All Bectu articles – Page 25
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NewsBBC strike 'risks impartial appearance'
The BBC’s director general has warned staff they risk giving the “misleading impression” they are not impartial if they strike during the Conservative Party conference.
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NewsBectu hits out at BBC’s ‘worse’ pensions proposal
The BBC’s reworked proposal to overhaul its pension scheme is a worse option than its original suggestion for most Bectu members, the union’s leader has claimed.
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NewsWarsi calls for impartiality test to BBC strike
A Cabinet minister called for reassurances from the BBC today that planned strikes by staff would not breach impartiality rules by blacking out the Conservative Party conference.
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NewsUnions committed to BBC strike action
The three unions leading the charge against the BBC’s proposed pension reforms have said they are committed to plans for industrial action, despite the corporation’s concessionary third option.
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NewsUnions eye 27 September as BBC works on pensions proposals
Unions are expecting to receive a new set of proposals over the BBC’s pension reform by 16 September, meaning industrial action could take place in less than two weeks’ time.
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NewsUnions get huge vote for BBC strike action
More than 90% of BBC members of Bectu, Unite and the NUJ have voted in favour of industrial action over its pension reform plans - but coverage the Last Night Of The Proms looks safe.
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NewsBBC unions vote to strike over pensions
More than 90% of BBC union members have voted in favour of strike action in response to the corporation’s “drastic” pension reforms.
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NewsBBC strike ballot deadline looms
The BBC looks set to compromise over controversial changes to employees’ pension schemes after workers raised the spectre of a strike that could disrupt coverage of the Proms and the Pope’s visit to the UK.
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NewsStrike called off as Bectu asks S&PP to re-offer original deal
BBC Studios and Post Production (S&PP) has agreed to Bectu’s request to re-offer an original transitional payments proposal for EastEnders staff working in Elstree.
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NewsGroups slam six-day week
Four major industry groups have rallied against the creeping introduction of six-day week freelance contracts, branding them “unethical and untenable”.
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NewsThompson: pensions strike will be no help
The BBC and unions remain at loggerheads over the broadcaster’s proposed pension cuts, as director general Mark Thompson warned staff this week that industrial action will have no effect.
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CommentPaying the price for passion
The television industry needs to take stock, or risk exploiting a dedicated workforce.
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NewsBectu calls off latest EastEnders strike action
Bectu has called off this week’s planned EastEnders strike and claims that it is to resume talks with BBC Studios and Post Production (S&PP) management over expenses and travel time for staff working in Elstree.
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NewsEastEnders crew strike over expenses
Production of EastEnders was disrupted yesterday (12 August) after a handful of BBC Studios and Post Production (S&PP) staff took strike action in a dispute over travel time and expenses.
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NewsEastEnders crew strike over expenses
Production of EastEnders was disrupted yesterday (Thursday 12 August) after a handful of BBC Studios and Post Production (S&PP) staff took strike action in a dispute over travel time and expenses.
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NewsThompson to face BBC staff over pensions
Mark Thompson will face a grilling from BBC staff today over the controversial proposals to overhaul the corporation’s pension scheme.
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NewsStrike threat to BBC Proms coverage
Viewers tuning in to The Last Night Of The Proms could be left watching “dark screens” if proposed strike action goes ahead, a union said today.
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NewsBectu: BBC strike is only option
Bectu will this week call on its BBC members to strike, claiming in an impassioned letter that there is “no alternative” but industrial action.
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NewsUnions order BBC strike ballot
The BBC is on collision course with trade unions after the broadcaster stuck firmly to its controversial plans to overhaul pensions during talks.
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NewsBBC faces autumn strike threat
The threat of strike action at the BBC has left the corporation facing the prospect of entering the autumn season without many of its biggest draws, including the Last Night of the Proms.