There is an Equity student films agreement and it seems that far too few institutions/lecturers are teaching students about this in particular or the *employing people* aspect of film making in general. I've had some extraordinarily ill-advised requests for free labour from

🚨May Day: International Worker's Day rallies🚨

✊1 May, London: Join Equity London North Branch Equity London South Branch at the London May Day rally londonmayday.org

✊ 4 May, Belfast: Join Equity Northern Ireland General Branch in Belfast. ictuni.org/publications/m…

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We’ve been calling for this for a while now. Credit to #Central but are other Drama Schools listening? Time to follow suit. #scrapauditionfees #workingclasstalent #Equity

Central scraps audition fees to end elite grip on the arts theguardian.com/education/2024…

I learned everything I know about anti-racism at the ⁦Trades Union Congress⁩ Black Workers Conference. it’s always an honour to represent ⁦Equity Race Equality Committee Equity⁩ here and move a motion I wrote about how censorship affects pro Palestine voices and the voices of people of colour

“Our problems in this country are not arriving on a beach in Kent from France.
They’re arriving because of the oligarchs and the billionaires that run our society.”

What should the new North East Mayor's priorities be when it comes to the cultural and creative sector?

Join Equity North East & Yorkshire Regional Official & Northern TUC for an online meeting to share your view:

👉Thursday 25 April, 6.30pm
👉Register: equity-org-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

#StopTheCuts

Both clips from #BBCBreakfast , 4 minutes apart

Incredibly exciting that Equity conference is only 24 days away…

News just in: for the first time every branch & committee is sending reps: it should be our best attended ever!

You need photo ID for voting in person in some UK elections next Thursday 2 May 🗳️

Check if you have the accepted ID and if not, you can apply for free Voter ID by 5pm on Wednesday 24 April 👇

gov.uk/apply-for-phot…

#OnThisDay 1984: To be, or (was it) not to be? This Wooden O told the tale of Sam Wanamaker and his long-standing dream of restoring Shakespeare's Globe to London's South Bank.

I'm sure I'm not the first to say this but feel like the 'Britain's uniquely shit' Twitter takes ('rainy fascist island' etc) are often as parochial as the jingoistic fantasies.

📢 NEW AGREEMENT!

We're delighted to announce a new house agreement with Nevill Holt Festival including guarantees around minimum levels of pay, working hours and employer pension contributions.

Read the full story on our website 👉tinyurl.com/2k3zbesm

Take a look at our latest guidance on staying safe at castings: equity.org.uk/advice-and-sup…

And if you're signing up to an agent, use our agent checklist: equity.org.uk/advice-and-sup…

If you're an Equity member and have specific concerns contact Martin Kenny on [email protected]

Having been there since Fearless at every release, it’s been a hard morning.

The comrades on Love’s Labour’s Lost redeeming my afternoon here- showing that Taylor may be great, but she’s no Brummie poet.

Thanks to the email Equity Manchester sent out I’ve been able to write to 8 of the 11 candidates in my local & mayoral elections coming up next month. The #StopTheCuts campaign Equity has set up is brilliant!

equity.org.uk/campaigns-poli…

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: UNISON win in UK Supreme Court to stop bad bosses from punishing striking workers

'The most important industrial action case for decades,' UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea

The government must now act quickly to change the law and ensure no other…

Londoners when they return from a trip up north

As UK video games industry revealed to be worth a staggering £7.82BN in 2023 - see below 👇🏽- a reminder that Equity is campaigning for best practice to protect performers working in the sector.

Members contact [email protected] for more info 📩

ukie.org.uk/news/2024/04/2…

Time to drop the lazy stereotypes and speak up for young workers who are too often forced to put up with low pay, insecure work and lousy bosses.