Seconding motion 72 on behalf of Prospect, Alice Black, Prospect NEC Deputy Vice-President and co-chair of Bectu’s Scottish ...

Bectu and the Fabian Society are calling on the government to introduce a long-overdue sick pay system for the self-employed, ...

After further pressure from the union, Pact, BBC, ITV and the PMA have issued a further statement about eliminating broken turnaround. Breaking turnaround impacts workers’ ability to do their job ...

Among the interventions announced are a commitment for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to appoint a ‘freelance champion’. Bectu has been campaigning for such an appointment to act as a ...

Launched today at SXSW London, a new report from Queen Mary University of London, the Institute for the Future of Work, and The Turing Institute reveals how Generative AI is already having profound ...

Responding to the announcement of new tariffs on US imports of films, Head of Bectu Philippa Childs said: “The UK is a world leader in film and TV production, employing thousands of talented workers, ...

Head of Bectu Philippa Childs said responding to the announcement of the closure of River City: “The closure of River City is incredibly disheartening. The loss of such a long-running production is ...

New Bectu research has uncovered the often grim reality of working at UK festivals. The union surveyed behind-the-scenes festival workers and crew, including those working in construction, sound, ...

Bectu has launched a registry of intimacy coordinators for the film and TV industry. The registry, the first of its kind in the UK, provides a list of intimacy coordinators (ICs) working in the screen ...

“Underpaid, under-respected and no one to tell”: Bectu survey reveals life behind the scenes of the UK’s fashion industry UK fashion creatives not sharing in the industry’s huge economic success – ...

As Wales gathers in Pontypridd for this year’s Eisteddfod in celebration of Welsh culture and language, trade unions representing the country’s writers, musicians, performers and creative ...

A year on from the SAG-AFTRA industrial action in the US and the subsequent halt in UK film and TV production, more than half (52%) of the UK’s film and TV workforce are still out of work. Bectu, the ...