B.B.C. staff to strike
I ()\l)()\. December 2S. I he National I nion ol Journalists N.I ..1.1 today confirmed that a 24liour strike against the British Broadcasting Corporation '8.8.C. > the first in 8.8. C. history would sio ahead on Monday .
8.8. C. radio and television journalists arc claiming allowances amounting to about £.3 a week lor unsocial hours they must work An N I L spokesman -aid that the strike would black .out news bulletins and some popular radio and television programmes in Britain And if all the journalists <called out go on strike, she 250 new- bulletins sent out
every 24 hours t« of listeners around the world also would be -ex erely cun ailed Neat listen to new- bulletin' broadcast in English wh;* an estimated 40 milhoi listen to bulletins put out tr 40 different languages bi 'b< 8.8. C. External services Di vision Talks between the union: and the 8.8. C. over the dipole have been going on fc 16 month- Mr Dem- Mai shane, an n i j -■■ -aid: "It is the first journal ists 1 strike at the 8.8. C. It also the most reluctant it the history of the N.U..1
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34037, 29 December 1975, Page 13
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196B.B.C. staff to strike Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34037, 29 December 1975, Page 13
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