Saturday, February 21, 2009

BBC World Service journalists in 'offshoring' strike

20 February 2009
By Tom Gillespie
National Union of Journalists members at the BBC World Service's South Asia division are planning to hold a 24-hour strike next Thursday in protest against "offshoring" plans. The BBC plans to move some World Service programme-making from London to Islamabad, Delhi and Kathmandu. The decision means that, according to the BBC, 10 London-based staff now face redeployment or redundancy.

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http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=43138&c=1

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