Gerry Morrissey was elected General Secretary in February 2007,[3] after the position had been left vacant due to the death of Roger Bolton, who died from cancer in November 2006.[4]
Merger into Prospect
BECTU announced in 2014 that it was in merger talks with the Prospect trade union which represents engineers, managers, scientists and other specialists in both the public and private sectors in the UK.[5] Prospect is not currently affiliated to any political party.[6] At the BECTU Annual Conference held on 14 May 2016 it was agreed to ballot BECTU members on the proposed merger with Prospect.[7] It was announced on 30 August 2016 that BECTU members had overwhelmingly voted Yes to the merger with Prospect which took place on 1 January 2017.[8] BECTU became a sector of Prospect, with Morrissey continuing to lead the sector. In 2018, Philippa Childs took over as secretary of the sector.[9]
broadcasting, entertainment, communications, theatre, union, bectu, formerly, broadcasting, entertainment, cinematograph, theatre, union, became, sector, prospect, trade, union, united, kingdom, january, 2017, following, merger, bectu, with, prospect, approxim. The Broadcasting Entertainment Communications and Theatre Union BECTU formerly the Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union became a sector of the Prospect trade union in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2017 following the merger of BECTU with Prospect It has approximately 40 000 1 members who work in broadcasting film theatre IT telecoms entertainment leisure and interactive media Broadcasting Entertainment Communications and Theatre UnionMerged intoProspectFounded1991Dissolved1 January 2017Headquarters8 Leake Street LondonLocationUnited KingdomMembers40 000AffiliationsTUC STUC UNI GFTU ICTU FEUWebsitewww wbr bectu wbr org wbr uk Contents 1 History 1 1 Merger into Prospect 2 Leadership 2 1 General Secretaries 2 2 Head of Bectu after 2017 merger with Prospect 2 3 Presidents 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditBECTU was founded in 1991 with the merger of the Association of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians and the Broadcasting and Entertainment Trades Alliance the history of which can be traced back to 1890 2 In July 1995 the Film Artistes Association FAA founded in 1927 as a trade union for film extras merged to become a sub division of BECTU 2 BECTU s affiliations included the Trades Union Congress the Scottish Trades Union Congress Union Network International the General Federation of Trade Unions and the Federation of Entertainment Unions Gerry Morrissey was elected General Secretary in February 2007 3 after the position had been left vacant due to the death of Roger Bolton who died from cancer in November 2006 4 Merger into Prospect Edit BECTU announced in 2014 that it was in merger talks with the Prospect trade union which represents engineers managers scientists and other specialists in both the public and private sectors in the UK 5 Prospect is not currently affiliated to any political party 6 At the BECTU Annual Conference held on 14 May 2016 it was agreed to ballot BECTU members on the proposed merger with Prospect 7 It was announced on 30 August 2016 that BECTU members had overwhelmingly voted Yes to the merger with Prospect which took place on 1 January 2017 8 BECTU became a sector of Prospect with Morrissey continuing to lead the sector In 2018 Philippa Childs took over as secretary of the sector 9 Leadership EditGeneral Secretaries Edit 1991 Tony Hearn and Alan Sapper 1991 Tony Hearn 1993 Roger Bolton 2007 Gerry Morrissey 2017 Mike Clancy General Secretary of Prospect following the 2017 merger Head of Bectu after 2017 merger with Prospect Edit 2017 Gerry Morrissey 2018 Philippa ChildsPresidents Edit 1991 Tony Lennon 2010 Christine Bond 2014 Jane Perry 2020 Ann Jones 2022 Eleanor Wade President of Prospect following the 2017 merger References Edit About BECTU home a b BECTU s History BECTU BECTU BECTU News Gerry Morrissey is new GS Archived from the original on 2007 04 02 Retrieved 2007 05 11 BBC NEWS UK Broadcast trade union leader dies Prospect and BECTU to explore merger options Prospect 24 November 2014 About us Archived 2015 09 24 at the Wayback Machine Prospect 29 November 2013 Members to vote on Prospect merger BECTU 15 May 2016 BECTU members back Prospect merger BECTU 30 Aug 2016 Goldbart Max Bectu appoints Philippa Childs as first female head Broadcast Retrieved 13 July 2020 External links Editbectu org uk Catalogue of the BECTU BBC archives held at the Modern Records Centre University of Warwick Portal Organised labour Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Broadcasting Entertainment Communications and Theatre Union amp oldid 1121088249, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
