Which word completes the title of the trade union BECTU - Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union?
"remain with the film for an extended period. For instance, on James Cameron's film ""Titanic"", a group of 150 ""core background actors"" was hired to play the ship's passengers, and employed throughout the filming. In the United Kingdom, the distinction between an actor and an extra is defined by agreements between the actors trade unions Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) and Equity, and the various commercial trade and production bodies. These state that once a performer says 13 or more words in any scene, they must become a contracted actor in that production. Minimum pay rates are defined"
"as a trade union for film extras merged to become a sub-division of BECTU. BECTU's affiliations included the Trades Union Congress, the Scottish Trades Union Congress, Union Network International, the General Federation of Trade Unions, the Federation of Entertainment Unions and the Labour Party. Gerry Morrissey was elected General Secretary in February 2007, after the position had been left vacant due to the death of Roger Bolton, who died from cancer in November 2006. 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"
"BECTU union and derecognition of the Picturehouse Staff Forum, a company union. The Forum was founded by senior Picturehouse management in response to a request from BECTU to continue an existing agreement when the chain bought the Ritzy Cinema in 2003; after a court case, BECTU was recognised and negotiations began in 2004. The voluntary recognition agreement with the Staff Forum, signed by management without staff consultation, still covers employees at all Picturehouse cinemas except the Ritzy and prevents the recognition of another union unless derecognised. A challenge in 2014 by BECTU against the union status of the Forum was"
"Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU). Bolton rose to prominence during a successful pay dispute with the BBC in 1989, and was elected General Secretary of BECTU in 1993. He married Elaine Lewis in 1974 and they had one child, a daughter. Roger Bolton died from cancer, aged 59, in 2006. Roger Bolton Roger William Bolton (7 September 1947, Dublin, Ireland – 18 November 2006, Woking, Surrey) was a British trade unionist. Roger Bolton left Dublin with his family in 1958 when they moved to London. He began his career as a photographic technician at Boots the Chemist before moving"
"offer from Picturehouse; winning what equates to a 26% pay rise over 3 years is a real achievement. Although strike action will now cease, our campaign for a Living Wage and the dignity and justice that it represents will continue.""Soon after agreement was reached, Picturehouse announced plans that as many as a third of jobs at the cinema might be cut, claiming this was due to higher costs. The announcement provoked calls for a boycott and accusations that this was a retaliation against organised staff. Two days later Curzon Cinemas announced that a deal had been agreed with BECTU to"
"staff picketed during the Sundance London Festival, hosted by Picturehouse Central, stating that ""We call on Sundance as well as others including the BFI London film festival to encourage Picturehouse to resolve this dispute, or withdraw from their partnerships moving forward. This industrial dispute is widely recognised within the industry, and workers will continue to use their human right to withdraw labour until the industry itself treats financial inequality in the same vain as all other abuses.” In addition to the strike demands of Ritzy staff, BECTU members at other striking cinemas have been campaigning for recognition of the independent"
"the Ritzy Cinema. In 1999 Albion Ventures invested £8million in Picturehouse to help fund the development of several of their cinemas, including the Ritzy. In 2009, the decor and colour scheme was restored from its original style and a live music venue was added, called Upstairs. There has been an ongoing labour dispute from Ritzy Cinema Workers since 2007, when staff were paid £5.35 per hour. City Screen, which then owned Picturehouse cinemas since 2003, refused to recognise the BECTU union and set up an alternative called 'The Forum'. After a court case, BECTU was recognised and negotiations began in"
"Media and Entertainment International The Media and Entertainment International (MEI) was a global union federation representing workers in the arts. The federation was founded in 1993 with the merger of the International Secretariat of Arts, Communications, Media and Entertainment Trade Unions and the International Federation of Trade Unions of Audio-Visual Workers. Originally named the International Secretariat for Arts, Mass Media and Entertainment Trade Unions (ISAMMETU), in 1995 it renamed itself as the ""Media and Entertainment International"". The federation campaigned in support of public service broadcasting, and in support of minimum working conditions for freelance film and theatre workers. The federation"
"Sign and Display Trades Union The Sign and Display Trades Union (SDTU) was a British trade union that existed between 1917 and 1972. Formed in 1917 as the National Union of Sign, Glass and Ticket Writers and Kindred Trades it represented workers engaged as a sign, glass, poster or ticket writer, or in any branch of subsidiary and allied trades. The union remained active during World War II. Between 1939-44, correspondence covered general union matters such as wage claims and holiday allowances and a Cinema Poster Trade Joint Agreement was negotiated. In 1944, the Sign and Display Trades Union signed"
"of Authors and Artists, the Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists and, in 1984, the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists. Regional issues led to the creation of the Union of British Columbia Performers, a separate subunit of ACTRA for British Columbia only. Every year, ACTRA branches across the country present the ACTRA Awards, some of which are handed out for performances, while others are given for union-activism and contributions to the industry. ACTRA The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is a Canadian labour union representing performers in English-language media. It has 22,000"
"the Professional Footballers' Association, Unite and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain - around 130,000 members in total are in the relevant sections of these unions. The FEU takes up issues that are of common interest among these unions, providing joint responses to policy consultations, offering jointly-managed training and campaigning services for members of those unions. Federation of Entertainment Unions The Federation of Entertainment Unions (FEU) is a joint representative body based in the United Kingdom, representing workers in TV, theatre, film, music, gaming, cinema, publishing, new media, professional football and other performing arts. The body was established in 1968"
"calling for cinema chain Picturehouse, and owner Cineworld, to end the dispute. Living Staff Living Wage The Living Staff Living Wage campaign is an umbrella term for the organised workers behind the industrial actions at Picturehouse Cinemas in the United Kingdom. This is an expansion of the ongoing Ritzy Living Wage campaign, initiated by BECTU union members at the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton, London. From 2016 there have been coordinated strike actions across five other Picturehouse cinemas, Hackney, Piccadilly Central, Crouch End, Brighton Duke of York's and East Dulwich. Workers at the Ritzy Cinema first went on strike in 2007"
"Composers, Cinematographers and Production Designers as “rightsholders” who are entitled to receive payments when the productions are broadcast in those countries. In 2011 the GBFTE joined with the BSC (British Society of Cinematographers), GBCT (Guild of British Camera Technicians) and BECTU (the UK Industry Technicians trades union) to form a Collecting Society - Screen Craft Rights - to receive these payments from Germany and other countries and distribute them to UK Cinematographers, Designers and Editors. Among the forty or so Founding Members of the Guild were Anne V. Coates who was awarded a BAFTA Fellowship in 2007 and Terry Rawlings"
"union underwent several name changes before finally settling on its final title in 1915. The ATAEA originally only represented stagehands, but over time, and with technological change, it widened its membership base to cover much of the entertainment industry in Australia. Due to the difficulties of servicing a widely-spread membership, and following ACTU policy of the time, the ATAEA began seeking an amalgamation of unions representing the entertainment and media industry in Australia during the early 1990s. This decision, however, along with political and generational differences, caused division between the national office of the union and the Queensland branch. This"
"an agreement of mutual recognition with the National Association of Theatrical and Kine Employees (NATKE), acknowledging the demarcation between the two unions in the cinema industry. The National Union of Sign, Glass and Ticket Writers and Kindred Trades changed its name to the Sign and Display Trades Union in 1945. In 1949 two other unions, the Northern Glass Workers' Employees' Association and the National Society of Decorative Glass Workers of the United Kingdom, transferred their engagements to the Sign and Display Trades Union. In 1958 the SDTU was involved in a dispute with Glasgow neon sign manufacturers; ""Laird Neon"". Glasgow"
"as a collective providing facilities to other people for training or educational purposes, outside the realms of their creative production work. The ACTT Workshop Declaration was a ground-breaking agreement promulgated by the ACTT (now BECTU) in 1982, in consultation with the English Regional Arts Associations, the Welsh Arts Council, Channel Four and the BFI, recognising the alternative practices of the ‘workshops’ and constituting them to encourage a cultural, social and political contribution to society. The declaration was a radical step for a traditionally closed-shop union, and established working practices in the non-profit, cultural sector. Groups of four or more full-time"
"BECU BECU is a credit union originally established to serve employees of The Boeing Company. BECU was founded as Fellowship Credit Union in 1935 by 18 Boeing employees, and was named Boeing Employees' Credit Union for much of its history. Its headquarters are located in Tukwila, Washington. As of September 30, 2017, BECU had over $17.5 billion in assets and over 1.06 million members, making it the largest credit union in Washington and fourth largest in the United States. Benson Porter is the current President and CEO. BECU has over 45 locations throughout the Puget Sound region and two locations"
"Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions The Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (CETU) is an alliance of trade unions in Ethiopia. As of December 2007, this group had 203,560 members. The CETU is affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions. The CETU has been described as being controlled by the government. CETU was founded in January 1977 as the ""All-Ethiopia Trade Union"" (AETU). The AETU changed its name in 1986, to the ""Ethiopian Trade Union"" (ETU), then again in 1993 to the CETU. In 2008, top management of the state-owned Bole Printing Enterprise disagreed with its trade union over worker"
"joint general secretary of BETA, serving until his retirement in 1987. John Wilson (trade unionist) John Wilson (1920 or 1921–1996) was a British trade unionist. Born in Aberdeen, Wilson trained as a cinema projectionist and became active in the National Association of Theatrical and Kine Employees. He was elected president of this union in 1954, serving for two years, and again in 1966. In 1975, he was elected as general secretary of the union, in which post he merged the union first with the National Association of Executives Managers and Staffs, then with the Association of Broadcasting Staff, to form"
"Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) (""The Alliance"") is the Australian trade union and professional organisation which covers the media, entertainment, sports and arts industries. Its 24,000 members include people working in TV, radio, theatre & film, cinemas, entertainment venues, recreation grounds, journalists, actors, dancers, sportspeople, cartoonists, photographers, orchestral & opera performers as well as people working in public relations, advertising, book publishing & website production; in fact everyone who works in the industries that inform or entertain Australians. The Alliance was created in 1992 through the merging of the unions covering actors, journalists"
"name was changed to the Guild of British Film and Television Editors. At the same time the motto “Crafting the Moving Image” was added to the logo to reflect these changes. The Guild has always had two main aims: to raise the profile of the craft of editing and to maintain the technical and creative skills of editors working in film and television. As a member of the Cine Guilds of Great Britain, the Guild does not act as a trade union. Professionals in the industry have long recognised the importance of editing to finished films and television programmes, with"
"Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians The Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians (ACTT) was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1933 and 1991. The union was founded by technicians at the Gaumont British Studios in 1933 as the Association of Cine-Technicians, later becoming the Association of Cinematograph Technicians (ACT). By the following year, it was struggling; it had just 88 members, with only a quarter of those paid up, and it was in financial difficulties. George Elvin was appointed as its first General Secretary the following year, establishing a journal and an employment"
"Korean Confederation of Trade Unions The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), literally translated as National Democratic Confederation of Trade Unions, also known as Minju-nochong (; acronym for ""KCTU"" in Korean language) is a national trade union centre officially established in 1995. Its predecessor was the National Council of Trade Unions (NCTU), established in 1990 as an independent alternative to the Federation of Korean Trade Unions. With 682,418 members in 2007, the KCTU accounted for 40.6% of trade union members in South Korea. The KCTU has more than 1,200 affiliated enterprise-level trade unions. It is the second largest trade union"
"the Australian Council of Trade Unions. Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia The Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia (CEPU) is a trade union in Australia. Its full name is the Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia as it represents workers in all of these industries. CEPU is an amalgamation of three separate unions, which are divisions of CEPU, namely the: Whilst the CEPU is technically one federally registered union, each of the above divisions act largely autonomously sharing resources when needed. At a state level many of the unions exist"
"in Spokane. Originally, BECU was only open to past and present employees of the Boeing Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates, BECU itself, and the Museum of Flight. In 2002, membership was opened to all Washington state residents and their family members. On November 2, 2017, BECU changed its logo, replacing the 'cursive E' logo that had been used by the organization since the late 1980s, with a sans-serif logo. BECU BECU is a credit union originally established to serve employees of The Boeing Company. BECU was founded as Fellowship Credit Union in 1935 by 18 Boeing employees, and was named"
"and in 1983 it merged with the National Association of Executives Managers and Staffs. In 1984, the NATTKE merged with the Association of Broadcasting Staff to form the Broadcasting and Entertainment Trades Alliance. The merged union created by NATTKE and the ABS was briefly known as ETA before becoming BETA. National Association of Theatrical Television and Kine Employees The National Association of Theatrical Television and Kine Employees (NATTKE) was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1890 and 1984. It represented employees who worked in theatres, cinemas and television. The union was founded in the aftermath of"
"ACTRA The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is a Canadian labour union representing performers in English-language media. It has 22,000 members working in film, television, radio and all other recorded media. The organization negotiates, safeguards, and promotes the professional rights of its members. It also works to increase work opportunities for its members and lobbies for policy changes at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. ACTRA's regional chapters present ACTRA Awards to honour the best in Canadian radio and television performances in their local productions. ACTRA is affiliated with the Canadian Labour Congress and the International"
"by BECTU, industry-related unions and many other media organisations and educational institutions. Over the last thirty years, the BECTU History Project has built one of the world's largest archives of industry-related memory. The unique and internationally recognised archive collection has grown to over 700 oral history interviews and over 4,000 hours of audio and video recordings making it the largest independent oral history collection of its kind in the UK. The recordings are used as a primary source by researchers and students, especially in the fields of media and social history. In addition, the archive is used by television and"
"Equity (British trade union) Equity, formerly officially titled the British Actors' Equity Association (although Equity was always its common name), is the trade union for actors, stage managers and models in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1930 by a group of West End performers and, in 1967, it incorporated the Variety Artistes' Federation. Equity was one of the last of the closed shop trade unions in the UK. This was criticised in 1981 and made illegal in 1988, with the result that it is no longer a requirement that an entertainment professional be a member of Equity. Equity"
"in: instruction, program assistance, finance, Aboriginal, administrative, bookstore, library, communication, food services, laboratory demonstration, research, IT, print, and media technology. VCCEU was formed in 2003 and represents the technical employees, warehousemen, program assistants and cafeteria workers in the Food Trades division of the VCC. CUPE 4627 held their first strike in November 2012 with 96% support for a strike and successfully ratified a new agreement in March 2013 with no concessions and did not agree to the formulary. On February 27, 1951, the Labour Board certified a bargaining unit of instructors, counselors, and librarians in programs conducted by and at"
"University Principal, Hector Hetherington, was appointed as arbitrator. In 1972 the union transferred its engagements to the National Society of Operative Printers, Graphical and Media Personnel. At this point, it had fewer than 500 members. Sign and Display Trades Union The Sign and Display Trades Union (SDTU) was a British trade union that existed between 1917 and 1972. Formed in 1917 as the National Union of Sign, Glass and Ticket Writers and Kindred Trades it represented workers engaged as a sign, glass, poster or ticket writer, or in any branch of subsidiary and allied trades. The union remained active during"
"theater. In January 2003, the 850 members of ADG merged with the 650 member Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists to form the Art Directors Guild & Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists. In the 1930s, the Illustrators and Matte Artists were part of the Federation of Motion Picture Crafts. By 1941 they became a part of the Conference of Studio Unions. In 1945, they received their own chartered local, Local 790 in IATSE, which by the 1950s became the dominant labor organization representing the motion picture and television job categories working behind the camera. On July 1, 2008, under the orders"
"lasted four weeks. Joining the union will allow Telemundo actors, along with singers, dancers and stunt people, to bargain with the network for health insurance, residual payments and other benefits that are routine at English-language television networks. SAG-AFTRA Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) is an American labor union representing approximately 160,000 film and television actors, journalists, radio personalities, recording artists, singers, voice actors, and other media professionals worldwide. The organization was formed on March 30, 2012, following the merger of the Screen Actors Guild (created in 1933) and the American Federation of Television and Radio"