Martin Spence tells the TUC that illegal file-sharing is a threat to jobs in the creative sector. Pic: Rod Leon
16 September 2009
BECTU has secured the support of TUC delegates for its stance against illegal file-sharing.
Tony Lennon holds up a copy of BECTU’s journal to illustrate a point about press freedom. Pic: Rod Leon
The union’s motion, which was debated together with a proposition from the NUJ on public service broadcasting, met with overwhelming support. Assistant general secretary Martin Spence spoke on this topic.
In another double-act, BECTU and shopworkers’ union, USDAW, joined forces to press the case for the national minimum wage given the rumblings of a Conservative attack should the party succeed at the next election. Not suprisingly, the arguments struck a chord with delegates and the motion was enthusiastically accepted. .
As well as presenting the union’s arguments on the national minimum wage, president, Tony Lennon, underlined BECTU’s commitment to the fight for media freedom in the motion proposed by the NUJ and seconded by BECTU.
BECTU was repesented at this year’s TUC by Tony Lennon, Martin Spence and NEC members, Jack Amos, Jo Livesey and Mark Rivers.
from www.bectu.org.uk