All Bectu articles – Page 38
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NewsUnions issue BBC strike ultimatum
Unions have given the BBC 90 days to avert a strike ballot, in the wake of Monday's massive job cuts announcement.
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NewsUnions fight back against BBC cuts
The BBC faces a showdown with angry unions over its latest round of job cuts, which will mean a fifth of the workforce being axed.
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Backroom staff first to go in cull
Last week's announcement of 1,730 job cuts was the biggest single round of redundancies in BBC history.
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NewsBBC braced for more job cuts
BBC staff are bracing themselves for the second swathe of major job cuts, with director general Mark Thompson expected to announce on Monday that at least another 1,200 jobs will go over the next three years.
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ITV sheds 95 staff across regions
Nearly 100 jobs have been cut by ITV following Ofcom's decision to allow the broadcaster to halve its non-news regional output.
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NewsUnions ballot in ITV pay dispute
ITV employees are being balloted for industrial action after broadcast union Bectu rejected a 3.3% increase pay offer from the company.
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NewsBBC axes 1,730 staff
BBC director general Mark Thompson has taken the axe to 1,730 backroom staff - the biggest single round of redundancies in BBC history.
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BBC staff hit out
The BBC board of governors may have learned their fate on Wednesday, but scores of other BBC employees took to the streets to complain that they were still very much in the dark about their futures at the corporation.
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BBC appoints news chief to lead Broadcast sale
The BBC has appointed BBC news chief operating officer Peter Phillips to oversee the summer sale of BBC Broadcast, squashing trade union Bectu's hopes of keeping Broadcast's 1,000 staff at the corporation.
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Dear Stephen...
Last week Ofcom published its Phase 3 report into the future of public service television, including recommendations on regional production, Channel 4's funding and the proposed public service publisher. Four representatives from across the industry put their responses to chief executive Stephen Carter.
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NewsDetailing Ofcom's vision
In a paper entitled Competition for Quality, Ofcom this week published its phase three report into the future of public service television as the move towards digital switchover renders the old PSB model extinct. Conor Dignam looks at the recommendations and their impact.
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NewsUnion attacks Ofcom decision
Broadcasting union Bectu today attacked the news that Ofcom is to allow ITV to push ahead with cuts of 50% in its non-news regional output.
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NewsBectu rejects BBC pay deal
Broadcasting union Bectu has rejected an inflation linked 3.5% pay rise for BBC Resources staff, claiming it wants a 4.5% hike in its members' salaries.
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NewsBectu condemns BBC questionnaire
Broadcasting union Bectu has told BBC staff affected by the move to Manchester not to fill in management questionnaires about the proposals.
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BBC: wait until March for job cut details.
Unions have been told by the BBC that they must wait until March for exact details
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BBC: wait until March for job cut details
Unions have been told by the BBC that they must wait until March for exact details on plans to slash jobs and programme budgets.
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NewsITV Wales hits back over job cuts
ITV has hit back at union claims that it is pre-empting Ofcom's public service review by cutting 15 jobs in Wales, claiming that the jobs have nothing to do with the regulator's review.
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NewsNo strike decision at BBC until spring
Strike action over BBC's dramatic job cuts is unlikely to happen until April next year, unions have said.
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NewsITV Wales slashes 15 jobs
ITV has been attacked by unions for axing jobs in Wales before Ofcom's public service broadcasting has been concluded.
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Revolution at the BBC.
Anger over 15% budget cut - Unions threaten strike action - Staff feel 'betrayed'.