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( R e d i r e c t e d f r o m B e c t u )
Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union Merged into Prospect Founded 1991 Dissolved 1 January 2017 Headquarters 100 Rochester Row, London , SW1P 1JP Location
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40,000 Affiliations TUC , STUC , UNI , GFTU , ICTU , FEU Website bectu
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] broadcasting , film , theatre , IT telecoms , entertainment , leisure and interactive media .
History
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BECTU 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] 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] Roger Bolton , who died from cancer in November 2006.[4]
Merger into Prospect
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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] political party .[6] [7] [8] [9]
Leadership
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General Secretaries
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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.
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2017: Gerry Morrissey
2018: Philippa Childs
Presidents
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1991: Tony Lennon
2010: Christine Bond
2014: Jane Perry
2020: Ann Jones*
2022: Eleanor Wade*
*President of Prospect following the 2017 merger.
References
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^ 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 .
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