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Name: Stuart Schaum on Feb 6, 2007Comments: I agree!Flag
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Name: Tim Lezard on Feb 6, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Chris Morley on Feb 6, 2007Comments: I know this is an issue of great importance to journalists at BBC, having spoken to members at Caversham about it when I visited BBC Monitoring in December. This is an attack on working parents at the BBC and most be stopped! It damages the Corporation's credibility as a caring employer and also harms its image to the wider public. Chris Morley NUJ national presidentFlag
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Name: Rachel Broady on Feb 6, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Jennifer Walley on Feb 6, 2007Comments: Good quality affordable child care isn't a perk - it's a necessity. Shame on you.Flag
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Name: Katie Osborne on Feb 6, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Russell Maddicks on Feb 6, 2007Comments: I believe this is a very shortsighted decision by the BBC. Rather than closing working nurseries and work place creches, the BBC should be expanding the existing ones and investing in others in the work places that currently do not offer the service. I believe at heart, this is a cost-cutting exercise by the BBC, which will make it harder for working mothers to return to work.Flag
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Name: Matthew Cleveland on Feb 6, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 6, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Amelia French on Feb 6, 2007Comments: This is bad for working parents in general but I think we need to say that it will hit women harder. Does the BBC want to weed out mothersFlag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 6, 2007Comments: I strongly oppose the closure of BBC nurseries/creches.Flag
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Name: Paul Mclaughlin on Feb 6, 2007Comments: Outrageous treatment of staff.Flag
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Name: Al Bolton on Feb 6, 2007Comments: I believe the BBC should be ashamed of the withdrawal of this vital service. It will dissuade colleagues from returning to work after starting family.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 6, 2007Comments: As usual, outrageous. This is what happens when you sacrifice your priciples on the altar of profits. Tell Blair and his lackeys to piss off, you are a public service broadcaster, not Sky, Fox or any other money making concern. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. Equality rules.Flag
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Name: Susan Jones on Feb 7, 2007Comments: A workplace nursery is a huge boon to working parents. The lack of a workplace nursery will likely result in more staff absence, stress and staff working shorter hours in order to pick up and drop off their child(ren) from external childcare providers. Some staff may even have to leave if they cannot find a suitable alternative provider.Flag
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Name: Catryn Jenkins on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Kate Carr on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Raj Parmar on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Samir Prakash on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Georgia Brown on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Lena Calvert on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Gabriela Bolton on Feb 7, 2007Comments: Had there not been an on-site nursery, I would have definitely not been able to return to work. I was breast-feeding at the time and I remember very well how my then line manager was pressing me to increase my working hours and how he argued that I can pop out from work and feed my daughter in the nursery. The management seem to hail nurseries when it suits them on one occasion and get rid of them on another.Flag
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Name: Paula Dear on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Richard Simcox on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Madeleine Collinge on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Callum May on Feb 7, 2007Comments: Greg Dyke wouldn't have done thisFlag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Peter Shutak on Feb 7, 2007Comments: NoneFlag
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Name: James Pope on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Kyrill Dissanayake on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Mike Studley on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Magda Ralphs on Feb 7, 2007Comments: My child went to the BBC Monitoring's nursery. We both work for the BBC and considered the nursery a great, and indeed, indispensable facility and asset. Its existence enabled us both to work full time and have the peace of mind needed to focus on our jobs and careers properly. It is extremely hypocritical to say getting rid of the nurseries will somehow be in aid of equality. The decision also flies in the face of the government's family friendly policies and indeed in the BBC's equal opportunity policies. The decision is a retrograde step, bad for the public image of the BBC as an employer, no question about it. Please reconsider !Flag
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Name: Martin Morgan on Feb 7, 2007Comments: Any time the BBC would like to return its Investors in People award would be fine, thanks.Flag
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Name: David Robinson on Feb 7, 2007Comments: As feared, teh DDA and other 'social' action is yet again being used as an excuse to cut costs and reduce services to employees and the community. What is happening to BBC impartiality when the BBC management make decisions with no consultation other than amongst their own side of the decision making processFlag
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Name: Elaine Guy on Feb 7, 2007Comments: In deciding to open workplace nurseries back in the 1990s, the BBC was motivated by the need to recruit and retain valuable staff. That need is just as present now. To close them will hurt not just staff but the BBC itself.Flag
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Name: Georgiana Vear on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Santo Cullura on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Emma Boutell on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Nicola Kohn on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Tom Hardy on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Seon Caimbeul on Feb 7, 2007Comments: Just how, exactly, have they worked out what the 'savings' might be Creche facilities are part of basic infrasructure. Closing these facilities will lead to long term losses. That's obvious. So why are they willing to ignore the effect on industrial relations, to ignore the effect on the overall economy of the BBC and to ignore policies on positive support for working families Is it just that some clown thought it might look good on a balance sheet or is there something more sinister going on I would bet on the clown with the balance sheet theory. But who's paying the clown Accountant/Administrator/Manager people often don't have the skills, education or experience to see the wider economic picture and become the dupes of politically motivated or crazy people higher up the BBC food chain who take a perverse pleasure in attacking what is nice, sensible and normal. Creche facilities are a simple benefit to employees that help to make everything better for everybody.Flag
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Name: Phil Tanner on Feb 7, 2007Comments: Family-friendly employers do not close workplace nurseries.Flag
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Name: Dee Palmer on Feb 7, 2007Comments: This is a retrograde step which unfairly penalises working parentsFlag
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Name: Mike Linstead on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 7, 2007Comments: BBC Caversham nursery cared for my two children capably, and the fact they were close-by at all times provided me with convenience and peace of mind, allowing me to give 100 percent to my job. Keep it open, please....Flag
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Name: Jan Garrod on Feb 7, 2007Comments: I have three children, all of whom have attended or still attend BBC Monitoring nursery. It is a fantastic nursery and I am extremely sorry that future parents at Monitoring will not have this fabulous facility available to them. I doubt I could have continued to work if the nursery had not been open.Flag
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Name: Julia Harris on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Linda Green on Feb 7, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Ahmed Kasmi on Feb 7, 2007Comments: Closing nurseries is a disgrace. What kind of world are we living in And it comes from the BBC!!!!Flag