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France’s Key Entertainment Union CGT-Spectacle Set To Endorse Cannes Strike


France's Main Entertainment Sector Union CGT-Spectacle Set To Endorse Festival Workers Cannes Strike

The collective representing the festival workers also plans to stage several public protests during the two-week event and this week launched an online petition in support of their campaign, which has been circulated widely across social media sites by French industry figures. Earlier this week, CGT-Spectacle member Le SPIAC-CGT, representing the interests of audiovisual and cinema production staff, became the first union to signal its official support for the festival workers. This status would enable them to access France’s special benefits regime for people working in the entertainment sector, which is tailored to the fact they are often employed on temporary contracts and provides year-round income.

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