Thompson's cuts campaign
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Members in BBC London TV News Production Facilities (NPF) have voted by a narrow margin to accept revised proposals for new rotas.
28 March 2007
BECTU and the NUJ have agreed to suspend industrial action which was set to bring chaos to BBC News next week.
22 February 2007
BECTU members in BBC News are set to take strike action in two disputes over value-for-money savings.
9 February 2007
Members in BBC TV News could take strike action for the second time in three months, this time over job cuts.
12 January 2007
BECTU has called off strikes in BBC news this week after an offer of peace talks from management.
22 November 2006
Nearly 100 BECTU members working for BBC News have taken strike action over new working patterns.
14 November 2006
Dates have been released for industrial action by BECTU members working for BBC Television News.
7 November 2006
BECTU members in BBC TV News in London have voted by more than 90% for strikes over new rotas.
1 November 2006
BBC News has announced 108 job cuts with BECTU members making up around 50% of the total.
26 September 2006
BECTU's BBC members have voted to accept a 2.8% pay increase and watered-down changes to pension benefits.
11 August 2006
Unions are running a consultative ballot on a revised pay and pensions offer from the BBC.
19 July 2006
Unions are to run strike ballots over pay, pensions, and job cuts, among members at the BBC and its subsidiaries.
10 July 2006
The BBC has announced that plans to out-source Engineering Training have been scrapped after a long opposition campaign.
4 July 2006
Dozens of ex-BBC staff now employed by Capita in West London have joined a one-day strike.
30 June 2006
Members outsourced to Capita are to strike because of the company's refusal to allow them to continue working on the BBC contract.
22 June 2006
BECTU members in BBC Human Resources have voted by 85% to be balloted for industrial action.
31 March 2006
BBC plans to issue compulsory redundancy notices as part of BBC cutbacks has been condemned by unions.
29 March 2006
The petition on the proposed privatisation of BBC Engineering Training has been presented to DG Mark Thompson.
24 March 2006
A petition is being run on the proposed privatisation of BBC Engineering Training.
14 March 2006
Members in BBC Radio have accepted revised proposals on changes to job descriptions by a slim majority.
4 March 2006
Members in BBC Radio are being asked whether they will accept revised proposals on changes to job descriptions.
17 February 2006
Negotiators have been given an extra two months for talks on Mark Thompson's Value for Money job cuts.
5 February 2006
Unions have won another round of discussions over a threat of more than 200 compulsory redundancies.
13 January 2006
Unions could ballot for strike action in Radio & Music Division, if members reject a new multi-skilled job description for a second time.
3 January 2006
Decades of history look set to end with the closure of the BBC's Research Department in Kingswood Warren.
3 January 2006
One year on from the announcement of major cuts at the BBC, talks are still going on in areas facing change.
3 January 2006
Talks on BBC plans for more than 3,000 job cuts now look set to continue into the New Year.
18 November 2005
Culture Minister Tessa Jowell has approved the privatisation of BBC Broadcast to Australian bankers.
26 July 2005
BECTU members across the BBC have voted to accept a formula for negotiations on job cuts tabled by the Corporation after a strike.
4 July 2005
BECTU has called for urgent talks with government after a shock announcement that the sale of BBC Broadcast has been agreed.
27 June 2005
BECTU plans to run a consultative ballot of BBC members on a package tabled at ACAS after the May 23 strike.
9 June 2005
Thousands of BECTU members in the BBC have begun voting on a proposal to end a dispute over job cuts and privatisation.
28 June 2005
BECTU plans to run a consultative ballot of BBC members on a package tabled at ACAS after the May 23 strike.
9 June 2005
Unions have called on BBC Director-General Mark Thompson to convene a further meeting with officials on an ACAS peace plan.
1 June 2005
A planned 48-hour stoppage at the BBC has been called off while unions consult members on a new peace offer.
27 May 2005
Government conciliator ACAS has stepped into the BBC industrial dispute by inviting unions and management to talks at their offices.
24 May 2005
After a one-day strike hailed at the most successful for many years, the unions are poised for the BBC's response.
24 May 2005
Members of BECTU, NUJ, and Amicus have walked out of BBC buildings at the start of a 24-hour stoppage.
23 May 2005
An all-staff e-mail from Mark Thompson is the latest volley in a war of words, as BBC strike action approaches.
20 May 2005
Unions have issued a rebuttal to e-mails being sent to BBC staff by managers ahead of a 24-hour strike on May 23.
19 May 2005
BECTU has created a hardship fund to ease the financial difficulties of members who support strike action, particularly those on low pay.
19 May 2005
Unions have named May 23 as the first in four days of strike action against cuts and privatisation at the BBC.
13 May 2005
BECTU's members in the BBC have voted for industrial action against plans for cuts and privatisation.
11 May 2005
Union representatives across the BBC are reminding members that their industrial action ballot closes on May 11.
5 May 2005
At meetings across the UK, BBC members have supported a union decision to launch a strike ballot.
1 May 2005
Industrial action ballot papers are due to be mailed to BBC union members from April 22 onwards.
22 April 2005
BECTU, NUJ, and Amicus, are poised to begin a vote for industrial action after BBC redundancy talks reached deadlock.
13 April 2005
Mark Thompson, BBC Director-General, has invited unions to a crisis meeting in a bid to head off a strike ballot.
4 April 2005
BBC Broadcast and BBC Resources have received a union demand for concrete guarantees to staff if they end up being privatised.
29 March 2005
BECTU, NUJ, and Amicus plan to ballot BBC members for industrial action if the management press ahead with redundancies.
23 March 2005
Another 1626 redundancies have been announced at the BBC, bringing the Director-General's target for job cuts to 3780.
21 March 2005
More than 70 would-be buyers have expressed an interest in BBC Broadcast, according to the company's management.
18 March 2005
Many BBC employees who escape redundancy in the current round of cuts will have to pick up the work of others who leave.
16 March 2005
BBC chief Mark Thompson has used a video cassette message to announce the Corporation's biggest-ever jobs cull.
10 March 2005
BECTU has tabled demands for protection of staff in BBC Broadcast Ltd, a wholly-owned BBC subsidiary threatened with privatisation.
9 March 2005
9 March 2005
Thousands of BBC staff today showed their opposition to cuts planned by Director-General Mark Thompson.
2 March 2005
Unions are asking BBC staff to show their opposition to plans for cuts and privatisation this week.
28 February 2005
Concerns about Mark Thompson's cuts and changes at the BBC have been sent directly to the Corporation's Governors.
27 January 2005
The BBC's TV playout company could be privatised some time this summer, according to managers at a negotiating meeting with BECTU.
18 January 2005
BECTU members affected by the BBC's move out of London have been advised not to complete management questionnaires. 14 January 2005
At the second meeting to discuss BBC cuts, managers revealed that detailed plans could be considered as early as January 2005. 16 December 2004
Detailed information about the impact of BBC job cuts was surprisingly scarce at the first negotiating meeting. 10 December 2004
The BBC's three staff unions have launched a campaign against savage redundancies and budget cuts which were announced today. 7 December 2004
More than 3,000 jobs are threatened with redundancy in a sweeping programme of cuts at the BBC. 7 December 2004
BECTU has been handing out membership forms to BBC staff in a bid to boost the union's bargaining strength when cuts talks begin. 6 December 2004
Last updated 28 March 2007
