Nigel Farage has ended a bad-tempered weekend on the campaign trail attacking a pair of national broadcasters and saying his party will “campaign vigorously to abolish the licence fee.”
01.07.2024 - 09:21 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: A revamp of residuals, artificial intelligence provisions and an end to the misuse of “special stipulations” by the American giants lead the British actors union’s claim for its new film and TV agreements with PACT.
We can reveal that Equity has in the past couple of weeks submitted the claim to the producer trade body and is preparing to begin negotiations over a new contract that will govern the vast majority of UK TV series and indie movies – including those made by the streamers – for the next two to three years. The TV and film agreements are separate and Equity has long desired to bring them together, although this will likely not be realized in the near future.
Equity General Secretary Paul Fleming said relations between the union and Pact are solid and initial chatter around potential strike action has dimmed. The pair will meet once a fortnight for the next two months with the aim of having the deal signed off by the end of September, he said.
Equity has since the turn of the year been crowdsourcing its 40,000-strong member base in order to compile the claim, which has five demands. In an email to members, which Deadline has seen, Equity said the negotiations “could not be taking place at a more important time.” “Following on from the obstacles that underpinned last year’s SAG-AFTRA industrial action, we too will be fighting for our members and demanding better in film and TV,” it added. “If you all stand alone, PACT can ignore you. But if we all stand together, we can demand better and win.” Beyond saying it is consulting with its member base, which comprises dozens of scripted producers, PACT declined comment.
Equity’s five demands are:
Some of the demands have long been gestating and there’s
Nigel Farage has ended a bad-tempered weekend on the campaign trail attacking a pair of national broadcasters and saying his party will “campaign vigorously to abolish the licence fee.”
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request for arbitration with World Aquatics, the governing body in swimming and diving events, effectively dashing any hope she had of competing in the Olympics or elite global competitions, reports The New York Times.The Lausanne, Switzerland-based international body, established to settle disputes related to elite sporting competitions, ruled that Thomas did not have standing to bring the case because she was not a member of its member federation — USA Swimming — prior to bringing her challenge.Thomas had also not competed in female events “for the purpose of qualification or selection” for World Aquatics competitions, such as the Olympics or world championships.Technically, NCAA meets, like those Thomas competed in, are not governed by World Aquatics, even though the college sporting organization has adopted a policy of deferring to individual sporting bodies to determine athlete eligibility.Thomas first began transitioning in May 2019 when she began hormone replacement therapy. She swam for the University of Pennsylvania’s men’s team over a three-year period from 2017 to 2020.By the fall of 2020, she met what were, at the time, the NCAA’s hormone therapy requirements for competing in female sports.
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