NUJ Strike : members picket at BBC Nottingham
Published:
November 05, 2010 18:29
by Tash [Alan Lodge] |
Neighbourhoods: nottingham
Friday 5th November 2010, BBC staff joined the picket outside the BBC building here in Nottingham.
Friday 5th November 2010, BBC staff joined the picket outside the BBC building here in Nottingham.
Journalists from across the BBC walked out at midnight in the first of two 48 hours strikes in protest at plans to devalue their pensions.
NUJ members at the BBC started taking part in strike action at 12.01am on Friday 5 November 2010 for the next 48 hours to stop the BBC Pensions Robbery.
NUJ members have been working and paying into a pension scheme, the BBC have proposed ripping up the current pension arrangements and replacing them with a pension scheme that will see staff paying more in contributions and working longer and getting less in retirement.
As a result, NUJ members have been left with no choice but to strike to defend their financial futures.
The NUJ say that "already been overwhelmed by the support for the campaign so far from staff at the BBC and not just NUJ members. Colleagues in Bectu have inundated us with messages of support, with many refusing to cross picket lines to get into work. It’s clear that staff right across the BBC are keen for us to win - as it would mean a better pensions deal for all".
National Union of Journalists http://www.nuj.org.uk
BBC pensions strike - Live updates
http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=1796
For background information on the dispute leading up to the strike action -
http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=1679
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ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email: tash@indymedia.org
Web: http://digitaljournalist.eu
Member of the National Union of Journalists [NUJ]
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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
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Contact email: tash@indymedia.org
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just to add .....
The NUJ is campaigning against cuts for everyone - not just BBC - http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=1785
There IS an alternative
'We're all in this together' apparently - just some more than others it seems.
There has been a massive propaganda offensive - largely successful, it must be said, attempting to convince people that the country's finances are busted, public borrowing is at an unsustainable level, belt-tightening, cuts and redundancies are inevitable. In short, that there is 'no alternative'.
The NUJ rejects that view.
We believe that the ConDem government's cuts in public services, public sector pensions, public sector broadcasting are ideologically motivated and largely target the poorest and most vulnerable is society. We believe that any attempts to reduce public debt should concentrate on:
* The billions owed to the public purse by the super-rich
* The 100bn in tax avoidance and tax evasion by large companies and wealthy individuals
* The current wasteful spending on expensive and inefficient privatisation initiatives - particularly PFI
* Current levels of spending on Trident - currently £1.5bn per year
* The war in Afganistan - currently costing £2.6bn per year
The Trade Union Coordinating Group (TUCG) of which the NUJ is a member, has produced a briefing on the cuts, which outlines how the cuts will affect workers in many key areas.
http://www.nuj.org.uk/getfile.php?id=926