All Bectu articles – Page 34
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NewsBBC staff face compulsory redundancy
Up to 280 BBC staff will face compulsory redundancy, director general Mark Thompson has warned.
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NewsBBC pays staff£15.5m in bonuses
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
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
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.
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NewsITV unions threaten industrial action
ITV unions look set to move towards industrial action after the latest pay offer from the broadcaster fell short of demands from Bectu, the National Union of Journalists and Amicus.
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NewsCarter defends Ofcom's cutsin ITV's PSB remit
Ofcom chief executive Stephen Carter has hit back at criticism over the reduction in ITV's public service obligations.
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NewsBBC radio and music division fails to satisfy unions
The BBC's radio and music division is to press ahead with plans to combine three roles in one job, in the face of fierce opposition from broadcasting unions.
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BBC F&L could face staff work to rule
The BBC's factual and learning department could face a work to rule by staff as the department faces almost 50 compulsory redundancies.
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Unions threaten ITV with strike on pay
Unions have told ITV that they want an above-inflation pay rise for next year or they will start industrial action. The joint claim from Bectu, the National Union of Journalists and Amicus comes after a number of ITV workers went on strike earlier this year, affecting shows such as Coronation ...
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World Service changes under discussion
Broadcasting unions will sit down with BBC bosses next week to try to reduce the number of World Service staff set to be axed. Around 230 are expected to go as a result of the World Service's plans to set up a£19m-a-year Arabic TV channel, its first TV station. In ...
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NewsUnions bid to reduce World Service cuts
9.30am: Broadcasting unions will sit down with BBC bosses next week to try to reduce the number of people set to be axed from the World Service staff.
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NewsBBC Scotland recognises Bectu as union of freelancers
Bectu has claimed a major coup for freelancers after BBC Scotland agreed it as the recognised union for all its freelance workers.
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BBC factual to phase out DigiBeta cameras
The BBC's plan to cut production costs has gone a step further, with its factual and learning department's proposal to phase out the use of DigiBeta cameras for the department's programmes.
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What life's like for TV's freelancers
From protests about unpaid work experience to job cuts at the BBC, freelancing has rarely been as newsworthy as it is now. In an effort to understand what makes an increasingly large part of the workforce tick, Will Strauss analyses a major piece of research and finds that not all ...
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NewsGCap: job cuts will not top 100
GCap Media has assured trade union Bectu it will not make more than 100 people redundant.
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Half of BBC docs execs to be culled
The BBC's documentaries and contemporary factual (D&CF) department is to lose up to half of its executive producers as a result of director general Mark Thompson's drive to cut more than 420 posts in the factual division.
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Bectu helps NHU crew to win pay deal
Freelance wildlife camera crew at the BBC's Bristol Natural History Unit have agreed a new pay deal - the first since winning collective bargaining rights through union Bectu last year.
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Kit companies: on the record
The demise of hire outfit VFG earlier this has year taught those working in the hire business a valuable lesson: if you're not succeeding as a one-stop shop in the face of dwindling TV production budgets, then diversify.
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NewsSlashed budgets hit freelancers
Pact chief executive John McVay has accused broadcasters of fuelling the exploitation of freelancers by using the new indie terms of trade to pay less for programmes.
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200 News staff ask about redundancy
BBC News staff could face compulsory job cuts after only half the required number of staff said they were interested in leaving voluntarily.