DG steps into BBC cuts dispute

Mark Thompson, BBC Director-General, has invited unions to a crisis meeting in a bid to head off a strike ballot.

BECTU, NUJ, and Amicus, were told today, April 4, that if they agreed to meet Thompson, the DG would respond to a series of demands tabled on behalf of staff after his announcement of widespread redundancies and privatisation.

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