Bectu campaigns

Bectu’s flagship Dignity at Work campaign aims to champion workers’ rights to dignity and highlight the role and responsibility of unions in improving workplace culture.

The Fit4Purpose campaign aims to alter the nature of the theatre industry and create a fair working environment for all staff in the long term.

The A Licence To More campaign celebrates the value of the BBC as more than a licence fee. The BBC’s funding model has been under threat in recent years, putting the future of our members’ jobs in jeopardy.

The Anything Doesn’t Go campaign aims to tackle increasing and extreme anti-social behaviour from UK theatre audiences to protect theatre workers.

The Race to be heard campaign call for an independent racism reporting body in the UK broadcasting sector, to help support and sustain diversity within the industry.

The Work To Live campaign aims to improve working conditions in TV drama. We need a more sustainable industry for crew, many of whom are suffering from burn out and low morale and are unable to sustain a family life and their own wellbeing.

Bectu has launched a comprehensive set of standards for the live events industry to fight for better working conditions for its members in the sector.

Bectu branches are running campaigns to make workplaces and our industries more sustainable.

Click read more to find guidance and resources that will give members the tools to make the creative industries more sustainable.

The aim of the Prep and Wrap: Time’s Up campaign is to lobby the industry to bring the TV Drama agreement into line with the Major Motion Picture agreement so that there is a maximum of 30 minutes prep and 30 minutes wrap each day before overtime payments kick in.

Bectu’s Theatre Diversity Action Plan is an innovative approach to tackling the lack of diversity in the theatre workforce.

BECTU is campaigning for productions to decrease hours to improve productivity, safety and work life balance in the film and TV industries.