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BBC News Strike - 23 of July 2014

NUJ and BECTU will strike for 12 Hours (July 2014)

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CN
cnnfan1230
Next week, the BBC will strike:
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NUJ members voted to take strike action next Wednesday 23 July – coinciding with the opening of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow – in their fight for a decent pay rise.

NUJ reps from across the BBC met to discuss the result of the ballot for industrial action over pay and appraisals which has been running over the past 3 weeks. Members voted overwhelmingly for strike action – with 77.2 per cent of members voting for industrial action including strike action and 89.5 per cent voting yes for action short of strike.

The strike action will take place from 11.59am to 11.59pm on Wednesday 23 July, and will affect all parts of the BBC. The action will be held jointly with members of Bectu and Unite. A work to rule will start from midnight Thursday 24 July, coupled with an appraisals boycott.


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BECTU balloted members in the BBC, Studios and Post-Production Ltd and BBC Worldwide starting on 26 June. There were overwhelming votes in favour of strike action and action short of strike in all cases:

BBC members voted 79.4% in favour of strike action and 20.6% against;
BBC members voted 89.7% in favour of action short of strike and 10.3% against;
Studios & Post-Production Ltd members voted 76.2% in favour of strike action and 23.8% against;
Studios & Post-Production Ltd members voted 90% in favour of action short of strike and 10% against;
BBC Worldwide members voted 70.4% in favour of strike action with 29.6% against;
BBC Worldwide members voted 81.5% in favour of action short of strike with 18.5% against.
Participation in the BBC ballot was 42%, whilst participation in the Studios and Post-Production Ltd vote was 43.7%. Participation amongst members at BBC Worldwide was 31%.
SP
Steve in Pudsey
I suspect there may be the odd sigh of relief that the BBC isn't host broadcaster for the Commonwealth Games.
MC
mccanmat
Who is the host broadcaster for it then?
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Sunset+Vine and Global Television

http://www.glasgow2014.com/press-releases/host-broadcaster-announced-glasgow-2014-commonwealth-games
DA
DAN09690
The BBC is however the "domestic broadcast rights holder".
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Indeed, but in the context of the strike my point is that a) the strike won't deprive the rest of the world of coverage as it might have if the BBC were host broadcaster, and b) there will probably be a world feed or similar that whatever skeleton staff do turn up to work can cobble together to get coverage of some sort on the air.
IS
Inspector Sands
Although if they were I doubt many working on the coverage would be BBC employees anyway, they don't have any OB facilities.
NG
noggin Founding member
Although if they were I doubt many working on the coverage would be BBC employees anyway, they don't have any OB facilities.


No - but BBC Sport do still have quite a lot of production staff.

If the BBC were host broadcaster (rather than S&V/G) then there could have been an issue not having a production team to produce the coverage (even if they had an OB crew)

15 days later

MI
mirage7
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jul/30/bbc-unions-strike-ballot-job-losses-nuj-bectu

The unions are balloting again raising the prospect of further strike action around September.

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