All Bectu articles – Page 33
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NewsNational Skills Day unveiled
Lessons in the art of high definition filming, the chance to join a presenter on Five's Milkshake kids strand and workshops on The Art of Being Brilliant are a selection of events planned for National Skills Day on Thursday, 25 May.
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NewsUnions call off BBC pension strikes
Broadcasting unions have called off plans for a strike after the BBC agreed to begin negotiations over changes to its pension fund.
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NewsUnions demand meaningful talks over BBC pension plan
Broadcasting unions have given the BBC one week to start 'meaningful negotiations' over changes to its pension fund, or face strike action.
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NewsStrike action threatens BBC's World Cup coverage
Broadcasting union Bectu is threatening the BBC's World Cup coverage as a potential target for strike action, after the corporation confirmed it is to close its final salary pension fund to new members.
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NewsLay-offs at BBC down to 93
The number of BBC staff facing compulsory redundancy has dropped below 100, less than one year after BBC director general Mark Thompson announced that 3,780 jobs would be lost across the corporation.
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NewsUnions agree ITV News Channel pay-off
Unions have agreed improved terms and conditions for staff facing redundancy over the closure of the ITV News Channel, with 21 people now facing the axe.
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Unions in talks over News Channel cuts
The National Union of Journalists and Bectu will go to arbitration service Acas today (Thursday), to try to resolve a dispute with ITN over compulsory redundancies at the ITV News Channel. Talks had broken down between the parties after the joint unions wanted to ensure there would be no compulsory ...
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NewsITV and unions settle pay dispute
8am:Unions have accepted an improved pay offer from ITV, averting a repeat of last year's industrial action which affected shows including Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeawayand Coronation Street.
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NewsThompson given strike deadline over BBC cuts
BBC director general Mark Thompson will today be told by unions to back down on compulsory redundancies or face corporation-wide strikes within a week.
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NewsBBC pays 262 staff more than£100,000 each
More than 250 BBC staff have been paid salaries of more than£100,000 this year, almost double the number in 2002.
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NewsUnions threaten strike action over SMG cuts
Unions Bectu and the NUJ are to ballot members for strike action over SMG's 'cynical' decision to axe around a fifth of its workforce.
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NewsSMG to axe 59 jobs
Unions have blasted SMG's decision to axe a fifth of its staff, costing 59 jobs, as the group blamed less news output and less regional programmes, for the cuts.
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NewsBBC staff face compulsory redundancy
Up to 280 BBC staff will face compulsory redundancy, director general Mark Thompson has warned.
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NewsBBC pays staff£15.5m in bonuses
The BBC has paid out more than£15m in staff bonuses in the same year it began axing 3,780 jobs across the corporation.
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Bectu BBC action threats
Around 3,000 BBC staff are set to take industrial action in January over the corporation's plans to make compulsory redundancies in two key departments.
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Unions serve notice on BBC cuts
Broadcasting unions are to warn BBC director general Mark Thompson that he may face further strike action in the new year if he presses ahead with up to 200 compulsory redundancies.
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NewsITV unions threaten industrial action
ITV unions look set to move towards industrial action after the latest pay offer from the broadcaster fell short of demands from Bectu, the National Union of Journalists and Amicus.
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NewsCarter defends Ofcom's cutsin ITV's PSB remit
Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter has hit back at criticism over the reduction in ITV's public service obligations.
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NewsBBC radio and music division fails to satisfy unions
The BBC's radio and music division is to press ahead with plans to combine three roles in one job, in the face of fierce opposition from broadcasting unions.
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BBC F&L could face staff work to rule
The BBC's factual and learning department could face a work to rule by staff as the department faces almost 50 compulsory redundancies.