All Bectu articles – Page 36
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Roundtable - Exploitation: how worried should we be?
When TV Wrap handed Pact a report naming 30 indies it claims have exploited freelance workers, it prompted shock, denial and widespread consternation within the indie community. Broadcast brought the freelancers and indies together to fight it out.
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NewsThompson to meet with unions
BBC director general Mark Thompson has agreed to further talks with unions next week in a bid to 'clarify' the BBC's job cuts offer, rejected by union members on Monday.
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Exploitation: how worried should we be?
When TV Wrap handed Pact a report naming 30 indies it claims have exploited freelance workers, it prompted shock, denial and widespread consternation within the indie community. Broadcastbrought the freelancers and indies together to fight it out
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NewsExtra£220m for BBC new media...
The BBC is planning to spend around£220m a year, well over half of the money saved by its proposals to cut 3,780 jobs, on new media projects and digital services.
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News... as unions give Thompson 7-day deadline
Unions have fired off a letter to the BBC calling for further talks with director general Mark Thompson in the next seven days, or they will resume strike action.
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NewsPact rejects compulsory code for indies
Pact has done little to reassure freelancers in the wake of pressure group TV Wrap's campaign about exploitative working practices by independent production companies.
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NewsUnions reject BBC offer
Unions have rejected the BBC's offer made at last week's Acas meeting, offering no compulsory redundancies until 2006, saying it did not sufficiently address their concerns.
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NewsPact council discusses freelancer complaints
Pact's council will meet tomorrow to discuss its response to the campaign by TV Wrap alleging widespread abuse of freelancers by indie production companies.
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NewsBBC strike called off
Unions have called off plans for a two-day strike on Tuesday, after securing an offer from BBC management on proposals to cut 3,780 jobs.
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NewsUnion gives ground over BBC layoffs
Bectu has softened its demand that the BBC rule out compulsory redundancies as the two parties head for crunch talks with industrial arbitrator Acas.
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NewsDyke firm in running for BBC Broadcast
The race to buy BBC Broadcast has been narrowed to four bidders, leaving Apax Partners - the company advised by Greg Dyke - with a strong chance to take over the corporation's promotion and distribution business.
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NewsBBC and unions to sit down with Acas
The BBC has agreed to meet unions for talks organised by industrial arbitration body Acas, in a bid to break the deadlock which sparked yesterday's strike.
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NewsStrikes chaos hits BBC
Up to 13,000 BBC staff across the country have joined the first in a series of 24-hour strikes today, causing chaos in the corporation's TV and radio schedules.
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Skills Day in Bristol
Aardman Animations, Endemol West and TwoFour Productions are coming together for a skills day on 26 May. Senior and entry level staff from the three companies will join staff from South West Screen and Skillset for a tour of Endemol West's Bristol studio, a workshop in reality TV filming, and ...
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Half of BBC staff set to join strike
Union officials are expecting as many as half the BBC's staff to join its first day of strike action on 23 May.
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Striking a blow for BBC staff
Union boss Gerry Morrissey knows the planned strikes at the BBC could be unpopular with the public, but he says that the future of the corporation is at stake.
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NewsBBC staff names strike days
The BBC is to be hit with four days of strikes, after unions voted for a series of 24-hour walk-outs.
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ITV strike ends after new offer
ITV's£2.5m offer to striking workers has paid off after union members voted to end industrial action and accept improved pay.
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NewsStrike to hit BBC
The BBC is facing nationwide strikes by thousands of workers after the three major unions voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action.
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NewsTV Wrap to 'out' 30 indies
Pressure group TV Wrap will this Friday hand Pact a report naming 30 indies it claims have exploited freelance workers.