Cannes Film Festival Workers Planning Protests & Potential Strike Action Over Pay
EXCLUSIVE: Cannes Film Festival workers planning protests & potential strike action over pay during the event
The protests are being led by the group known as Sous Les Écrans La Dèchehttps://t.co/glGytTt57H
- Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) May 1, 2024
Those who Cannes, strike.
The protests are being led by the group known as Sous Les Écrans La Dèche: Collectif Des Précaires Des Festivals De Cinéma (which translates to Under The Screens, The Waste: The Collective of Precarious Workers at Film Festivals).
They are a combo of cannes workers and workers from other French festivals, and number up to 200. An anonymous worker says 80% of festival employees are earning less than 2000 Euros (2100$ USD) per month on contract - and these people live in Paris. first they did it for the love of movies (understandable), but then they thoht "Wait you can pay all these big shots, but not US?"
This year, Cannes begins on May 14th and will premiere Megaopolis and Furiosa.
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the entire thing is actually a really good read. all support to the workers.