Archive for Arts & Entertainment

The Theatre Safety Committee is to produce an Incident Enquiry Form as an aid to improving theatre health and safety.

Theatre members employed by Live Nation in Edinburgh, Liverpool and Bristol have voted to take strike action over pay.

BECTU has agreed a 2008/9 pay deal for Odeon projectionists following a ballot of members.

BECTU and Disney Theatrical Productions have reached a three-year agreement on pay.

BECTU members working in West End theatres have accepted a 4.8% pay award effective from 6 October 2008.

Ambassadors Theatre Group staff in Glasgow have voted to fight planned redundancies and a plan to migrate their work to London.

Members employed by Culture and Sport Glasgow have been called to take part in a joint union 24-hour strike on 24 September 2008.

BECTU is inviting West End theatre workers to take part in focus groups looking at the updating of roles in nine job families.

Members at Culture and Sport Glasgow are following their strike last week with a work to rule in pursuit of better pay.

The Scottish Parliament’s Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has today refused to cross BECTU’s picket line.

A 24-hour strike at Culture and Sport Glasgow venues will go ahead from 00.05 on 29 August 2008.

Derby Playhouse is to reopen in September and several former staff could return to the theatre.

Strike action on 1 August at Culture and Sport Glasgow has been suspended following agreement to reopen negotiations.

The strike on 1 August at venues run by Culture and Sport Glasgow goes ahead despite efforts to end the dispute at ACAS today.

Members at the Royal Opera House have voted to accept a 4.5% pay deal; the decision was taken at a branch meeting yesterday.