The Emergency Committee of the NEC’s decision.

Respondents were asked their opinion of the emergency committee of the NUJ’s NEC. This was survey question eight.

The Irish Executive Council of the NUJ asked the union’s National Executive Committee to make a decision on whether the Drogheda Independent house agreement should be accepted or rejected. The Irish Executive’s own recommendation was that deal be rejected. The union’s National Executive Committee emergency committee endorsed the Drogheda Independent house agreement, against the recommendation of the Irish Executive. Which of the following statements best represents your opinion of the emergency NEC’s decision ?
All respondents
NUJ members
Non-NUJ members
NI/ROI respondents
 
I strongly oppose the emergency NEC’s decision. 63.0%
72.3%
55.7%
80.8%
 
I moderately oppose the emergency NEC’s decision 10.8%
12.7%
9.8%
3.9%
 
I am neutral about the emergency NEC’s decision 7.1%
3.6%
9.8%
11.5%
 
I moderately support the emergency NEC’s decision 0.9%
1.2%
0.5%
  0 %
 
I strongly support the emergency NEC’s decision 2.3%
3%
1.6%
  0%
 
I don’t know enough about the issue to form an opinion 16%
7.2%
22.7%
3.9%
 

Additional comments left by NUJ members:

  • “This is not a union that listens to its members, that was made very clear when they ignored the decision of the IEC to reject the DI deal, its looking more like a dictatorship than a union.”
  • “The proposed agreement is bad news for photographers, and I do not understand the NUJ executive`s position on it at all.”
  • “Very disappointed with the leaderships decision to intervene and overule the Irish. Twenty years a member, not sure whether to carry on now.”

Additional comments left by non NUJ members:

  • “The Irish Executive know their territory and the National Executive should have supported them and should defer to them. Reporters generating image content for their titles does not enhance the effectiveness of that title. While I accept that the NUJ have an obligation to seek out agreements that are beneficial to journalists everywhere, it should not seek to represent one group of journalist at the expense of another. The NUJ have an obligation to properly represent all its members and, as I understand it, those protections are enshrined in NUJ rules that have been built over time. How can the NUJ be trusted with my future when it doesn’t seem to care about its own.”