UK entertainment union Bectu is planning a “series of strikes and demonstrations” during this year’s BFI London Film Festival due to an on-going pay dispute with with art-house cinema chain Picturehouse.
Bectu head Gerry Morrissey wrote to BFI CEO Amanda Nevill last week to inform her of the plans. He also called on the festival not to screen films at the Cineworld-owned Picturehouse venues. The union tweeted a copy of the letter today.
News: BFI urged to stop using Picturehouse venues during #Lff https://t.co/ndNRask9rC pic.twitter.com/s7UiXQPwRO
— Bectu (@bectu) July 30, 2018
Last year, two Picturehouse venues were used by the festival: Picturehouse Central and Hackney Picturehouse.
This is a decade-long battle between Bectu and Picturehouse. There have already been a number of strikes by unionised Picturehouse workers over the pay dispute and there was a red carpet demo at the beginning of last year’s Lff.
Bectu head Gerry Morrissey wrote to BFI CEO Amanda Nevill last week to inform her of the plans. He also called on the festival not to screen films at the Cineworld-owned Picturehouse venues. The union tweeted a copy of the letter today.
News: BFI urged to stop using Picturehouse venues during #Lff https://t.co/ndNRask9rC pic.twitter.com/s7UiXQPwRO
— Bectu (@bectu) July 30, 2018
Last year, two Picturehouse venues were used by the festival: Picturehouse Central and Hackney Picturehouse.
This is a decade-long battle between Bectu and Picturehouse. There have already been a number of strikes by unionised Picturehouse workers over the pay dispute and there was a red carpet demo at the beginning of last year’s Lff.
- 7/30/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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