#17 FreeSpeak: #JournalistsLivesMatter - why a union will help protect them.
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It is only through an independent trade union that journalists will have a collective voice that can speak for them, independent of both governments and employers. Finally, a Namibia journalists union is on the cards in the form of the newly registered Media Professionals Union of Namibia (MPUN). #FreeSpeak's Gwen Lister hosts MPUN interim chairperson Jemima Beukes and working group member Kelvin Chiringa for a discussion on the union’s aims and objectives.
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