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NUJ BBC pensions strike
Posted on Friday, November 05, 2010
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Journalists 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.
GFTU SENDS SUPPORT
M.Bradley, GFTU: I write on behalf the Executive Committee of the GFTU to express our support for and solidarity with your members engaged in the struggle with the BBC on pension rights. Pension rights are deferred pay and increasingly employers are attempting to weaken provision without full justification and consultation. All best wishes to you and your members in this important cause,
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