{"id":1480,"date":"2011-08-01T05:18:46","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T10:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2011-08-01T05:22:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T10:22:21","slug":"bbc-strike-could-affect-world-service-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/bbc-strike-could-affect-world-service-today\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC strike could affect World Service today"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"It appears some BBC journalists, as of 23:01 UTC (Sunday), have gone on the strike we mentioned previously<\/a>.<\/p>\n

(Source: BBC News<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) began their strike at 00:01 BST. From Tuesday, members will also observe a work to rule.<\/p>\n

The NUJ says the BBC is “unwilling to engage in finding reasonable resolutions” for those forced to leave and who face compulsory redundancy.<\/p>\n

The BBC says it is unable to agree to demands for no compulsory redundancies.<\/p>\n

[…]The NUJ accuses the BBC of “wasting thousands of pounds making skilled and experienced people compulsorily redundant instead of redeploying staff”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If this strike affects the World Service, and if history is a guide, we will most likely hear pre-recorded content today.<\/p>\n

Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It appears some BBC journalists, as of 23:01 UTC (Sunday), have gone on the strike we mentioned previously. (Source: BBC News) Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) began their strike at 00:01 BST. From Tuesday, members will also observe a work to rule. The NUJ says the BBC is “unwilling to engage in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[81,3],"tags":[104,327,352],"class_list":["post-1480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-news","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-world-service","tag-bbc-world-service-cuts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-nS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1277,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/bbc-strike-next-week\/","url_meta":{"origin":1480,"position":0},"title":"BBC strike next week","author":"Thomas","date":"July 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"BBC journalists have announced that they will strike next week in protest of the mandatory lay-offs\/redundancies which will greatly reduce the BBC World Service staff. 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