More than one thousand journalists and media professionals will participate in a 48-hour strike action on 7 and 8 June to protest over BBC plans to dramatically reduce local radio services across England. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) fully supports the industrial action and joins its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the UK and Ireland, in calling on the BBC management to engage with the NUJ to reach a solution in the dispute over cuts to local radio.