EXCLUSIVE: British director Ken Loach has been suspended from holding a decision-making role at Bectu amid simmering internal tensions at the UK’s biggest film and TV union.
Loach, who has made films including Kes and The Wind That Shakes the Barley, has been ousted from Bectu’s Writers, Producers & Directors branch committee after a 60-year association with the union.
Two others were also suspended and six more members faced disciplinary measures. Those involved said they were punished because of a technicality over the way the branch oversaw the resignation of a representative, who wrote a letter raising questions about the leadership of Mike Clancy, the boss of Bectu’s parent union Prospect.
Prospect argued that the individuals concerned broke union rules and it said there was evidence of bullying and discrimination.
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