A journalists British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) strike for 24 hours Friday to protest the loss of jobs, the failure of some major programs of the body.
And stop the staff outside the headquarters of the strikers in different parts of the country, while union leaders said the strike, which began at midnight on Thursday / Friday, has "strong support". The journalists expressed anger at this administration's plans to lay off 100 employees in the compulsory sector, the World Service and follow-up and international media, the Foundation seeks to provide a huge expenditure.
The World Service, the BBC has announced the abandonment of 650 and the withdrawal of a job with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs funded as part of austerity measures imposed by the British government institutions, and then had to be on the BBC to reduce its budget by 16 percent in the coming years. The strike has caused delays Friday in USA Today news program broadcast on the main Radio 4 for two hours while the scheduled broadcast, but Newsnight main evening television news.
Said Michel Stanastreet Secretary-General of the National Union of Journalists (to J. Yu), "All signs indicate that the strike has the support of a strong, has refused to members of violating the ranks of other unions strike, the strikers and their morale high." For his part, said spokesman for the BBC "Unfortunately, no alternative to giving up more than 100 jobs in the BBC staff laid off Tsriha compulsory. This is our plan, regardless of union affiliation of employees."
He said a statement from the BBC: "We are disappointed with the decision that John J. to proceed with the strike, and we apologize to our viewers and listeners of the affected service." "The strike will not change the fact that the BBC faces a number of layoffs that may be mandatory in the wake of the significant reduction in government support for the World Service and follow the news."
"We will continue our efforts to reduce compulsory redundancies if possible, but give it the required number of jobs means that unfortunately it would be probably impossible to avoid compulsory redundancies."
The World Service, the BBC has announced the abandonment of 650 and the withdrawal of a job with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs funded as part of austerity measures imposed by the British government institutions, and then had to be on the BBC to reduce its budget by 16 percent in the coming years. The strike has caused delays Friday in USA Today news program broadcast on the main Radio 4 for two hours while the scheduled broadcast, but Newsnight main evening television news.
Said Michel Stanastreet Secretary-General of the National Union of Journalists (to J. Yu), "All signs indicate that the strike has the support of a strong, has refused to members of violating the ranks of other unions strike, the strikers and their morale high." For his part, said spokesman for the BBC "Unfortunately, no alternative to giving up more than 100 jobs in the BBC staff laid off Tsriha compulsory. This is our plan, regardless of union affiliation of employees."
He said a statement from the BBC: "We are disappointed with the decision that John J. to proceed with the strike, and we apologize to our viewers and listeners of the affected service." "The strike will not change the fact that the BBC faces a number of layoffs that may be mandatory in the wake of the significant reduction in government support for the World Service and follow the news."
"We will continue our efforts to reduce compulsory redundancies if possible, but give it the required number of jobs means that unfortunately it would be probably impossible to avoid compulsory redundancies."
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