All Bectu articles – Page 27
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FeaturesWomen in TV: the missing 5,000
A packed debate on the problems facing women in TV left many in the audience angry and frustrated last week. Not just because 5,000 women have left the industry in the past three years, compared with 750 men, but because they felt the session’s overriding message was that the onus ...
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NewsSiemens staff could strike over pay
BECTU members employed by Siemens on the BBC account have voted in favour of industrial action over a reputed ‘pay freeze’.
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NewsBBC's IT crowd votes for strike action
Siemens staff working at the BBC are set to strike unless the IT company caves on its pay freeze.
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CommentWomen in TV: “overqualified, overworked and underpaid”
That 5,000 women have left the industry over the past three years compared to just 750 men is shocking. That we have quietly stood by and not noticed this brain drain happening is nothing short of a disgrace, writes Lisa Campbell.
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NewsRed Bee staff to vote on strike action
Bectu members at Red Bee Media are to take part in a ballot for industrial action as part of a row over redundancy rights.
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NewsThompson "incredibly angry" at Times leak
BBC director general Mark Thompson has told staff he is “incredibly angry” about how the corporation’s strategy review leaked to the Times, and promised a “full investigation” to find out who was responsible.
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NewsBBC holds crisis talks with unions
Mark Thompson will meet with union leaders today for the second time in a week to discuss their concerns that the BBC’s review could lead to the loss of up to 600 jobs.
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NewsBBC to confirm "size and scope" cuts tomorrow
The BBC is to publish its size and scope review tomorrow morning, following Friday’s leak.
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News600 jobs at risk as BBC breaks silence
More than 600 BBC staff could lose their jobs under the size and scope review according to Bectu, which has just come out of tense discussions with BBC management.
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NewsDelia show crew owed £150,000
Freelancers who worked on BBC2’s Delia Through The Decades are owed a total of £150,000 - and the cooking superstar is herself about £50,000 out of pocket.
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NewsBectu urges BBC's IT crowd to strike
Bectu is urging Siemens staff working at the BBC to strike over pay.
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CommentBBC: training the industry
The launch of the 2010 Series Producer Programme highlights the BBC’s continued commitment to developing a highly skilled media workforce across the UK, writes Anne Morrison.
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NewsBectu slams ITV salary freeze
Bectu has denounced ITV’s “fat cat culture at board level”, criticising moves to give a multimillion pound salary package to incoming chief executive Adam Crozier while freezing staff pay levels.
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NewsBBC to offer pitching tips
The BBC is to host pitching workshops for indies and will post journalism masterclasses by Robert Peston and John Humphrys online, as part of a wide-ranging initiative to share its training resources.
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NewsGMTV staff fearful as ITV looks to cut costs in 2010
GMTV staff are heading into Christmas fearing that swingeing cuts will be made across the business in the new year.
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Job fears for regional ITV news staff
The ITV regional journalists who work in areas that will get pilot regional news consortium schemes next year have had no guarantees that their jobs will be safe.
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NewsReaction: ITV chairman appointment
Leading figures from the broadcast industry share their thoughts on the appointment of Archie Norman as the new chairman of ITV.
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NewsUnions pressure government to fast-track piracy clampdown
Indie trade body Pact and broadcasting union Bectu are backing a campaign to clamp down on illegal peer-to-peer file sharing on the internet.
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APC seeks to sign digital players to code of practice
The Alliance for the Protection of Copyright (APC) has updated its code of practice and is courting multichannel broadcasters after signing up History Channel operator AETN UK.
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NewsMediaCityUK operations director resigns
Peel Media operations director David Carr is to return to London after resigning from his role at MediaCityUK.