All Bectu articles – Page 34
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Unions threaten ITV with strike on pay
Unions have told ITV that they want an above-inflation pay rise for next year or they will start industrial action. The joint claim from Bectu, the National Union of Journalists and Amicus comes after a number of ITV workers went on strike earlier this year, affecting shows such as Coronation ...
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World Service changes under discussion
Broadcasting unions will sit down with BBC bosses next week to try to reduce the number of World Service staff set to be axed. Around 230 are expected to go as a result of the World Service's plans to set up a£19m-a-year Arabic TV channel, its first TV station. In ...
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NewsUnions bid to reduce World Service cuts
9.30am: Broadcasting unions will sit down with BBC bosses next week to try to reduce the number of people set to be axed from the World Service staff.
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NewsBBC Scotland recognises Bectu as union of freelancers
Bectu has claimed a major coup for freelancers after BBC Scotland agreed it as the recognised union for all its freelance workers.
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BBC factual to phase out DigiBeta cameras
The BBC's plan to cut production costs has gone a step further, with its factual and learning department's proposal to phase out the use of DigiBeta cameras for the department's programmes.
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What life's like for TV's freelancers
From protests about unpaid work experience to job cuts at the BBC, freelancing has rarely been as newsworthy as it is now. In an effort to understand what makes an increasingly large part of the workforce tick, Will Strauss analyses a major piece of research and finds that not all ...
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NewsGCap: job cuts will not top 100
GCap Media has assured trade union Bectu it will not make more than 100 people redundant.
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Half of BBC docs execs to be culled
The BBC's documentaries and contemporary factual (D&CF) department is to lose up to half of its executive producers as a result of director general Mark Thompson's drive to cut more than 420 posts in the factual division.
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Bectu helps NHU crew to win pay deal
Freelance wildlife camera crew at the BBC's Bristol Natural History Unit have agreed a new pay deal - the first since winning collective bargaining rights through union Bectu last year.
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Kit companies: on the record
The demise of hire outfit VFG earlier this has year taught those working in the hire business a valuable lesson: if you're not succeeding as a one-stop shop in the face of dwindling TV production budgets, then diversify.
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NewsSlashed budgets hit freelancers
Pact chief executive John McVay has accused broadcasters of fuelling the exploitation of freelancers by using the new indie terms of trade to pay less for programmes.
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200 News staff ask about redundancy
BBC News staff could face compulsory job cuts after only half the required number of staff said they were interested in leaving voluntarily.
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NewsBBC embroiled in Canadian TV row
The BBC has been accused by broadcasting unions of helping undermine a strike at Canadian broadcaster CBC.
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Bectu Acas move
Broadcasting union Bectu is considering going to industrial arbitrator Acas after the collapse of negotiations with Talkback Thames over employees on The Bill.The union wants to form a 'bargaining unit' for the show to represent all employees and negotiate standard contracts for them. But the talks ...
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BBC factual trials in-house editing
The BBC's latest scheme for cutting the cost of programme-making will be tested at the corporation's London-based factual and learning department later this year with the introduction of low-cost desktop editing systems for production teams.
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Bectu hits snag in talks over The Bill
Broadcasting union Bectu has reached a stalemate with Talkback Thames over its ambitious plans to collectively represent workers on The Bill.
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Union pressure over redundancy process
The BBC is facing the prospect of further industrial action after union Bectu warned of industrial action if the corporation turned down applications for voluntary redundancy, while pressing ahead with compulsory ones.
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NewsBBC sets up£62m redundancy fund
The BBC has set aside£62m to fund redundancy payouts for the first stage of director general Mark Thompson's plans to axe 3,780 jobs.
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NewsBBC kicks off redundancy talks
Unions and BBC management will begin division-by-division talks on job cuts this week after members of Bectu voted overwhelmingly in favour of negotiations.
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NewsBectu targets The Bill over long hours
Broadcast union Bectu is trying to sign up more than 400 staff working on ITV's The Billto a collective bargaining agreement to tackle claims of poor working conditions on the show.