BBC Staff on Strike

World | May 23, 2005, Monday // 00:00

A great part of BBC news and live shows are being disrupted by a one-day strike by staff protesting at job cuts. Almost half of the employees due in on Monday joined the walkout, the BBC said. The strike is over plans to cut 3,780 jobs and privatise parts of the BBC. Unions say the cuts are the most damaging in the BBC's history. The corporation says they are needed so the BBC can invest more in programmes.

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