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BBC director-general Mark Thompson has offered to meet with unions to "clarify" the plan tabled by the BBC at ACAS last week.
That plan had four key points: a freeze on compulsory job cuts until July 1, 2006; a review in 2007 "to see if reinvestment in content areas can mitigate the net job losses"; no sale of BBC Resources prior to June 2007; and "a commitment to ensure people and HR issues are a top priority in the sale of BBC Broadcast."
That plan received a lukewarm reception from unions still troubled by the figure of 4,000 job cuts.
"I believe that this offer represents a significant movement by the BBC to meet the concerns you have raised with us about the change programme," said Thompson in a letter to the NUJ, BECTU and Amicus unions.
"You will understand that without your co-operation, the assurances contained within the ACAS offer would have to be withdrawn as the freeze on compulsory redundancies until 1 July 2006 is only achievable if we can canvass for voluntary redundancies immediately," he added.
That plan had four key points: a freeze on compulsory job cuts until July 1, 2006; a review in 2007 "to see if reinvestment in content areas can mitigate the net job losses"; no sale of BBC Resources prior to June 2007; and "a commitment to ensure people and HR issues are a top priority in the sale of BBC Broadcast."
That plan received a lukewarm reception from unions still troubled by the figure of 4,000 job cuts.
"I believe that this offer represents a significant movement by the BBC to meet the concerns you have raised with us about the change programme," said Thompson in a letter to the NUJ, BECTU and Amicus unions.
"You will understand that without your co-operation, the assurances contained within the ACAS offer would have to be withdrawn as the freeze on compulsory redundancies until 1 July 2006 is only achievable if we can canvass for voluntary redundancies immediately," he added.
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