early days of journalists movement leading militant journalists joined together october 1950-...
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WORKING JOURNALISTS ACT AND JOURNALISTS UNION
JOURNALISTS UNION
Early Days of Journalists Movement
Leading militant journalists joined together
October 1950- Indian Federation of Working Journalists (IFWJ) formed in Delhi
President- M Chalapathi Rao Adopted Delhi Declaration- basis of the
struggle of working journalists
Results:1. Press Council formation2. Adoption of the Indian Working
Journalists Act 3. Acceptance of the wage board
machinery
Split in 1974 National Union of Journalists was
formed
FORMATION OF IJU
IFWJ members formed IJU- 1989 Registered under the Indian Trade
Unions Act, 1926 Total strength- 15000 members Representation in PIB and Press
Accreditation Committee Has a huge pool of talented young
journalists Work for freedom of press
THE WORKING JOURNALISTS & OTHER NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES (CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT, 1955
Act to regulate certain conditions of service of working journalists
Act is for people employed in newspaper establishments
SPECIAL PROVISIONS IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN CASES OF RETRENCHMENT
1. Wages for 1 month2. Compensation which shall be equivalent to
15 days
PAYMENT OF GRATUITY
1. Not less than 3 years in the newspaper establishment
HOURS OF WORK
1. Not more than 144 hours for 4 consecutive weeks
2. Should be allowed one leave in 7 days
COMPENSATION FOR OVER TIME WORK
1. For more than six hours on any day in the case of day shift
2. More than five and half hours in case of night shift
LEAVES1. Earn leave2. Maternity leave3. Quarantine leave4. Extraordinary leave5. Casual leave
