Friday 5th November 2010, BBC staff joined the picket outside the BBC building here in Nottingham.

Friday 5th November 2010, BBC staff joined the picket outside the BBC building here in Nottingham.

Journalists from across the BBC walked out at midnight in the first of two 48 hours strikes in protest at plans to devalue their pensions.

NUJ members at the BBC started taking part in strike action at 12.01am on Friday 5 November 2010 for the next 48 hours to stop the BBC Pensions Robbery.

NUJ members have been working and paying into a pension scheme, the BBC have proposed ripping up the current pension arrangements and replacing them with a pension scheme that will see staff paying more in contributions and working longer and getting less in retirement.

As a result, NUJ members have been left with no choice but to strike to defend their financial futures.

The NUJ say that "already been overwhelmed by the support for the campaign so far from staff at the BBC and not just NUJ members. Colleagues in Bectu have inundated us with messages of support, with many refusing to cross picket lines to get into work. It’s clear that staff right across the BBC are keen for us to win - as it would mean a better pensions deal for all".


National Union of Journalists  http://www.nuj.org.uk

BBC pensions strike - Live updates
http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=1796

For background information on the dispute leading up to the strike action -

http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=1679

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ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham.  UK
Email:                 tash@indymedia.org
Web:                   http://digitaljournalist.eu
Member of the National Union of Journalists [NUJ]
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