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U.K. High End TV Negotiations Between Producer and Crew Unions Reach Stalemate

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Naman Ramachandran The ongoing negotiations on working conditions on high end TV between U.K. producers body Pact and crew union Bectu have hit a wall, with the former suggesting that the latter’s proposals are financially unviable.

The terms Pact offered last week on productions costing up to £7 million ($8.3 million) an hour were shorter working days, additional pay for prep and wrap, payment for working unsocial hours, a higher overtime fee cap and paying days worked over public holidays at double time.

This would apply on all scripted productions including comedy and children’s shows. The proposal also included the creation of a new budget band for productions costing over £7 million an hour “with further enhanced terms to be negotiated with Bectu as a priority.” On Monday, Bectu said that these terms were not acceptable and that they would be balloting members this week with the recommendation to reject the Pact offer.

Head of Bectu Philippa Childs said: “After receiving Pact’s proposal last week we have carefully considered it and consulted our representatives.

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