Early Days of Journalists Movement Leading militant journalists joined together October 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 formation 2. Adoption of the Indian Working Journalists Act 3. Acceptance of the wage board machinery Split in 1974 National Union of Journalists was formed
IFWJ members formed IJU Registered under the Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926 Total strength members Representation in PIB and Press Accreditation Committee Has a huge pool of talented young journalists Work for freedom of press
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 month 2. 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
LEAVES 1. Earn leave 2. Maternity leave 3. Quarantine leave 4. Extraordinary leave 5. Casual leave