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    ITV regional cuts 'insulting' claim unions

    2006-06-06T10:15:00Z

    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

    2006-06-01T08:30:00Z

    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

    2006-05-25T08:00:00Z

    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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    Bectu condemns Pete Doherty's MTV syringe stunt

    2006-05-22T08:00:00Z

    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

    2006-05-18T08:30:00Z

    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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    Unions call off BBC pension strikes

    2006-05-17T18:00:00Z

    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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    Unions demand meaningful talks over BBC pension plan

    2006-04-28T09:22:00Z

    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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    Strike action threatens BBC's World Cup coverage

    2006-04-24T10:46:53Z

    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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    Lay-offs at BBC down to 93

    2006-03-09T07:50:06Z

    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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    Unions agree ITV News Channel pay-off

    2006-01-31T10:23:05Z

    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

    2006-01-26T08:30:00Z

    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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    ITV and unions settle pay dispute

    2006-01-16T08:00:00Z

    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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    Thompson given strike deadline over BBC cuts

    2006-01-12T07:50:08Z

    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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    BBC pays 262 staff more than£100,000 each

    2005-12-23T10:03:40Z

    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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    Unions threaten strike action over SMG cuts

    2005-12-20T08:00:00Z

    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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    SMG to axe 59 jobs

    2005-12-15T17:33:02Z

    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.

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    BBC staff face compulsory redundancy

    2005-12-15T11:27:39Z

    Up to 280 BBC staff will face compulsory redundancy, director general Mark Thompson has warned.

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    BBC pays staff£15.5m in bonuses

    2005-12-15T07:50:32Z

    The BBC has paid out more than£15m in staff bonuses in the same year it began axing 3,780 jobs across the corporation.

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    Bectu BBC action threats

    2005-12-15T07:50:02Z

    Around 3,000 BBC staff are set to take industrial action in January over the corporation's plans to make compulsory redundancies in two key departments.

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    Unions serve notice on BBC cuts

    2005-12-08T07:50:08Z

    Broadcasting unions are to warn BBC director general Mark Thompson that he may face further strike action in the new year if he presses ahead with up to 200 compulsory redundancies.