Journalists agree that media workers need real unions that go beyond being lateral guilds – without discounting, however, the help that the latter can extend to media people. BY KARL G. OMBION AND RYAN LACHICA Bulatlat BACOLOD CITY – Danilo Alcoriza, a columnist and a founding member of the Union of Journalists of the Philippines…
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The Negros Press: Keen on Unionism, but Constrained (First of a two parts)
Media workers in Negros see the gains they could reap from organizing their ranks. However, they are weighed down by a number of constraints. BY KARL G. OMBION AND RYAN LACHICA Bulatlat BACOLOD CITY – Forming a union here is like flying to the moon – arduous but just the same possible. Broadcasters and journalists…