BBC Cairo staff on three-day strike over unequal pay

BBC staff's wages have lost nearly half of their value due to the devaluation of the Egyptian pound since March 2022, the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate said [File: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters]

BBC staff in the Egyptian capital Cairo are staging a three-day strike to protest against what they say is unequal pay compared to colleagues in other countries in the region, as Egypt grapples with a dire economic crisis.

“The BBC staff in Cairo are staging a three-day strike, from 17 to 19 July, to protest against their low salaries and deteriorating living conditions,” read a statement published on Monday and issued by Khaled el-Balshy, head of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate and the strikers’ spokesperson. “BBC journalists in Cairo also express their deepest concern towards what they see as systematic discrimination against them, from the management in London, in terms of payment policies.”