All Bectu articles – Page 48

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    BBC Resources names first head of business develpment

    2001-04-19T15:31:00Z

    BBC Resources has created a new head of business development role but continues to face industrial action following the restructure first announced last July, in which more than 200 jobs and

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    No victor over BBC expenses.

    2001-03-23T00:00:00Z

    BECTU and the BBC have reached a stalemate over the issue of expenses, as BBC Bectu members continue to work to rule, writes Georgina Lipscomb.

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    Not all right on the night

    2001-03-16T16:32:00Z

    Martin Jackson reports on the concerns raised by falling technical standards and the decline in TV engineering regulation

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    Carlton strike threat could hit Crossroads

    2001-03-09T09:54:00Z

    Union members at Carlton Central balloted on industrial action following rejection of 2.5% pay increase

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    Strike may hit ITV's top shows.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Union members at Carlton Central will vote next week on whether to strike over new pay conditions - a move that could put production of a number of key ITV programmes

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - State of the union.

    2001-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Could Bectu, active in disputes at the BBC, MTV and Carlton, be growing in importance? Membership may be rising but the union must adapt to technological and labour market changes and promote itself better.

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    MTV sees off strike threat.

    2001-03-02T00:00:00Z

    MTV has avoided strike action after the majority of its 100-strong broadcast services division voted against industrial action over new employment terms and conditions, writes Simon Ellery.

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    MTV escapes strike

    2001-03-01T08:50:00Z

    Employees press for union recognition but vote falls short of industrial action

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    BBC staff vote over expenses.

    2001-02-23T00:00:00Z

    BBC staff are set to go ahead with the first corporation-wide resistance to director general Greg Dyke's planned overhaul, following a vote last week by BBC Bectu members for industrial action over proposals to change expenses allowances, writes Georgina

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    Bectu members vote for BBC action

    2001-02-15T15:52:00Z

    BBC and BBC Resources staff vote in favour of industrial action after coporation seeks to cut expense claims

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    Chrysalis' revamp goes for scale.

    2001-02-09T00:00:00Z

    Anyone who observes the changing fashions in industry, not to mention those working for plcs, knows that the pendulum is constantly swinging between a 'small is beautiful' philosophy and a belief

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    White paper will date too rapidly.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Media select committee chairman Gerald Kaufman has suggested the government's communications white paper will be dead before it is translated into legislation.At the second session of the select committee's inquiry into

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    Wildlife centralises.

    2001-02-02T00:00:00Z

    Granada completed the integration of former United News & Media ITV franchises Anglia and Meridian this week, announcing up to 100 job losses and the pooling of all wildlife programming into

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    Media select committee chairman expresses doubts on white paper

    2001-02-01T08:44:00Z

    Gerald Kaufman argues paper will be 'dead before legislation'

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    BBC staff resist cuts in expenses.

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    The BBC faces the prospect of industrial action across the corporation, as union Bectu prepares to ballot its BBC members over proposals to change expense allowances, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    STAFF ACTION AT MTV?

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Employees at MTV's broadcast services division are to be balloted on industrial action from 22 January. The ballot is the latest development in an ongoing dispute over proposed cuts to paid

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    BBC staff may rally against expenses cuts

    2001-01-18T08:38:00Z

    Bectu prepares to ballot its BBC members

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    MTV accuses Bectu of 'perpetuating inaccuracies' as contract row escalates

    2001-01-17T17:17:00Z

    Music broadcasters claims dispute only affects a 'small number' of broadcast services staff

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    MTV braced for strike action

    2001-01-16T14:44:00Z

    Bectu members ballot could see new contract dispute escalate into industrial action as early as next month

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    Bectu recommends Resources veto

    2001-01-11T16:27:00Z

    Union says members should vote against last week's revised offer from management