BBC staff walk out in job cuts protest (From The Argus)
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Brighton-based BBC staff walk out in job cuts protest
11:30am Tuesday 19th February 2013 in News
BBC staff on the picket line in Queen's Road, Brighton
Journalists staged a walkout to protest against planned job cuts.
Workers from BBC Sussex held placards outside the station’s headquarters in Queens Road, Brighton, yesterday morning (February 18).
They were taking part in a 24-hour strike which was staged to protest against compulsory nationwide redundancies at the corporation.
Due to the walkout, the understaffed morning breakfast show had to cover both Sussex and Surrey.
Michelle Stanistreet, the National Union of Journalists’ general secretary, said: “NUJ members across the BBC are taking action to defend jobs and quality journalism at the corporation.”
The BBC apologised to viewers for the “disruption to services” and said they were “disappointed” by the strike.
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Comments(6)
mnairb
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2:16pm Tue 19 Feb 13
banargustrolls
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2:37pm Tue 19 Feb 13
Joshiman
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5:05pm Tue 19 Feb 13
ourcoalition
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5:47pm Tue 19 Feb 13
whereisthe...?
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11:52am Wed 20 Feb 13
Middle class Tory mouthpiece BBC workers, who failed utterly to do their job and report FACT, not Tory spin, eg, the DESTRUCTION OF THE NHS happening right now, FINALLY decide to get up off their lazy, privileged, tax-payer funded butts...
...and why now? Cos now THEIR interests are being affected!! Funny how quick they 'become active' after years of not reporting /slamming other protesters....
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Number Six says...
1:14pm Tue 19 Feb 13
I thought it was a branch or Radio Surrey anyway. Certainly the traffic reports are more about Surrey than Sussex. Unless Guildford is now in Sussex.
Do the NUJ seriously think that this will make any difference?