I'm sure staff will have found plenty to keep themselves amused. Appraisals, training, email catch up, team meetings, those neglected group trampolining sessions (joke!) ... There were some World programmes which came through the London gallery, including WNA, BizLive, Focus, Newsday, so tech staff will have been working on those as normal.
I'm sure staff will have found plenty to keep themselves amused. Appraisals, training, email catch up, team meetings, those neglected group trampolining sessions (joke!) ... There were some World programmes which came through the London gallery, including WNA, BizLive, Focus, Newsday, so tech staff will have been working on those as normal.
Phone calls to agents and networks if a merger happens...
I'm sure the union would ask all members, wherever they are, to abide by the strike. They would also ask all other staff and freelancers not to cross the picket line.
I'm sure the union would ask all members, wherever they are, to abide by the strike. They would also ask all other staff and freelancers not to cross the picket line.
Or not, for reasons of secondary action being illegal and staff having no protection, as has been explained in this thread already.
I'm sure the union would ask all members, wherever they are, to abide by the strike. They would also ask all other staff and freelancers not to cross the picket line.
Or not, for reasons of secondary action being illegal and staff having no protection, as has been explained in this thread already.
It's hardly secondary action for presenters on the channel in question to refuse to cross a picket line - and the management won't know who is or isn't a member of a union. It is every person's individual choice whether to withdraw their labour or not. But equally it is every person's individual choice to criticise them or praise them for that decision.
I'm sure the union would ask all members, wherever they are, to abide by the strike. They would also ask all other staff and freelancers not to cross the picket line.
Or not, for reasons of secondary action being illegal and staff having no protection, as has been explained in this thread already.
It's hardly secondary action for presenters on the channel in question to refuse to cross a picket line - and the management won't know who is or isn't a member of a union. It is every person's individual choice whether to withdraw their labour or not. But equally it is every person's individual choice to criticise them or praise them for that decision.
Yes, it's every persons individual choice whether they want to take illegal, unofficial action by refusing to cross a picket line, putting themselves in breach of contract, liable to disciplinary action or jeopardising their chances of future freelance work and their livelihood.
If you're not both working in the area that is on strike and in the relevant union, any action beyond refusing to do work which would otherwise be done by a striking colleague is an extremely bad career move.
Everyone who is in possession of the full facts might be entitied to decide whether they think somebody's choice to cross a picket line is reasonable. Keyboard warriors who seem to think we're still in Scargill's era, not so much.
Edit: of course management know who is a member, subs are paid directly from the salary for most people.
Or not, for reasons of secondary action being illegal and staff having no protection, as has been explained in this thread already.
It's hardly secondary action for presenters on the channel in question to refuse to cross a picket line - and the management won't know who is or isn't a member of a union. It is every person's individual choice whether to withdraw their labour or not. But equally it is every person's individual choice to criticise them or praise them for that decision.
Yes, it's every persons individual choice whether they want to take illegal, unofficial action by refusing to cross a picket line, putting themselves in breach of contract, liable to disciplinary action or jeopardising their chances of future freelance work and their livelihood.
If you're not both working in the area that is on strike and in the relevant union, any action beyond refusing to do work which would otherwise be done by a striking colleague is an extremely bad career move.
Everyone who is in possession of the full facts might be entitied to decide whether they think somebody's choice to cross a picket line is reasonable. Keyboard warriors who seem to think we're still in Scargill's era, not so much.
Edit: of course management know who is a member, subs are paid directly from the salary for most people.
We can agree to disagree on the ethics and effectiveness of industrial action but what you said about management knowing who is a member of a union is just factually wrong. I'm a member of a union but my membership subscription comes out of my bank account after my employee has paid me. It doesn't come directly from them to the union. My employer has no idea what I choose to do with my money once I've been paid. It's none of their business - and it would be extremely sinister if they knew what was going on in my bank account.
