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More than half UK’s film and TV workers still unemployed after Hollywood strikes
Bectu survey shows just 6% of workers have seen a full recovery in employment a year on from joint industrial action by Sag-Aftra and the Writers Guild of America
More than half of the UK’s film and TV workforce are still out of work a year after the Hollywood strikes of 2023, new research has found. However the number of respondents who are planning to leave the film and TV industry in the next five years is increasing, from 24% in September 2023 to 37% in February 2024 and 38% now. Philippa Childs, head of Bectu, said little had materially improved for the workforce and “discussions must be laser-focused on how we can collectively make things better for workers, who are critical to the sector’s success but continue to bear the brunt of industry changes”.
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