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Cannes Film Festival Workers Criticize Management & French Government Over Stagnant Salary Talks And Warn Of Mass Exodus From Industry
The Precarious Film Festival Workers Collective said the Cannes Film Festival and France’s other film events are at “risk” due to industry exodus.
In a statement sent to Deadline, the collective said “Despite the urgency of the situation shared by all parties,” the French Ministries of Culture and Labor “rejected any hypothesis of exceptional or transitional measures to rapidly resolve the problem of festival workers’ living standards.” Despite the urgency of the situation shared by all parties, the Ministries of Culture and Labor have rejected any hypothesis of exceptional or transitional measures to rapidly resolve the problem of festival workers’ living standards. The parties present at the meeting are nevertheless committed to following this necessary structuring process, which will make it possible to define minimum wage scales adapted to the size of festivals, to regulate working hours, and provide employees with social security cover.
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