Journalists at BBC Radio Derby will join strike action over BBC cuts
JOURNALISTS at BBC Radio Derby will be taking part in a national strike in a dispute over the axing of more than 2,000 jobs across the corporation.
Staff at the station will begin "working to rule" on Friday before taking part in the Monday day of action organised by the National Union of Journalists.
The father of the union chapel at Derby, Charles Collins, said: "Nobody takes strike action lightly but we shall be walking out in solidarity with our colleagues across the country, in particular those in Scotland.
"There will be picket lines but it is not clear how many members will be joining us."
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According to Mr Collins the work to rule will continue after the strike on Monday and a ballot for further action will take place early next month.
3 Comments
by supertonemoore
Tuesday, February 12 2013, 2:37PM
“A 'day of action'?
Should we get excited because there has been little to get upbeat about for a long time with regard to Radio Derby, compared to what we were used to a decade ago, in my opinion, the standards have dropped. My radio alarm was tuned to Radio Derby and at 7.00am it was a pleasure to listen to Andy Whittaker and his predecessors, now we have a whittering washerwoman whose middle name could be repetitious so no wonder the BBC are doing a bit of pruning and 7.00am now heralds Radio 2 or 5Live.
The only saving factor in recent times has been the return of Sally Pepper to the airwaves, now we must pray that the BBC institute a cull of underperforming journalists and that they contact Age Concern and other such institutions in an effort to bring back some quality to our crystal sets.
;-) I must contact the Director General and put forward a case for repeats of 'Dick Barton Special Agent'”
by stanvax
Tuesday, February 12 2013, 10:15AM
“Only 2000!!
"The father of the union chapel " says everything you need to know about the archaic inner workings of the BBC.
Time to get with the times!”
by Derbyirish
Tuesday, February 12 2013, 10:14AM
“Oh no who's going to bumble their way through the sports headlines now?”