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    <title><![CDATA[BBC Tour Guides' Open Letter to DG]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[The BBC tour guides, who are taking industrial action against an imposed cut in earnings of 17 per cent, have written an open letter to Lord Tony Hall, director&ndash;general of the BBC. The letter sets out why they feel they are being singled out for particularly harsh treatment.]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 16:25:25 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Freelancers' Fair 2013 - book your place now]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[BECTU's biggest annual event for tv and film freelancers, the Freelancers' Fair, is now booking. ]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 18:05:29 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Part-time administrator vacancy at CULT Cymru]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[CULT Cymru, the learning project which supports creative sector workers in Wales, is recruiting a part-time administrator. The application deadline is Tuesday 4 June 2013 at 12 noon. ]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 12:46:56 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Glasgow Life members to vote on improved offer]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[The board of Glasgow Life has presented an improved pay offer to the joint unions after members overwhelmingly rejected a one year deal worth just one per cent for 2012/13.]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 14 May 2013 10:56:19 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Creative sector unions act together on bullying ]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[The Federation of Entertainment Unions has launched a campaign to root out bullying in creative sector workplaces. The initiative coincides with the BBC's planned overhaul of its bullying and harassment policy following the findings of the Dinah Rose Respect at Work Review.]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 May 2013 08:02:18 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Conditions for ATG's front of house staff top the agenda]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[BECTU is to meet ATG management again on 15 May to discuss conditions for front of house staff. ]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 May 2013 09:29:24 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Glyndebourne members vote for no strings pay deal]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[Members at Glyndebourne have voted to accept a two per cent pay increase for 2013. The decision, confirmed in a ballot which closed on 3 May, will see the pay award backdated to 1 January 2013.]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 11 May 2013 08:22:23 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Tributes to Brian Kelly, training officer]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[Many tributes to Brian Kelly, BECTU's training officer, have followed the shocking news of his sudden death on Wednesday 24 April.  ]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 10 May 2013 15:12:41 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[BBC pay proposals should be 'resisted in their entirety', says BECTU ]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[Writing to members today following confirmation of the BBC's pay proposals for 2013-14, BECTU is urging its membership to resist the BBC's proposals in their entirety.]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 07 May 2013 18:34:32 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[New policy year for group PLI]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[BECTU's group public liability insurance policy (PLI) started a new policy year this week. For just &pound;21 BECTU members can secure cover for claims up to &pound;10million. ]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 May 2013 09:09:07 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Reaching out to new entrants at PLASA Focus]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[BECTU met with future new entrants to theatre and live events at this week's entertainment technology trade show in Leeds: PLASA Focus.]]></description>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.bectu.org.uk/news/1908]]></link>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 May 2013 08:12:03 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Dinah Rose Review cites 'strong undercurrent of fear']]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[The findings of the Dinah Rose Review into bullying and harassment at the BBC are a powerful endorsement of the views of union representatives, members and staff on these critical issues, says BECTU.]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 14:21:55 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[BBC & Respect at Work - BECTU's response]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[BECTU issued the following release today (Thursday 2 May) in response to the publication of the Dinah Rose Review into  Respect at Work.]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 02 May 2013 10:40:31 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ones to Watch could get you to Edinburgh]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[Ones to Watch, the talent scheme for the next generation of TV talent is still recruiting. Apply by 12 May and you could be heading to the Edinburgh TV Festival this August. ]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 May 2013 11:52:19 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[TV Bay's BroadcastShow Tour]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[The BroadcastShow Tour organised in partnership with TV Bay takes in five cities around the UK starting on 9 May. ]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:33:11 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[TV tax break will boost career prospects]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[The tax break introduced earlier this month for high end TV drama production is a major boost for the industry, says BECTU, and one which could have long term benefits for skills growth.  ]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:13:07 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Freelancers' Fair 2013 - Tuesday 18 June]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[BECTU is just weeks away from releasing the programme for this year's Freelancers' Fair. The event, now in its eighth year, happens on Tuesday 18 June at Savoy Place in Central London. Save the date. ]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:17:58 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Brian Kelly, training officer, dies aged 57]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[It is with deep regret that BECTU reports the premature death of Brian Kelly, BECTU's training officer. Brian died in hospital on 24 April 2013 having been diagnosed with bowel cancer just a year earlier.]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:17:12 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sound advice for sound people]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[BECTU is hosting a meeting for all working in film and tv sound to discuss growing concerns about pay levels, hours and a lack of respect for their skills.]]></description>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.bectu.org.uk/news/1897]]></link>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:53:35 +0100]]></pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[BBC caps senior management redundancy pay ]]></title>
    
    <description><![CDATA[BECTU has insisted that the BBC's decision today (Thursday 25 April) to cap senior executive redundancy pay at &pound;150K cannot pre-empt discussions with the recognised unions about redundancy terms for staff. ]]></description>
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    <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:27:38 +0100]]></pubDate>
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