• BBC threatens strike - News Team faces Layoffs

    BBC staff to strike over pay

    Friday February 9, 03:42 PM

    BBC workers are to stage a 24-hour strike in a row over pay which unions warned would seriously disrupt news programmes.

    The broadcasting workers union Bectu said the walkout will be held on February 26 after members voted in favour of industrial action.

    The dispute involves job cuts, with unions saying they were determined to avoid compulsory redundancies. Full story here.
    While the BBC is laying off members of the news teams, because they can't afford to pay them their modest wages, it's interesting to look at the salaries of some of the other personalities employed by the Beeb.
    Terry Wogan, host of Radio 2's breakfast show, annually £800,000
    Equivilent to more than 30 journalist's salaries.
    Chris Moyles, host of Radio 1's breakfast show, is paid £630,000.
    Equivilent to more than 30 entry level journalist's salaries.
    Jonathan Ross earns £530,000 - for 52 days of work a year.
    Jeremy Paxman is said to earn £1,040,000 for presenting Newsnight and University Challenge on BBC Two.
    The fact that it's us, the British taxpayer, who pays for the BBC makes these salaries seem somewhat... inflated. To put things into perspective - 8254 people have to pay their licence fee just to balance Jeremy Paxman's salary.
    Commercial radio and television stations simply cannot compete.




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