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Privatisation - your last chance
to make a difference
Public consultation on the privatisation of BBC Resources and 49% of BBC Worldwide ends on October 31st. All the BBC's unions - BECTU, the union for technical, production, and support staff, as well as the NUJ and AEEU - are asking staff to write to their MPs and make the case against this damaging sell-off.
Better still, staff could visit their local MPs at the advice surgeries which are run regularly in most constituencies. Contact details are at the bottom of this leaflet.
I'm not in Resources or Worldwide - why does privatisation matter to me?
- You could be next! If these two core sections can be sold off, anything can.
- Hundreds of millions of pounds may be drawn out of the BBC Pension Fund to buy new pensions for the 4,000 staff who face privatisation.
- Prices paid by BBC producers for many technical facilities will increase.
- Worldwide will impose tougher terms on funding for BBC productions.
- Resources, a well-unionised area, will no longer lend its weight to BBC pay talks.
What should I be saying to my local MP?
- The money raised by privatisation is only a small fraction of the amount needed to expand the BBC's digital output. Cancelling the sell-off will make little difference.
- Training throughout the UK audio-visual industry will suffer after privatisation.
- Quality depends on a mix of technical and production skills available in-house.
- Worldwide currently subsidises the licence fee - much of this cash will be lost.
- All the assets in the sell-off were built up by licence-payers over many years - why should private owners gain a quick profit from this public investment?
Your voice matters -
get in touch with your local MP now!
- Write to your MP at the House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA. To find out the name of your MP call BECTU on 0171-437-8506 with your postcode to hand. Let the union know you've written.
- Visit your MP's routine constituency surgery. Your local library should know the time and venue.
- Send your comments directly to the Ministry. Write to Andrew Calnan, Broadcasting Division, Department of Culture, Media, and Sport, 2-4, Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5DH
email [email protected]
BBC Members' Licence Briefing 2
Related pages
BBC Licence Review campaign
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Last updated 14 October 1999
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