International Women’s Day 2026
International Women’s Day on 8 March is an opportunity to celebrate achievements but also examine ongoing disparities in treatment.
NUJ joins TUC Women’s Conference event on assaults at work
On 5 March the Trade Union Co-ordinating Group held a fringe event at the TUC Women’s Conference on the theme ‘assaults at work.’
TUC Women’s Conference 2026
The NUJ’s motion highlighting the harm caused to women by far right, racist and sexist rhetoric passed at this year’s conference.
TUC Congress 2025: threat of AI to jobs and rights takes centre stage
TUC Congress unanimously supported new laws to stop AI breaching the copyrights of journalists and those working in sectors including books and photography.
#IWD: International Women's Day 2024
Today, the NUJ’s Equality Council launches its #ShowUstheMoney pay transparency campaign, plus a new guide on menopause and the workplace and as NUJ delegates take part in the Women's TUC conference.
TUC Women's conference 2023
The cost-of-living crisis, gender pay gaps, job adverts, violence against women and football boots were all up for discussion.
TUC Women's conference 2022
NUJ delegates addressed conference on several motions, including on online attacks on women journalists, equal pay and domestic abuse.
Tougher laws needed to strengthen women’s rights at work
More robust laws are needed to improve employment equality, particularly as women have born the brunt of the fall out of the pandemic, Sara Lewis, vice-chair of the NUJ's Equality Council told the TUC's Women’s Conference.
How gender-based violence is silencing women journalists
Natasha Hirst told the TUC Women’s Conference that female writers are self-censoring or withdrawing from online spaces as a result of the abuse they suffer.
TUC Women's conference: why we’re fighting for a fair deal for freelances
Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secretary, explains how Covid-19 has laid bare the precarious nature of self-employment – and how the union is pressing to defend vulnerable members.