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03/04/2009
BBC strike called off |
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A planned strike over redundancies at the BBC scheduled for today has been called off.
The action had been arranged after the corporation revealed plans for compulsory redundancies in the south Asia section of the World Service, something the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Bectu had opposed.
However, the stoppages lined up for today and April 9th were cancelled at the 11th hour after talks between the corporation and the unions.
The NUJ stated: "Following discussions last night the NUJ and Bectu have reached an agreement with the BBC in respect of the dispute over jobs at the South Asia service."
It added that talks will continue to "resolve the dispute" over the coming weeks.
The potential loss of jobs has concerned many sectors of the media, including the print industry.
Industrial action is planned by staff this coming Saturday over feared compulsory redundancies at the Glasgow-based Daily Record and Sunday Mail.
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