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BECTU has called off industrial action at the BBC on the advice of its lawyers after BBC Technology buyers Siemens presented a new offer on terms and conditions.
The union had planned strike action for this weekend when the first offer from Siemens and the BBC did not meet certain long-term guarantees for staff. Lawyers have advised BECTU that the second offer, which negotiators describe as going "a long way towards meeting their key demands, and includes a three-year guarantee of no changes in terms and conditions, improved pension benefits for staff retiring early, or being made redundant after the age of 45, and a promise that no ex-BBCT staff would be redeployed within Siemens outside the city they are currently working in," must be put to members.
The union had planned strike action for this weekend when the first offer from Siemens and the BBC did not meet certain long-term guarantees for staff. Lawyers have advised BECTU that the second offer, which negotiators describe as going "a long way towards meeting their key demands, and includes a three-year guarantee of no changes in terms and conditions, improved pension benefits for staff retiring early, or being made redundant after the age of 45, and a promise that no ex-BBCT staff would be redeployed within Siemens outside the city they are currently working in," must be put to members.
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