But that is assuming that a strike is based on black and white issues; that there is a right side and a wrong side. Most strikes are the result of months of careful negotiations breaking down, and most union votes to strike aren’t landslides. So I think it is fair to say that most strike are about borderline issues, not absolute issues.
With this BBC strike in particular, it looks like the NUJ are out on the edges of sensible opinion. The other four BBC unions (Bectu, the Musicians’ Union, Equity, and Unite) all accepted the terms of the BBC’s final offer. And there have been few signs of disagreement from the 60% of BBC employees who aren’t union members.
Publishing the details of the BBC pension deal will curry little favour for BBC employees. Even after the changes, the terms still seem extraordinarily generous compared to any private pension schemes. There will be people struggling to pay their licence fees who are outraged by the high salaries and generous pension arrangements of their news presenters.
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With this BBC strike in particular, it looks like the NUJ are out on the edges of sensible opinion. The other four BBC unions (Bectu, the Musicians’ Union, Equity, and Unite) all accepted the terms of the BBC’s final offer. And there have been few signs of disagreement from the 60% of BBC employees who aren’t union members.
Publishing the details of the BBC pension deal will curry little favour for BBC employees. Even after the changes, the terms still seem extraordinarily generous compared to any private pension schemes. There will be people struggling to pay their licence fees who are outraged by the high salaries and generous pension arrangements of their news presenters.