The following resolution was passed at the Annual Delegate conference of the NUJ earlier this month as previously posted. The issue is of very serious concern and the Union is working, with colleagues in BECTU to oppose this dangerous and unacceptable development, not only for staff at the World Service but also for the integrity and protection of the BBC itself .
LNM 19
This ADM condemns proposals tabled in March 2008 to offshore large parts of the BBC’s World Service Output. The most recent example involves the Nepali, Hindi and Urdu sections and if carried would involve closing posts in the UK and replacing UK output with material produced abroad. This will involve a dramatic worsening of terms and conditions, jobs, and will inevitably result in compromises to the editorial integrity, as the BBC will have to comply with local media law and policy.
This ADM instructs the NEC to work with the BIC to fight these plans in the interests of members and the editorial independence of the BBC.
Thursday, 17 April 2008
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A worthy and long-overdue motion imho.
BBC Monitoring, for example, has been pursuing the offshoring agenda for a while. This has led to the editorial consequences that you mention and is making the operation increasingly reliant on casual labour and non-UK staff overseas.
It is a UK taxpayer-funded organization working largely for UK official bodies, yet it prefers to shed UK taxpayers and export their jobs to non-UK taxpayers in countries that are mostly unfriendly to UK interests and include some very unpleasant regimes.
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