Pfuj 14 09-12 with union management

AFFILIATED WITH

International Federation of Journalists

PFUJ IS A UNION OF WORKING JOURNALISTS OF

PAKISTAN, FORMED ON AUGUST 2, 1950

PAKISTAN FEDERAL UNION OF JOURNALISTS (PFUJ)

STRUGGLE


A MOVEMENT WHOSE ANNALS ARE REPLETE WITH MEMORABLE BATTLES BOTH IN THE FIELD OF EARNING A HONORABLE LIVING WAGES AND

WAGING A RELENTLESS CRUSADE FOR THE NOBLE CAUSE OF FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND EXPRESSION.


PFUJ’S PAST HISTORY IS MARKED BY MEMORABLE MILESTONES SUCH AS THE 49-DAY LONG STRIKE IN 1949 IN

THE DAILY “SINDH OBSERVER” ,KARACHI 1954


Daily “Anjam” Karachi. (1966), daily “Kohistan” Lahore (1969), the hunger strike led by the PPL (Pakistan Times and Imroze) workers union and joined by the PUJ for the reinstatement of the four lower grade employees in January 1977, the historic 10-days countrywide strike for the implementation of the interim award by the Second Wage Board in April 1970, and over 45-days long hunger strike movement in 1974 for the reinstatement of arbitrarily sacked journalists and other employees of the daily “Musawaat” Lahore. This was a countrywide movement resulting in imprisonment of over 300 journalists and press workers.


The PFUJ has never favored extra constitutional and authoritarian governance regardless of its form- military or

Civilian. For it strongly believes that without a constitutional framework and democratic dispensation rooted in the

consent and aspirations of the people


UNFORGETTABLE LASHES


The Zia rule will remain a night mare for a number of its features for a long time, but perhaps none of these gave warning of the nature of the rule to come more strikingly in the very early years than the dictator’s decision to have four journalists convicted and openly flogged.The journalists and newspa per workers organisations, consistent in reacting to all official actions against the press, urged withdrawal of these measures. When its appeals went unheard and its requests for a di alogue were turned down it decided to stage protest rallies and court ar rest by violating Section 144, normally an emergency law meant to restrict assembly of more than four persons at any public place.

The protest started on April 30 in Lahore as announced, and daily a procession taken out from Lahore hotel to the assembly hall and a group of four-offered arrest to the sympathiz ing cheers of thousands of bystand ers.

When that didn’t seem to be working and the movement kept go ing, the dictator decided to raise the stakes. He asked the sentence to in clude flogging. If some of the journal ists were lashed that would spread terror among the rest, it was thought, and tire movement would collapse.

Accordingly, the group that was arraigned before the kangaroo court of a Major on May 13, 1978, was promptly sentenced, among other things; to be given 5 lashes each. Within an hour of the judgment the sentence was actually carried out. In the Kot Lakhpat jail, Nasir Zaidl, Khawar Naeem Hashmi and Iqbal Jafri were each stripped to their waist,


UNITS OF

PFUJ


Abbottabad Union of Journalists (AUJ)Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ)Bhawalpur Union of Journalists (BhUJ)Faisalabad Union of Journalists (FUJ)Gujranwala Union of Journalists (GUJ)Hyderabad Union of Journalists (HUJ)Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ)Khyber Union of Journalists (KhUJ)Larkana Union of Journalists (LUJ)Multan Union of Journalists (MUJ)Mirpur Khas Union of Journalists (MkUJ)Nawabshah Union of Journalists (NUJ)Punjab Union of Journalists (PUJ)Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ)Sargodha Union of Journalists (SgUJ)Sukkur Union of Journalists (SUJ)Tribal Union of Journalists(TUJ)Hub Union of Journalists (HubUJ)


UNITS OF PFUJ IN PAKISTAN

HUB


5000 +MEMBERS


CODE OF CONDUCT


Code of ConductLike other trade unions, formed for mutual protection and economic betterment The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists desires and encourages its members to maintain good quality of workmanship and high standard of conduct.

A member of the Union has two claims on his loyalty, one by his Union and one by his employer. These need not clash so long as the employer complies with the agreed Union conditions and makes no demand for forms of service incompatible with the honor of the profession or with the principles of-trade unionism.

1. A member should do nothing that would bring discredit on himself, his Union, his newspaper, or his profession. He should study the rules of his Union, and should not, by commission or omission, act against the interests of the Union.

2. Whether publication or suppression, the acceptance of a bribe by a journalist is one of the gravest professional offences.

3. Every journalist should treat subordinates as considerately as he would desire to be treated by his superiors.

4. Freedom in the honest collection and publication of news facts and the rights of fair comment and criticism, are principles, which every journalist should defend.

5. Unless the employer consents to a variation, a member who wishes to terminate his employment must give notice according to agreement.

6. No member should seek promotion or seek to obtain the position of another journalist by unfair methods. A member should not directly or indirectly, attempt to obtain for himself or any one else, any commission, regular or occasional held by a freelance member of the Union.


7. It is unprofessional conduct to exploit the labor of another journalist by plagiarism, or by using his copy for linage purposes without permission.

8. Staff men who do linage work should be prepared to give up such work to conform with any pooling scheme approved by the FEC or any Union plan to provide a freelance member with a means of earning a living.

9. A member holding a staff appointment shall serve first the paper that employees him. In his own time a member is free to engage in other creative work, but he should not undertake any extra work in his rest time or holidays, if by so doing he is depriving an out of work member of a chance to obtain employment. Any misuse of rest days won by the Union on the sound argument that periods of recuperation are needed after strenuous hours of labor is damaging to trade unions aims for a shorter working week.

10. While a spirit of willingness to help other members should be encouraged at all times, members are under a special obligation of honor to help an unemployed member to obtain work.

11. A journalist should fully realize his personal responsibility for every thing he sends to his paper or agency. He should keep Union and professional secrets and respect all necessary confidences regarding sources and information and private documents. He should not falsity information or documents, or distort of misrepresent facts.

12. In obtaining news or pictures, reporters and Press photographers should do nothing that will cause pain or humiliation to innocent, bereaved, or otherwise distressed persons. News pictures end documents should be acquired by honest methods only.

13. Every journalist should keep in mind the danger in the laws of libel, contempt of court and copyright. In reports of law court preceding it is necessary to observe and practice the rule of fair play to parties.


OFFICE BEARERS


FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (FEC)


JOURNALISTSALIM SHAHZAD

MURDER CASE HISTORIC SIT-IN

INFRONT OF PARLIAMENT HOUSE

HISTORIC SIT-IN INFRONT OF PARLIAMENT HOUSE

Law Implementation

Newspapers employees’ ( Condition of Service) Act, 1973

8 %

The Industrial & Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinary, 1968

7%

The Factories Act 1934 4%

The Payment of Wages Act 1936 5%

The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 Zero Percent

The Employees’ Social Security Ordinance, 1965 Zero Percent

The Employees Old Age Benefits Act, 1976 10%

The Companies Profit (Workers Participation) Act 1968 50%

The Workers Welfare Fund Ordinance 1971 Zero Percent

The Employees Cost of Living Act 1`973 Zero Percent

The Workers Children (Education) Ordinance 1972 Zero Percent

Note: No law for the rights of electronic media person

LAWS FOR MEDIA PERSONS

LAW IMPLEMENTATION

Press, Newspaper, news Agencies & Books Registration Ordinance, 2002 80%

Press Council of Pakistan Ordinance, 2002 Established

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Ordinance, 2002 30%

Associated Press of Pakistan Corporation Ordinance, 2002 20%

LAWS FOR MEDIA OUTLETS


Newspapers/Weeklies, Monthlies, Fortnightlies & Periodicals

6000

News Agencies 15Television Channels 103FM Radio 117

MEDIA OUTLETS IN PAKISTAN

Approx


In Print Media only 2% contents are decided by the professional editors rest by the owners.

In Electronic Media 14% contents decided by the professionals rest by the owners.

WHO DECIDES PRINT & AIRING CONTENTS


Job Security Nil

Life Security No

Appointment letters 24%

Contract system in print media 90%

Contract system in electronic media

100%

PLIGHT OF THE MEDIA PERSON


GENDER POLICY

Print MediaElectronic Media

Nil


LIMITED Both in electronic and print media

SAFETY MEASURES / GUIDELINESLIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE


TRANING & CAPACITY BUILDING

NIL BY THE OWNERS


MEDIA PERSONS KILLED

Security continues to be one of the most significant challenges for journalists and media personnel throughout Pakistan, particularly in

the conflict and insurgency-prone frontier regions.

2008 11

2009 13

2010 18

2011 14

2012 06


At least 22 people have been killed and several others injured in a bomb ...

UNIONMANAGEMENT


First of all to formulate a practicable, workable, attractive,

“Constitution” of the Union, with full elaborations of its

objectives, functions, duties, mechanism for awarding

membership, financial managements, elections laws,

composition of executive body, power, functions, duties and

criteria for calling meetings of executive council, general body,

emergency meetings and each and every aspects which can

held for achieving the objectives for the formations of Union.


Best practices for Union Management is that we must create an environment in which workers should realize that for the “protection of their rights, including safety, economic, employment, better wages, they must become member of the union with full zeal and enthusiasm.


For running the Union, it is prerequisite of establish full-flagged secretariat for running the affairs and management of the union, holding meetings, seminars, workshops, etc.

…

Exploring the relationship with other unions and use them as and when you require pressure to the government or management of media outlets for the acceptance of your demands.


Union Management can be achieved subject to the cautions that the leadership of the unions have skill, knowledge and capabilities to run the affairs of the union in consonance with the ground realities, command on the rules and regulations of the respective media centre, laws of the land as well as how to exploit and take advantage of the laws and rules for the benefits of the media workers.

Elect the genuine leadership who can deliver for the promotion, protection and wellbeing of the members of the union.

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Evolving methods for fostering respect in the workplace for the workers, collaborating on discipline and termination issues to prevent cases from going to courts for saving the resources and time.


An effective campaign, refreshers courses for the workers, how to run the union, its affairs on permanent basis.

Formulating Innovative practices for handling Union related affairs, issues, and awareness how to achieve goals with negations and other methods from the respective media outlets and government.


Techniques for Union management collaborations during closures and layoffs.

Evolving methods for fostering respect in the workplace for the workers, collaborating on discipline and termination issues to prevent cases from going to courts for saving the resources and time.

Collective bargaining strategies for achieving maximum flexibility and cost containment.


Create effectiveness of collaborative partnerships with the media owners for resolving the disputes of the workers with batter management techniques.

Mechanism for effective communication between the workers and union office bearers.

Knowhow for negotiation and mediation prior to formalizing grievances of the workers.


Improving communication with workers, and formulate polices with their inputs.

Empowering workers for ensuring their participation in taking decisions relating to their rights.

Assessing the strength and capability of the workers then provide them opportunity into the Union Management.


Dealing with information leverage, using fair and objective criteria, designing offers and concessions for the workers.

Long-term strategic thinking for formulation of polices and running the affairs of the union.

Injecting skill of mediation or arbitration when and which to choose as and when situation emerged for securing rights for the workers.

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