Some of the ABC’s most prominent radio and television presenters suffered disruptions to their broadcasts on Wednesday as production and technical staff walked off the job for the first time in 17 years.
ABC Radio National’s flagship breakfast show with Patricia Karvelas, ABC Sydney breakfast with James Valentine and ABC News Breakfast with Michael Rowland and Lisa Millar were among the programs temporarily affected as members of one of the broadcaster’s unions – the Community and Public Sector Union – took strike action following months of frustrations with ABC management over a wage and work conditions agreement.
“We regret audiences were impacted and we welcome the MEAA’s decision to call off its stopwork action,” the spokesman said. “The ABC has consistently welcomed the opportunity for constructive negotiations to find the best outcome for staff and the organisation. We believe the EA proposal is fair and equitable to all parties.”
“Where, for example, the presenter or a mornings team went off-air, those services would’ve been rerouted to other services, but local listeners would be very aware to the change in their normal programming,” she said.
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