New BBC Strike ''Over Easter''
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The two main BBC unions, BECTU and the NUJ, have voted for further strike action over redundancies and what they claim is an increase in bullying and harassment by managers turning the Corporation into a ''sweatshop.'' It is reported the strike will take place over Easter and is expected to curtail news programmes. Two days of strikes are due to take place at BBC Scotland tomorrow and on March 25 over a protest at the management's failure to redeploy staff made redundant.
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BBC News Channel, obviously willl be affected, but during the last strike, it was nice to see the likes of Chris Rodgers, who i remember presenting Newsround, all those years back, and the relief presenters in my eyes done nothing wrong.
BBC1, only generally has 10 minute news programmes, over the holiday periods anyway, which can be presented by thte likes of Rodgers and the reliefs.
The main side of teh news, which will be affected, is the Regional News, which always seems to go to pot, during a strike.
Radio at least was at least 100 times better and the news was straight to the point.
Keep striking, you're just proving how much we don't need you
We could use the same reasoning to question the mandate of many MPs (and Governments come to think of it), especially those elected in by-elections where turnout is poor..
But for some reason, we tend not to.
Yeah u can visage the newsroom shot, the countdown music, then zooming to the studio shot, loads of blank space, if just relief news guy or girl, sat at table
That's still more than the average % of people who voted in the elections for Police Commissioners so presumably they have even less of a mandate??
The police commissioner thingy was a joke, that's what I took from the public's complete indifference to it.
The threatened BBC strike sounds like a few militants getting their knickers in a twist about something the BBC can't do much about. "Sweat shop" conditions. Please.
If they want to strike they can knock themselves out, but I doubt they will get much sympathy in too many quarters.
Regional news can be missed, last time ours was restricted to a 10 minute summary with just one announcer instead of two, plenty long enough for any story of importance.
Most of the other parochial stories like some local person complaining about a speed limit, a cat stuck up a tree or a visit to some flower arranger's class is no great loss.
Can I suggest that you read Section 44 of the Royal Charter and decide whether these 'militants' are doing anything other than playing their part in an obligation placed on the BBC.
The current BBC schedules look as if they were planning a strike already, nothing original or special targeted at Easter, just a couple of films bunged in and a programme about Mary Magdalene and Miranda looking back at Eric Morecambe, there might as well be a strike because that would be more like entertaining Bank Holiday viewing!
So more (but still less than half the total who could have voted) preferred action short of strike. I wonder why they didn't just go with that option.
I agree, if they want to put blame anywhere they should blame politicians for spending cuts but its debatable whether they had a choice! I better stop before things get political!
The ballot results are a slap in the face for the unions, especially BECTU, and the 12-hr strike is a face-saving measure.
I wouldn't even be surprised if they spin a weak reason for calling it off nearer the time.
This would disguise the fact that the newsroom would have a lot less people in than normal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4pY3QtiGyo
lol is this some sort of spoof? or is it from actual news strikes?
I think you will find it was genuine footage on strike days:rolleyes::p