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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

Journalists at the BBC are considering strike action over the issue of compulsory redundancies.

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) said staff may stage a 24-hour walkout in February unless plans for eight compulsory redundancies are scrapped.

It said hundreds of staff are seeking voluntary redundancy, while vacant positions were being advertised.

The BBC said it "remains committed" to achieving savings but was exploring ways to avoid compulsory redundancies.

The corporation is in a long-running process of cutting more than 3,700 posts as part of a money-saving exercise.

In a statement, it said: "We have an obligation to licence fee payers to implement our value for money efficiency savings.

"The stance the NUJ is taking is particularly disappointing given that the BBC and its unions have been working extremely hard together to achieve as much as possible through voluntary means."

'Angry reaction'

The BBC said the "vast majority" of post closures achieved to date have not been through compulsory redundancy and talks are being held with the NUJ and other broadcasting unions about how best to achieve savings while avoiding such redundancies.

The NUJ will be holding talks with staff in the coming days before announcing possible strike dates.

A one-day strike was held in May 2005 over the cuts, causing some disruption to output. Later proposed strikes were called off after a deal was struck.

The union's broadcasting organiser Paul McLaughlin said: "We made it clear at the start of this process we would not accept compulsory redundancies because we said there was no need.

"There is still no need and BBC managers have only themselves to blame for the angry reaction of their staff."

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gfloyd · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject:

Who cares? There are plenty of alternatives these days.
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Cherskiy · Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject:

Given the dross that masquerades as news on the BBC nowadays, it's about bleeding time they got rid of some of the useless mouths. Rolling Eyes

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The BBC don't have any journalists ... they just have Government spokes-people.

gfloyd · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:24 pm Post subject:

If Jeremy Vine goes on strike, do we get a Mark Goodier special from 12-2pm?

Also we will have no business or sports news. Can somebody arrange for the traffic reporters to join in as well..........
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pickle · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject: BBC journalists could strike

and if Stuart Maconie goes on strike, could I do Saturday afternoons and the Freak Zone on 6 music on Sunday??? Laughing

As Harry Hill said, what are the chances of that happening?
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gfloyd · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:51 pm Post subject:

The freelancers never strike as they are not employees.
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SantaFefan · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject:

I think the BBC could make some fantastic savings on news reporting. As mentioned earlier, most of it is tripe anyway and do we have to have outside repoprters saying there's nothing happening?
Do we have to have two presenters on the tv breakfast news? do we have to have that pain in the butt Decklan or Dekland or what ever his stupid name is babbling on about business news???
I hate it so much I turn it off..... and listen to Wogan.

Cherskiy · Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:00 pm Post subject: