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BBC News Journalists to stage 2 48 Hour Strikes

5th-6th & 15th-16th November (October 2010)

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Steve in Pudsey
Interesting that very senior members of the BBC management team have been voicing and appearing in-vision today. Jon Williams and Jonathan Baker are both very senior managers in the newsgathering operation I believe.


I read that Helen Boaden had been reading news bulletins in Radio 4.
EX
excel99
BBC Press Office says no regional news today. What happens to any staff though that would be prepared to work today. Day off or expected to do other work?
NG
noggin Founding member
Yeah, you may well be right. However, the amount of people working is much greater than last time, so it will be harder for them to single people out.


Yep - though it isn't a case of singling people out - it is just not having the same working relationship potentially. I'm not saying people will be bullied or treated unprofessionally - there just potentially won't be the same level of warmth between colleagues. That may not be an issue for some - and for others I suspect it won't happen.

I suspect the attitude to long-standing freelance colleagues who have just honoured their contracts and done nothing more will be different to those more 'random' people who have decided to cover the shifts of others who have decided not to come in.

There are also likely to be some producers and presenters who are not members of the NUJ and are quite open about it, and are just working their shifts as usual. If these people have always been honest in their attitude to the union - then I suspect their colleagues, whilst not agreeing with them, may have more respect for them than those who are either NUJ and decided to break the strike, or are freelance and have accepted shifts to cover those striking.
NG
noggin Founding member
BBC Press Office says no regional news today. What happens to any staff though that would be prepared to work today. Day off or expected to do other work?


Suspect non-striking staff will be expected to come in - so that they can work out who to pay and who not to pay...
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ginofish
Gavin Grey who was on BBC Breakfast yesterday did he used to be a main newscaster in the Meridian region and although he now works for a PR Company has he been on BBC News before?
MI
m_in_m
BBC Press Office says no regional news today. What happens to any staff though that would be prepared to work today. Day off or expected to do other work?


Suspect non-striking staff will be expected to come in - so that they can work out who to pay and who not to pay...


Staff would be able to work on newsgathering for Sunday and Monday's bulletins.
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Steve in Pudsey
BBC Press Office says no regional news today. What happens to any staff though that would be prepared to work today. Day off or expected to do other work?


Suspect non-striking staff will be expected to come in - so that they can work out who to pay and who not to pay...


Staff would be able to work on newsgathering for Sunday and Monday's bulletins.


Or Local Radio or the web in these days of multimedia newsrooms.
AQ
Aquasetia
Now here's a question.
John Humphreys is in China at the moment, and on strike. The BBC do not pay wages for the strike days. Would the BBC pay expenses for the days he is on strike?
If not, this would cost Humphreys quite a bit in hotels, food etc.
MI
m_in_m
BBC Press Office says no regional news today. What happens to any staff though that would be prepared to work today. Day off or expected to do other work?


Suspect non-striking staff will be expected to come in - so that they can work out who to pay and who not to pay...


Staff would be able to work on newsgathering for Sunday and Monday's bulletins.


Or Local Radio or the web in these days of multimedia newsrooms.


Very true - and the other benefit is they could help to maintain the news channel and BBC One UK wide bulletins potentially.
GE
thegeek Founding member
BBC Press Office says no regional news today. What happens to any staff though that would be prepared to work today. Day off or expected to do other work?


Suspect non-striking staff will be expected to come in - so that they can work out who to pay and who not to pay...


Staff would be able to work on newsgathering for Sunday and Monday's bulletins.


Or Local Radio or the web in these days of multimedia newsrooms.

or tomorrow's Politics Show regional opts.
MI
m_in_m
BBC Press Office says no regional news today. What happens to any staff though that would be prepared to work today. Day off or expected to do other work?


Suspect non-striking staff will be expected to come in - so that they can work out who to pay and who not to pay...


Staff would be able to work on newsgathering for Sunday and Monday's bulletins.


Or Local Radio or the web in these days of multimedia newsrooms.

or tomorrow's Politics Show regional opts.


I've always assumed most of the regional opts on Politics Show are worked on during the week. A number of regions broadcast a story from the Politics Show on Friday's.
GI
ginnyfan
Some ratings yesterday.

Quote:
BBC bulletins all good ratings yesterday - Breakfast 1.3m; Daybreak 0.8m. One O'Clock 2.6m.


http://twitter.com/kevinbakhurst/status/847915421540352

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