Following our account of the antics of a high-profile broadcasting bully, another member has come forward to share their experiences.

Pat, who is being advised by the NUJ, gave a disturbing account of "years of hell" at BBC Scotland.

"I have been subjected to public defamation, fabricated allegations, e-mail conspiring, gossip and rumour-mongering at the hands of my presenter with the complicity and even support of my line-management," Pat told us.

"Any objection or protest by me is met with managerial indifference, contempt, shouting and tantrums."

A common source of members' dissatisfaction with the BBC is the inadequacy of the corporation's grievance procedure.

In February 2003, Adli Hawwari and Abdul Hadi Jiad were dismissed from the BBC World Service, facing accusations of abusing the same grievance procedure which the management went on to ignore in carrying out the sackings. They later received an undisclosed settlement.

In that light, the story of Pat's own experiences had a familiar ring: "I have tried to get protection and redress through a laughable 'grievance procedure' which became another vehicle to threaten me with; had incompetent disciplinary procedures raised against me and been told, by a senior Human Resources employee, that if I carried on raising grievances then I wouldn't be working for the BBC."

Pat accuses the BBC of allowing "an ongoing culture of corporate brutality" in Broadcasting House in Glasgow, where producers are "threatened, undermined, back-stabbed, and terrorised on a day-to-day basis".

And referring to the campaign to expose the Bafta Bastards in BBC television, who are obsessed with winning one of the awards, Pat urges similar action against "the Sony Bastards in Radio Scotland who have been whipping and sacrificing lean production resources and abusing personnel as they pursue similar hysterical, self-aggrandising ego trips to win a Sony Award."

Noting that Radio Scotland failed to win an award in any category this year, Pat predicts that "this can only mean more whipping next year".

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NUJ activity to combat bullying and harassment at work has uncovered some sad and disturbing cases.

Instances arising in the Broadcast sector have been all too predictable.

But officials have been shocked to hear of the tyrannical rein of one of Scotland's best-known radio broadcasters.

With a near-100 per cent staff turnover in two years and having seen off more than an editor per year, perhaps the most upsetting aspect of the case is the fact that the broadcaster in question is an NUJ member.

One member has told us of workers "waving staff contracts like exit visas" secure in the knowledge that any job within the organisation will be a release from the purgatorial regime.

Public humiliation, it is alleged, is the norm with ideas being torn to shreds while the abilities of the individuals are systematically dismissed in high-decibel rants. Inconsistency is another reported feature of the behaviour leaving workers with the feeling that they will be abused no matter what they do.

Disappointingly, senior management appear to be fully aware of the issue with many having been victims themselves before moving on to pastures new.

However, the onus has been put on individual members to act, despite their obvious vulnerability when in opposition to such a high-profile presenter.

Securing favourable resolutions to such problems can never be guaranteed. However, the NUJ is advising members on practical steps that can be taken in an effort to address the issue.

And, of course, the union will listen sympathetically to any member who wishes to stop their own bullying behaviour so that their workers can be rid of such problems.