJ website: http://www.nuj.org.uk/inner.php?docid=1072

The Branch meeting can also choose to mandate our Bristol delegates on how to vote on any particular motion. The union is obliged to put into practice all decisions agreed at ADM meetings. It’s how union policy is driven - from Branch level up. So now is your chance to have your input into what the union does for you as a member.

We can also hear about what has been happening within the Branch, the Chapels, and Freelance issues.

So please come along, share your thoughts and ideas and help make your union work for you! You’ll be very welcome.

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday 8th February.

Simon Chapman

Branch Secretary

Hello to all our members and anyone else viewing this website.

This is the website of the Bristol Branch of the National Union of Journalists. We have over 400 members in Bristol Branch working in areas such as broadcasting, newspapers, magazines, books and public relations. We have reporters, photographers, sub-editors, radio and TV presenters, writers, and other professional journalists, as self-employed freelances or full-time staff. Nationally the NUJ has over 40,000 members who work in journalism.

If you are a working or student journalist and not a member of the NUJ and would like to find out more, please come along to one of our meetings (detailed on this site) or drop us an email and we would love to explain the benefits of being a member of the branch. There is more on becoming a journalist and joining the NUJ via the links on the right.