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Top BBC executives run up more than £25,000 in expenses before leaving

Edit The Guardian 11 Apr 2016
Outgoing head of natural history unit, Wendy Darke, files biggest bill of £11,000 in six months as union chiefs criticise new deal for corporation staff ... Related ... “Staff are very angry at the proposals and despite the unions raising objections to the changes, the BBC is simply not listening and is intent on ploughing ahead,” said Helen Ryan, supervisory official at broadcasting union Bectu ... ....

English National Opera chorus plans silent protest over wage cuts and redundancies

Edit The Independent 14 Mar 2016
“We are confident that the plans put forward to [unions] BECTU, Equity and the MU are essential to ensure the future of ENO. Read more ....

Union 'formally requests' BBC to delay creation of studios division

Edit The Guardian 02 Mar 2016
Bectu says staff foresee insecurity and job losses for BBC Studios in private sector after departure of Peter Salmon ... But the union Bectu, which represents staff at the BBC subsidiary, says his “decision to jump ship” after seven months in the job has left employees wondering “whether it represents a lack of confidence in the BBC’s plans and proposals for the future of BBC Studios” ... Twitter ... The move was due to take place on 1 April ... ....

The Force Awakens’ Production Company Faces Charges For Harrison Ford’s Leg Injury

Edit Inquisitr 12 Feb 2016
The production for Star Wars. The Force Awakens is long over, but the producers are facing a new issue ... The Force Awakens ... The production company have not yet released a statement concerning the charges ... J.J ... There was also a threat of a strike from Bectu, a film technicians’ union that demanded a pay raise in the industry for its workers ... U.S. producers managed to work out a deal with Bectu, and give film technicians a pay increase....

BBC 'caving in' to pressure to outsource big shows, says union

Edit The Guardian 10 Feb 2016
Bectu says corporation executives ‘are failing in their duty to defend the corporation’ against political and commercial interests ... A strongly-worded letter from union Bectu to Hall claims that “public service broadcasting is under threat and BBC executives are failing in their duty to defend the corporation.” ... And Bectu general secretary Gerry ......

Star Wars Episode 8 faces more bad news: Crew strikes could delay next instalment of sci-fi saga further

Edit Digital Spy 28 Jan 2016
​Lighting technicians are calling for an end to a four-year pay freeze, with trade union Bectu warning filming could stop as soon as Saturday (January 30). Gerry Morrissey, general secretary of Bectu, said. "In order to shoot a film properly you need lighting ... Bectu has asked for a 20% pay rise to cover four years of no increases....

'Star Wars: Episode VIII' at risk due to crew strike

Edit Toronto Sun 28 Jan 2016
Officials at The Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) are threatening to call strikes over pay increases, and talks between them and film industry body Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (P.A.C.T.) recently broke down. Producers behind nine films currently shooting in Britain, including Star Wars, met with BECTU officials at the Warner Bros....

Star Wars: Episode VIII among films facing delays as lighting technicans threaten revolt

Edit The Independent 27 Jan 2016
After talks broke down between the lighting technicians’ union representatives at Bectu and the employers’ body ......

How to market yourself on social media: A masterclass for creative freelancers

Edit The Guardian 18 Jan 2016
Join comedian and social media guru Samantha Baines for this upbeat masterclass run in partnership with BVE, the UK’s largest broadcast and production technology event for creative professionals ... Find out more and register at http.//www.bvexpo.com/. What to bring. Speaker profile ... Samantha has led marketing and social workshops for clients including BECTU and The Actors Guild, among others, and has managed campaigns for Samsung and KPMG....

FEU Christmas card campaign (NUJ - National Union of Journalists)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Dec 2015
(Source. NUJ - National Union of Journalists) ... The future of the corporation will be determined next year, as the BBC faces renewal of its charter and the setting of the licence fee ... And as the festive season approaches members of the NUJ, Bectu, Equity, the Musicians' Union and Writers' Guild will be adding to the cheer by sending John Whittingdale a Christmas card to remind him how important the BBC is them ... (noodl. 31359107) ....

Whovians invade the BBC (NUJ - National Union of Journalists)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Dec 2015
(Source. NUJ - National Union of Journalists) ... Peter Davison, former Doctor Who, joined fellow actors Bertie Carvel and Sophie Aldred, Whovians in costume, June Hudson, the woman responsible for Tom Baker's iconic scarf and members of the NUJ, Bectu, Equity, Musicians' Union and Writers' Guild outside the BBC's headquarters in London ... Whovian at the BBC ©NUJ ... Video of event ... Sign Bectu's Love it ot Lose it petition ... distributed by ... (noodl....

Ex-Doctor Who star hits out at plans to exterminate BBC licence fee

Edit The Guardian 24 Nov 2015
Peter Davison, who played Time Lord from 1982 to 1984, says government plans are politically motivated and designed to ‘slowly dismantle’ corporation ... He went on ... We have to protect the BBC … this is something really, really precious ... If John Whittingdale does not take notice of the 22,500 or so people who have signed Bectu’s Love It or Lose It petition to him, perhaps he will take notice of a former Time Lord ... ....

ITV offers 3% pay rise to staff after boost in profits and ad revenue

Edit The Guardian 17 Nov 2015
Five months after strike over pay, broadcaster tells staff their salaries will increase following company’s good performance. @JaspJackson. email ... In May, a 24-hour strike was organised by unions including Bectu and the National Union of Journalists to coincide with the company’s annual general meeting ... The National Union of Journalists and Bectu didn’t responded to a request for comment. ....
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