Workers at the Cannes Film Festival have called a strike once morest pay and conditions.
Members of an organization called Sous Les Écrans la Deche (‘Poverty Behind the Screen’) said they did not intend to disrupt, but to draw attention to long-standing demands.
“The strike will not threaten the opening of the festival, but may disrupt it as it continues,” a spokesman told AFP.
The group said it represented regarding a hundred workers, including projectionists, programmers, press agents and ticket sellers.
They work on short-term contracts but are not covered by France’s unemployment insurance scheme for freelance artists and technicians.
They work on short-term contracts but are not covered by France’s unemployment insurance scheme for freelance artists and technicians in the cultural sector, which is paid above the minimum wage.
“Most of us will have to stop working, putting events at risk,” the group said in a statement.
The upcoming opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival is a bitter taste for us this year, the statement added.
Organizers of the festival did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The event on the French Cote d’Azur is considered one of the most prestigious for the world’s film industry, attracting around forty thousand people each year.
This year’s festival runs from May 14 to 25, with icons including Francis Ford Coppola, Georges Lucas and Meryl Streep in attendance.
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2024-05-12 18:45:13
