Row over Grampian redundancies

Grampian TV has been accused of bad faith by BECTU and Scottish politicians after announcing job cuts.

Only two staff are affected, both of them Producer/Directors who have been issued with redundancy notices, but BECTU has challenged top-level executives at the company because the sackings are seen as a deliberate breach of the collective agreement covering job cuts.

Politicians have also reacted angrily to the announcement, fearing that the sacking of the two last remaining staff in Producer/Director posts will prevent Grampian from fulfilling its licence obligation to make quality programmes in the North of Scotland.

Aberdeen-based Grampian is owned by Scottish Media Group (SMG), which also owns Scottish TV, and the union believes that the two redundancies breach promises made by SMG when they took over the company.

BECTU officials were hoping to meet company managers in Glasgow early in week beginning February 21. The dispute comes soon after a separate row over redundancies at Scottish TV.