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The Media Needs More Labour Correspondents Sam Bright: "In the past, there were enough labour correspondents to mount a cricket team to play the union barons before the Trades Union Congress started each year," journalist John Mair wrote for the BBC in 2011. "Today, they could not umpire that match." Little has changed in the decade since Mair's statement. In fact, labour correspondents – specialist journalists covering industrial disputes, matters relating to pay and working conditions, and the relationship between trade unions and the government – have all but disappeared.  In the last week, their absence has become glaring. Mick Lynch, boss of the RMT, has dominated the airwaves – think Ross Kemp in an industrial dispute – battering through the inane anti-union tropes of TV presenters and Tory MPs with both incredulity and fact-laden rage. For a brief moment, media amnesia around employment issues was shattered as union representatives demanded material improvements to their members' lives in clear, accessible terms. And yet as Alan Jones, industrial correspondent at the Press Association, tells me: "There's hardly anyone who covers trade unions day-to-day. I'm probably the only one, aside from maybe a few of the leftwing papers that periodically cover industrial affairs. Even the Daily Mirror doesn't have someone dedicated to covering unions. The BBC doesn't either." CONTINUE READING ➡︎ Picks of the week... ANALYSIS Can Colombia's New President End the War on Drugs? by Niko Vorobyov Colombia has been at war with cocaine, and itself, since the 1970s. Niko Vorobyov explores what freshly minted president Gustavo Petro could do to achieve peace. Read more... ANALYSIS Right to Buy 2.0 is an Unmitigated Disaster by Ell Folan Boris Johnson's bright idea for winning back young voters is only going to deepen their misery, writes Ell Folan. Read more... READ MORE ON NOVARAMEDIA.COM ➡︎ Billionaires pour millions into mainstream media outlets. Not because they expect their channels or sites to be popular - but because they help to warp politics in their favour. But all we have is an audience of people who believe in what we do.  Novara Media pulls in hundreds of thousands of viewers, readers and listeners off the back of a supporter base whose average monthly contribution is less than a tenner. Defy the mainstream media, and join our monthly supporters from just £1 per month today.  We can't do what we do without you.  Copyright © 2022 Thousand Hands Ltd. All rights reserved. Thousand Hands Ltd is a private company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales #11245029. Its registered address is 10 Bridge Street, Christchurch, BH23 1EF. Novara Media is a trading name of Thousand Hands Ltd and, as such, the individual shall have no personal liability arising out of such communication, and liability or obligation rests solely with Novara Media. Opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions set out in the relevant terms of business and are not necessarily agreed or authorised by Thousand Hands Ltd. We have taken all reasonable precautions to ensure that no viruses are transmitted from Novara Media to any third party. Novara Media accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of this email or the contents. Novara Media is regulated by IMPRESS, the independent press regulator.

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