All Bectu articles – Page 20
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Bectu slams BBC Olympics volunteer scheme
Bectu has criticised the BBC for asking staff to volunteer for production roles during the Olympics, dubbing the move “completely unacceptable”.
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BBC staff plan second Birmingham strike
BBC Birmingham staff are to hold a second strike over plans to relocate all factual production to Bristol and Salford.
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Preparing freelancers for radio’s brave new world
Radio Fast Train may only be one day of training, but it’s a start, says Donna Taberer.
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Bectu: delay BBC Birmingham exit to 2013
Broadcast union Bectu has written to the BBC demanding it delays the exit of Birmingham by at least a year.
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BBC stands firm over Birmingham
The BBC has said it will not change plans to move all factual production from Birmingham, despite the possibility of more strikes.
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BBC staff to strike over Birmingham cull
BBC Birmingham staff will walk out on strike for 24 hours this week, in protest against plans that will turn the city into a “media ghost town”.
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BBC staff plan action over Birmingham move
BBC staff are to carry out industrial action over plans to relocate shows such as Hairy Bikers and Countryfile from Birmingham to Bristol.
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BBC: coping with the cuts
If the BBC’s 2011 was defined by months of speculation over where exactly that 16% budget cut would be made, the year ahead will be characterised by the start of the surgery.
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Unions accept ITV's 3% pay rise
Bectu, National Union of Journalists and Unite members at ITV have voted to accept the broadcaster’s offer of a 3% pay increase for 2012.
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Harman backs BBC's call for retrans fee reform
Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman has backed the BBC’s call for retransmission fees to be waived when it appears on BSkyB’s platform.
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Bectu and SIS LIVE at odds over insurance
Bectu has called on freelancers to reject “excessive and disproportionate” insurance demands being made by OB firm SIS LIVE.
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Unions ballot members over 3% ITV pay offer
Bectu, the National Union of Journalists and Unite are balloting ITV members for the second consecutive year over the company’s offer of a 3% pay increase for 2012.
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BBC delays start date for DQF benefit cuts
The BBC has agreed to delay the implementation of changes to staff benefits until the end of next year, averting strike action being threatened by the joint unions.
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Bectu hosting work-life balance event
Bectu is hosting an event to discuss whether it is possible to balance a successful career and family life, following a Skillset survey.
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Comment
Sky: Bectu's argument is "bizarre"
Earlier this week, Bectu branded retransmission fees “a scandal” and claimed Sky’s practices hindered others. Graham McWilliam, group director of corporate affairs, rebuts that claim.
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Animation UK plans Westminster campaign
The Wombles, Bob the Builder and Rastamouse could be paying a visit to Westminster as Animation UK’s call for tax breaks gets louder.
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Bectu: retransmission fees are a scandal
Bectu has waded into the retransmission fees row, slamming the current scenario in which PSBs pay BSkyB to appear on the platform as scandalous.
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Features
What north-west skills gap?
The north-west of England has more than enough television skills and production talent to cope with its current media boom and the expansion of BBC North, writes Will Strauss.
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BBC "unable to agree" union demands
The BBC has said it will be “unable to agree” to the joint unions’ “list of demands” – edging the probability of pre-Christmas strikes at the broadcaster ever closer.
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Unions ballot BBC staff over festive strikes
The BBC is facing strikes on some of its biggest programmes of the year, including Strictly Come Dancing, with the joint unions balloting its members over action in the run up to Christmas.