All Bectu articles – Page 32
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NewsBBC News strike date set
BBC News faces 24-hour strike action on 26 February as journalists protest against compulsory redundancies.
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NewsNew work experience guidelines unveiled
New guidelines were published yesterday to promote fair treatment of work experience people in the TV industry. Recommendations include hours being limited to 40 a week. Non-subscribers go here.
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NewsThompson and unions set date for licence fee showdown
BBC director general Mark Thompson has agreed to meet with unions next month to discuss what cuts the corporation plans make as a result of the lower than expected licence fee settlement.
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NewsChoppy waters for C4 as 200 complain about Shipwrecked
Channel 4 has found itself defending another reality show after almost 200 people complained about a contestant on Shipwreckedwho labelled black people 'really bad'.
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NewsBBC moves to sell-off BBC Resources
The BBC has hired a project director to prepare the sell-off of BBC Resources, in the face of opposition from staff.
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NewsBalloting begins over BBC News redundancies
Broadcasting union Bectu will begin to ballot members tomorrow (17 January) on whether to take strike action over 10 compulsory redundancies in BBC News.
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ITN strikes called off
Strikes by ITN staff that had threatened both ITV and Channel 4 news coverage this month have been called off after the news provider offered revised proposals to make up a 6% shortfall in pension contributions.
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NewsUnions to ballot over BBC news compulsory job cuts
Unions will ballot BBC news staff over taking strike action after the corporation said it would push ahead with plans for compulsory job cut jobs within the department.
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NewsUnions and MPs in last bid to improve licence fee
The government has been warned it will starve the BBC of the resources required to maintain quality broadcasting if the Cabinet endorses a below-inflation increase in the licence fee tomorrow (11 January).
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NewsTUC 'disturbed' by licence fee deal
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has hit out at the government's plans to impose a lower than expected licence fee settlement on the BBC.
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NewsITN to face two strikes this month
Bectu and the NUJ claim ITV and Channel 4's news programming will be reduced to a minimum when ITN staff walkout for two days of strikes on the 16 January and the 23 January.
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ITN to face January strikes
Bectu and the NUJ expect ITV and Channel 4's news programming to be reduced to a minimum when ITN staff walkout for two days of strikes on 16 January and 23 January.
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NewsKids and local TV in jeopardy at BBC
The BBC's plans for kids programming and local TV services could be put at risk by the leaked licence fee settlement. The prospect of further job cuts is also looming.
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NewsMPs and groups to oppose BBC licence fee settlement
Broadcasting unions are joining forces with a cross-party group of MPs in a last-ditch bid to oppose Treasury plans to cut BBC funding.
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F&L: freelancers fight back
The BBC must have been hoping that its freelance workforce would simply roll over and accept the corporation's latest initiative to standardise pay rates for freelancers at its Factual & Learning department (F&L).
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NewsBectu launches radio initiative for minority staff
Broadcasting union Bectu is hosting an event to help raise the profile of black and minority (BME) staff in the radio industry after research carried out by Skillset found that as little as 1.8% of those working in radio are BME.
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NewsBBC staff vote on pension and pay compromise
The BBC has upped its wage increase offer to staff and made compromises on changes to its pension scheme, in a bid to avert threatened strikes by broadcasting unions.
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BBC strikes put on hold
Broadcasting unions have put on hold the threat of strikes at the BBC, after a last-minute meeting with the corporation's management.