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Solidarity with BBC strikers

FROM 11am this morning - 15 March 2023 - journalists in TV, online and radio at BBC Local are striking for 24 hours to resist drastic cuts to local radio.

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Please leave your messages of solidarity here.

Freelances in UK law have no right to strike, but they may wish to keep an eye on upcoming strike dates (via @NUJ_LFB and @NUJofficial on Twitter) for further days on which they may find themselves unavailable if offered shifts at companies where NUJ members are on strike.

Any NUJ freelances who suffer a loss of income as a result of turning down shifts offered during a strike should contact the NUJ Chapel (workplace-based unit of NUJ organisation) for that media group.

NUJ members who work at the National World newspaper titles in Scotland also voted last year for industrial action over compulsory redundancies - but no strike ensued. Planned strikes at Al Jazeera UK will no longer take place following the company's 4.5 per cent pay offer to members in 2022 and 2023.

The Freelance awaits news of responses to the planned job cuts at Reach plc. Check the links above for any updates on possible strike dates at National World.

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* #NUJBBCStrike nuj.org.uk
* #NUJBBCStrike twitter.com