All Bectu articles – Page 33
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News50 jobs at risk as ITV shuts Granada Bristol
ITV is to axe its factual programme department Granada Bristol, which makes Channel 4's Monarchyseries, putting 50 jobs at risk.
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NewsAsbestos register
Broadcasting union Bectu is to set up a register for members who believe they have been exposed to asbestos. The union and its law firm Thompsons are to establish a database that will speed up compensation claims for members who become ill due to asbestos exposure. Asbestos was commonly used ...
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NewsBECTU fights BBC pension plans
Broadcasting union Bectu is calling on its members to help stop BBC plans to raise the corporation's retirement age and increase staff pension payments, by showing their opposition in the consultation process.
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NewsBectu sets up asbestos register
Broadcasting union Bectu is to set up a register of members who believe they have been exposed to asbestos, following increased concerns from TV workers.
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NewsITV regional cuts 'insulting' claim unions
Unions have hit out at ITV for describing 40 job cuts to its regional news service as 'enhancements', calling the claim 'thoroughly insulting'.
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Union warns BBC of backlash over rates
Broadcasting union Bectu is advising its members to adhere to their current rates in a bid to pressure BBC factual and learning to review proposals to standardise pay for freelance crew.
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Bectu seeks central negotiator status
Broadcasting union Bectu has hit back at BBC plans to standardise freelance rates by demanding that it should become the central negotiator for all its freelance members working for the corporation.
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NewsBectu condemns Pete Doherty's MTV syringe stunt
Broadcasting union Bectu has received 'horrified' calls from members after rock bad boy Pete Doherty squirted the contents of a syringe at an MTV camera crew.
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National Skills Day unveiled
Lessons in the art of high definition filming, the chance to join a presenter on Five's Milkshake kids strand and workshops on The Art of Being Brilliant are a selection of events planned for National Skills Day on Thursday, 25 May.
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NewsUnions call off BBC pension strikes
Broadcasting unions have called off plans for a strike after the BBC agreed to begin negotiations over changes to its pension fund.
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NewsUnions demand meaningful talks over BBC pension plan
Broadcasting unions have given the BBC one week to start 'meaningful negotiations' over changes to its pension fund, or face strike action.
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NewsStrike action threatens BBC's World Cup coverage
Broadcasting union Bectu is threatening the BBC's World Cup coverage as a potential target for strike action, after the corporation confirmed it is to close its final salary pension fund to new members.
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NewsLay-offs at BBC down to 93
The number of BBC staff facing compulsory redundancy has dropped below 100, less than one year after BBC director general Mark Thompson announced that 3,780 jobs would be lost across the corporation.
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NewsUnions agree ITV News Channel pay-off
Unions have agreed improved terms and conditions for staff facing redundancy over the closure of the ITV News Channel, with 21 people now facing the axe.
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Unions in talks over News Channel cuts
The National Union of Journalists and Bectu will go to arbitration service Acas today (Thursday), to try to resolve a dispute with ITN over compulsory redundancies at the ITV News Channel. Talks had broken down between the parties after the joint unions wanted to ensure there would be no compulsory ...
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NewsITV and unions settle pay dispute
8am:Unions have accepted an improved pay offer from ITV, averting a repeat of last year's industrial action which affected shows including Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeawayand Coronation Street.
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NewsThompson given strike deadline over BBC cuts
BBC director general Mark Thompson will today be told by unions to back down on compulsory redundancies or face corporation-wide strikes within a week.
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NewsBBC pays 262 staff more than£100,000 each
More than 250 BBC staff have been paid salaries of more than£100,000 this year, almost double the number in 2002.
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NewsUnions threaten strike action over SMG cuts
Unions Bectu and the NUJ are to ballot members for strike action over SMG's 'cynical' decision to axe around a fifth of its workforce.
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NewsSMG to axe 59 jobs
Unions have blasted SMG's decision to axe a fifth of its staff, costing 59 jobs, as the group blamed less news output and less regional programmes, for the cuts.