Prospect General Secretary Mike Clancy spoke on a panel to discuss the future world of work at the Acas Conference on Thursday, May 15. Acas, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, held ...

Head of Bectu Philippa Childs, responding to the UK-EU reset, said: “This is a welcome reset of relations with the EU which begins the work of mending the catastrophic damage done by Brexit to areas ...

Responding to the announcement of new tariffs on US imports of films, Head of Bectu Philippa Childs said: “The UK is a world leader in film and TV production, employing thousands of talented workers, ...

Head of Bectu Philippa Childs said in response to today’s announcement from the The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regarding collusion on rates of pay for freelancers: “Freelancers are a ...

‘Make Freelancing Pay’, a new report on improving financial security, workforce diversity and retention in the UK screen sector, supported by Bectu and a number of other creative industry bodies and ...

Bectu has today launched Bectu’s Big Survey, the union’s largest ever survey of behind-the-scenes creative industry workers. Bectu is asking workers across the UK’s creative industries about their ...

New Bectu research has uncovered the often grim reality of working at UK festivals. The union surveyed behind-the-scenes festival workers and crew, including those working in construction, sound, ...

Earlier this summer, in the aftermath of the general election, we ran our latest Member Survey, inviting you to tell us about how you voted, your policy interests and how you felt about the direction ...

A year on from the SAG-AFTRA industrial action in the US and the subsequent halt in UK film and TV production, more than half (52%) of the UK’s film and TV workforce are still out of work. Bectu, the ...

Responding to the King’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament, Head of Bectu Philippa Childs says: “Bectu has long campaigned for a new deal for the UK’s self-employed and freelance workforce, ...

In this joint article, Nita Clarke, Director of the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA) and Mike Clancy, Prospect General Secretary, write that any labour market reforms by a new ...

Prospect reps headed to a rather damp and windy Liverpool for this year’s TUC Disabled Workers Conference. Despite the weather, the mood amongst the delegates was upbeat following the successful ...