{"id":558278,"date":"2026-03-23T03:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/558278\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T03:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:33:14","slug":"abc-staff-to-strike-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/558278\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC staff to strike on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tStaff will walk off the job for 24 hours at 11am AEDT on Wednesday.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>ABC staff are set to strike on Wednesday following a vote by members of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) and the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) unions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Sydney Morning Herald reports<\/a> ABC\u2019s chief people officer Deena Amorelli informed staff of the results of the vote on the latest enterprise offer on Monday morning, which fell short by 395 votes.<\/p>\n<p>At 11am AEDT on Wednesday morning a 24 hour strike will impact ABC News and other divisions after they rejected the latest pay offer, which came with a $1000 \u201csweetener\u201d orchestrated by MD, Hugh Marks.<\/p>\n<p>MEAA told its members, \u201cGo into your local bureau before 10:30am AEDT so we can all down tools and walk out together at 11:00am AEDT \u2013 we\u2019ll send you details about the logistics of your local action soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ABC CPSU section secretary Jocelyn Gammie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/finance\/work\/at-work\/staff-at-the-abc-expected-to-strike-after-latest-pay-agreement-falls-through\/news-story\/c7063a5760157a21f38f149dedd2d901\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told news.com.au<\/a> members didn\u2019t take the choice to strike \u201clightly\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that so many union members have taken this step demonstrates how frustrated they are at this process. ABC staff work hard to provide high-quality services for the Australian community. They deserve to be treated with respect and that means a decent pay offer and fair agreement,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last thing union members want to do is inconvenience loyal ABC audiences by disrupting programming and services, but key bargaining claims remain unresolved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless the ABC put a fair offer on the table, disruptions are inevitable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The action represents a major test of Marks\u2019 management term since he was installed a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>The last major strike at ABC was in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>This post updates.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why we\u2019re fighting for a better deal at the ABC. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/withMEAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@withMEAA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QualityNewsQualityJobs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#QualityNewsQualityJobs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xsrIhbEdnB\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/xsrIhbEdnB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ahmed Yussuf (@ahmedyussuf10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ahmedyussuf10\/status\/2034794765716529179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Staff will walk off the job for 24 hours at 11am AEDT on Wednesday. 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