Reading between the lines, it appears that many workers at BBC's
fabled Foreign Media Monitoring Service are being sacked. Sounds
like a dream job; no wonder they're upset!
-Ed Cummings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14152795
14 July 2011 Last updated at 19:31 ET
BBC journalists in one-day strike
BBC staff due to strike in July
BBC journalists vote for action
Journalists at the BBC have begun a 24-hour strike in a row over
compulsory redundancies.
Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) voted in favour of
industrial action last month because a number of World Service
journalists are facing compulsory redundancy.
The NUJ has warned that the strike will cause "widespread disruption"
to radio and TV programmes.
A BBC spokesman said the corporation was "disappointed" by the action.
A number of people working in the World Service and BBC Monitoring
are facing compulsory redundancy this summer, the NUJ said.
General secretary Michelle Stanistreet said it was "shameful" that
the BBC was "provoking" a strike over a handful of job losses.
Ms Stanistreet added that the union have offered a number of
solutions to the dispute, and that an offer from the conciliation
service Acas for peace talks had not been taken up by management.
"There are so many people who want to leave the BBC that this could
be resolved through negotiations," she said.
"Jobs are being saved and created at management level, but
journalists are losing theirs."
The BBC said it would continue with its efforts to reduce the need
for compulsory redundancies.
"Industrial action will not alter the fact that the BBC is faced with
a number of potential compulsory redundancies, following significant
cuts to the central Government grants that support the World Service
and BBC Monitoring," the spokesman said.
Another 24-hour strike is planned for 29 July.
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