The Association of Broadcasting and Allied Staffs (ABS) was a British broadcastingtrade union.
The organisation was founded in 1945 with the merger of the BBC Staff (Wartime) Association and the Association of BBC Engineers to form the BBC Staff Association. It was regarded as a non-political organisation for employees of the BBC, but despite challenges from various trade unions, it remained the primary association of BBC employees. In 1946, Leslie Littlewood was elected General Secretary, a post he was to hold until 1968.[1]
With the creation of ITV, the association aimed to expand its remit to cover the new broadcaster, and accordingly renamed itself the Association of Broadcasting Staff (ABS) in 1956. This was unsuccessful, but the ABS was recognised by the Independent Television Authority.
In 1963, the ABS finally affiliated to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), and was able to normalise its relations with other TUC members. It was renamed the Association of Broadcasting and Allied Staffs in 1974.
association, broadcasting, allied, staffs, british, broadcasting, trade, union, organisation, founded, 1945, with, merger, staff, wartime, association, association, engineers, form, staff, association, regarded, political, organisation, employees, despite, cha. The Association of Broadcasting and Allied Staffs ABS was a British broadcasting trade union The organisation was founded in 1945 with the merger of the BBC Staff Wartime Association and the Association of BBC Engineers to form the BBC Staff Association It was regarded as a non political organisation for employees of the BBC but despite challenges from various trade unions it remained the primary association of BBC employees In 1946 Leslie Littlewood was elected General Secretary a post he was to hold until 1968 1 With the creation of ITV the association aimed to expand its remit to cover the new broadcaster and accordingly renamed itself the Association of Broadcasting Staff ABS in 1956 This was unsuccessful but the ABS was recognised by the Independent Television Authority In 1963 the ABS finally affiliated to the Trades Union Congress TUC and was able to normalise its relations with other TUC members It was renamed the Association of Broadcasting and Allied Staffs in 1974 In 1972 Tony Hearn became General Secretary and under his leadership the union began negotiations with the National Association of Theatrical and Kine Employees The two unions finally merged in 1984 to form the Broadcasting and Entertainment Trades Alliance As of 1982 the union had a membership of 15 510 and published a monthly journal ABStract 2 General Secretaries Edit1945 Tom Hobson 1946 Leslie Littlewood 1968 Tom Rhys 1972 Tony HearnReferences Edit Asa Briggs The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom Volume IV Sound and Vision pp 124 125 Marsh Arthur 1984 Trade Union Handbook 3 ed Aldershot Gower pp 151 152 ISBN 0566024268 External links EditBECTU History ABS Catalogue of the ABS archives held at the Modern Records Centre University of Warwick Catalogue of the ABS BBC archives held at the Modern Records Centre University of Warwick Organized labour portal This article related to a United Kingdom trade union is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Association of Broadcasting and Allied Staffs amp oldid 1097239171, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
