About Working Journalist Union Uttar Pradesh

श्रमजीवी पत्रकार यूनियन उत्तर प्रदेश Working Journalists Union Uttar Pradesh (WJUUP) was formed with the objective of protecting the rights and ensuring welfare of the working journalists in Uttar Pradesh.
Our Mission:
• Committed to protect the society from irregularities and violence.
• To sponsor press & Print, Electronic and Social media power worldwide by protecting the rights of journalists so that they can report without the fear of retaliation.
• Focused on the quality journalism, enhancement of financial status of journalists, protection of journalists through the society, pressurizing Central and State Government to pass a special law to protect the Working Journalists.
• Emphasizing on more reporting on common man’s problem, social harmony and demoralizing separatists.
Our Vision:
• To insure all Working Journalists Union Uttar Pradesh.
• To reach to every journalist of remotest part of Uttar Pradesh and provide him a life line through our Union.
• To arrange and provide Health Coverage to every bonafide Journalism.
• To enhance the Professional, Economical and Social standard of every bonafide Journalists.
• To strive to bring a Special Stringent Law for the Protection of Working Journalist of the State.

Union have the following Aims and Objectives

• To raise the standard and status of the members of the profession and the profession.
• To promote a spirit of co-operation and understanding among journalists.
• To strive for the betterment of the working condition of journalists especially in terms of salary, tenure of office ,security of service conditions of service etc.
• To promote and maintain the highest standards of professional conduct and integrity.
• To promote amenities for recreation and scope for social and cultural activities.
• To provide legal, unemployment disablement aid and benefits to needy journalists.
• To strive for the freedom of the press and all democratic rights of the people..
• To provide for the professional training of journalists.
• To organize the Working Journalists in the State of Uttar Pradesh including in the rural areas.
• To raise the status of the members of the profession of journalism.
• To safeguard and promote member’s interests generally and to assist them whenever necessary in securing employment.
• To build up and administer funds for provision of legal aid, unemployment\disablement\retirement\death benefits and benefits of an allied nature.
• To promote wage agreements on the State-basis, the Union acting on behalf of the employees.
• To secure redressal of grievances of members in particular and Working Journalists in general against employers and to secure, as far as possible, a settlement of dispute between them by peaceful means and specific bargaining so as to avoid needless dislocation of work.
• To work for and promote legislation for the welfare of Working Journalists.
• To publish journalistic magazines.
• To secure facilities or establish institutions and provide training for journalists and organize temporary or permanent training courses in areas of print and audio-visual and new media journalism both for Working Journalists and for different sections of people.
• To publish, when conditions permit, officials journals and other publication and set up audio-visual and new media organizations and publication.
• To conduct the affairs of the Union on trade union basis.