All news stories relating to the campaign to change proposals set out in Delivering Quality First will appear here.
- 4 May 2012 BBC industrial action ballot : union meetings and literature - important information
- The BBC unions have called members' meetings in London over the next two weeks as part of the campaign for a YES vote in the current ballot over pay, redeployment and appraisals.
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1 May 2012
Union members at the BBC vote on Jubilee strike
- BECTU members are joining with their colleagues in the NUJ and Unite in a bid to persuade the BBC to return to talks on the 2012-13 pay review. Voting starts today (1 May) on a ballot for industrial action.
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19 April 2012
BBC unions say “High-handed BBC managers could provoke Jubilee strike”
- The BBC unions will be targeting the Jubilee celebrations following BBC and BBC Studios & Post Production management's decision to write directly to members of staff with a derisory pay offer instead of negotiating through the agreed channels.
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4 April 2012
Dispute brews over changes to BBC appraisal system
- The unions recognised at the BBC - BECTU, the NUJ and Unite - have this week registered a dispute over planned changes to the staff appraisal scheme.
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29 March 2012
BBC Cardiff accused of trade union victimisation
- Management at BBC Cardiff stand accused of being anti-trade union following the dismissal of a long-standing trade union representative.
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29 March 2012
Cuts question BBC’s commitment to Wales, says BECTU
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Planned cuts to BBC staff jobs raise a fundamental question about the BBC’s commitment to broadcasting in Wales, says BECTU’s national official David Donovan.
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20 February 2012
BECTU challenges BBC on Olympics volunteering plan
- BECTU is insisting that all BBC staff working on the Olympics should be paid after news emerged of management plans to recruit additional effort on the basis that staff either volunteer or take annual leave.
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13 February 2012
TUC conference on Media Ownership - 17 March 2012
- BECTU has welcomed the decision by the TUC to organise a conference entitled 'Taking on the media barons' on the 17 March 2012.
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31 January 2012
BBC agrees to talks on Mailbox future
- The BBC will meet BECTU representatives on Thursday 9 February to discuss the future of production at the Mailbox in Birmingham.
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27 January 2012
The Mailbox: BBC must respond to avoid more strike action
- BECTU has followed successful strike action at BBC Birmingham with a further appeal to management to suspend plans to move large parts of production away from The Mailbox.
