BBC staff vote to strike over pensions

BBC staff have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action over proposed changes to the broadcaster's pension scheme.

BBC's proposed revision of pension changes is not enough, says NUJ

The BBC's claim that management pension top-ups may be cut to address concerns is "too little too late", according to NUJ general secretary Jeremy Dear.

Unions ballot BBC staff over strike action

The NUJ handed out more than 10,000 leaflets to BBC staff this morning as their ballot for strike action over pension proposals begun. Staff unions, including the NUJ, Bectu and Unite, had told the BBC it could avoid coordinated strike action by a total of five unions if it agreed to protect the value of pensions and drop plans to change the staff pension scheme.