Stage Screen & Radio

In the October 1999 Stage Screen & Radio magazine:

• Point blank refusal
  Years of agreement between union members and film and TV commercials companies has been shaken by recent demands for big changes in working practices. At a meeting the unions made their position on the proposals crystal clear: absolutely unacceptable.

• News
  BECTU tells the TMA to think again other its refusal to boost minimum pay rates; ABC talks continue; BBC slashes jobs at World TV; Carlton ballots on pay; Skillsbase goes regional.
• Broadcasting
  BECTU steps up campaign against the BBC sell-off, while members at LWT meet to consider the companies revised offer.
• Making success happen
  Menelik Shabazz, director of the new bfm International Film Festival, reports on its success in raising the profile if the industry's talented black film-makers.
• Not so awkward
  This year's TUC proved that the wider union movement has taken up the concerns of freelance workers, argues BECTU President Tony Lennon.

BECTU's magazine Stage Screen & Radio is published 10 times a year.