How does the BECTU help film makers?

Website: http://www.bectu.org.uk/home

BECTU - the Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union - offers a wide range of services to its more than 26,500 members, including:
Negotiating pay, conditions and contracts with employers
Personal advice and representation for individual members
Advice and representation on health and safety
Benefits and services for BECTU members
A union journal, Stage Screen and Radio published eight times a year.
A website designed to improve access to the union's advice and support.
Membership is voluntary, and anyone working or seeking employment in the sectors covered by BECTU can join BECTU online.
The union is financed entirely by individual subscriptions from members.
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The key aims of the union are to:

• Protect jobs
• Increase membership
• Win new recognition agreements
• Improve pay and conditions of service, including pensions

BECTU's offices are in:

• London

373-377 Clapham Rd,

London,
SW9 9BT
Tel: 020 7346 0900

• Glasgow

150 Brand Street,
Glasgow,
G51 1DH
Tel: 0141 314 0060

• Manchester

Room 112 Holyoake House,
Hanover Street,

Manchester
M60 0AS
Tel: 0161 832 7686

• Birmingham

5th Floor, Scala House,

Holloway Circus Queensway,

Birmingham,
B1 1EQ
Tel: 0121 632 53

• Cardiff.

Rooms 217-218
Transport House
Cathedral Road
Cardiff
CF11 9SD
Tel: 02920 666557

The BECTU helps filmmakers by;

• Improving their pay conditions

http://www.bectu.org.uk/news/bbc/nb0320.html: This link shows a news report of one example on the BECTU's work in improving pay.

• Protect Jobs

http://www.bectu.org.uk/news/260: This link shows a news reprort on how the BECTU is helping to try and protect some jobs.

Who are the BECTU?

BECTU: Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union
Founded: 1991
Membes: 26, 500
Country: United Kingdom
Affiliation:

Who are the BECTU?

The Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) is a trade union in the United Kingdom. It has around 26,500[1] members who work in broadcasting, film, theatre, entertainment, leisure and interactive media.
BECTU was founded in 1991 with the merger of the Association of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians (ACTT) and the Broadcasting and Entertainment Trades Alliance (BETA), the history of which can be traced back to 1890

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BECTU

(Accessed on: 10/10/09)

The BECTU is the democratic organisation that is run by the representatives that are elected by the membership. The members are grouped into the local branches which send the representatives to the policy making annual reference.

The key aims of the union is to protect jobs, increase the membership, to win new recognision agreements, to improve the pay and conditions of service and including pensions. The BECTU has offices in London, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and Cardiff.

http://www.bectu.org.uk/about (Accessed on: 10/10/09)

Who are the NUJ?

NUJ: National Union of Journalists.
Founded: 1907
Members: 35, 000
Country: United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
Affiliation: IFJ, TUC, STUC, ICTU

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is a trade union for journalists in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in 1907 and has 35,000 members. It is a member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
The union's structure is democratic and its supreme decision-making body is its Annual Delegate Meeting, a gathering of elected delegates from all branches across the UK, Ireland and Europe.
Between meetings, decisions lie with the NUJ's National Executive Council, a committee of 27 people, elected annually by members. The NEC is chaired by a President, elected - along with a Vice-President and Treasurer - at the Annual Delegate Meeting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BECTU (Accessed on 19/10/09)