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How a Prospect rep is helping transform health and safety in her workplace
23 July 2020
Nuvia rep Penny Oliver talks about her branch and company’s outstanding approach to health and…
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Paul Middleton, a lighting director and chair of Bectu South Wales freelance branch
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How I watched my hopes of decent financial support evaporate
Paul Middleton, lighting director · 23 July 2020
I started out as a child actor 56 years ago but became increasingly fascinated by…
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Becoming a rep: a young worker’s experience
20 July 2020
Ndala Mukanda, a Prospect rep in BT, explains how he became a rep, and what it’s been like for…
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I’ve sent over 700 emails to achieve parity for the excluded and I won’t stop
Tim Pravda · 15 July 2020
It is now close to 120 days since I have been excluded from government support because…
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Festival of Archaeology: how we are working to win for members
14 July 2020
Join us as we celebrate our archaeologist members and share their stories for the…
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The government has left us to fend for ourselves and jobs and venues will disappear
Matthew Bird · 8 July 2020
Without help your favourite venue and workers may disappear from the sector, warns…
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Workers taking control of our own data
Andrew Pakes · 7 July 2020
One of the hallmarks of COVID-19 has been the acceleration of interest in new workplace…
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‘How being a Prospect rep helped me get a new job’
6 July 2020
Being a Prospect rep can be rewarding in all sorts of ways: you learn new skills, meet lots of…
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Inadequate support and no roadmap means the future is bleak for live events
John Rogers · 2 July 2020
I moved to London in 2009 to take a dream job working for a lighting console…
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Dear Chancellor, I’m a freelancer left behind by your broken promises
Jodie McCallum · 25 June 2020
Freelance TV presenter and reporter Jodie McCallum writes an impassioned open letter to…
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