ABC Australia Staff Strike Over Pay and Working Conditions, News Programs Go Dark
Hundreds of staff at Australia's public broadcaster ABC have staged large-scale protests and gone on strike over low pay and working conditions, causing some of the biggest news programs to go dark.
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BBC and NWA: the day ABC staff went on strike – and left Aunty looking ‘a bit different’
Triple J signed off with the hip-hop anthem Express Yourself while other radio and TV networks filled the air with BBC broadcasts, re-runs and soothing music Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter here Broadcasters had warned their audiences that the ABC would look “a bit different” on Wednesday – and as the clock struck 11am, they weren’t wrong. As more than 2,000 ABC staff walked off the job for the first time in two decades in protest of their working conditions, t...
By Caitlin Cassidy and Amanda Meade
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Hundreds of staff of ABC staged large-scale protests outside the broadcaster's office over low pay and working conditions
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