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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.

Staff at Culture and Sport Glasgow are preparing for a 24-hour strike from midnight on Friday 1 August in a dispute over their pay.

Long running pay talks at the National Theatre have resulted in a significant boost for the lower paid.

News this week that the Arts Council has settled a legal challenge to its authority has revived hopes that the theatre will reopen.

The government has given Creative and Cultural Skills the go-ahead to build a new National Skills Academy for theatre.

The Theatrical Management Association, the employers’ body for regional theatre, has approved a 3.5% increase for 2008/9.

BECTU members working in regional theatres have voted to accept a 3.5% increase for 2008/9.

Staff at the Tameside Hippodrome are caught in the crossfire in an argument over redundancy payments.