Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Following in the footsteps of U.S. guilds, French TV crew members are poised to go on strike amid a battle with producers over minimum wages.
Labor union CGT-SPIAC has sought a 20% increase on basic salaries for crew members working in production and post-production of TV shows, documentaries and unscripted content in France.
But after several weeks of negotiations, the producers’ bargaining units (USPA, SPI, SPECT, SATEV) offered a 5% increase for crew members earning €1,000 or less per week, and a 3% increase for those earning €1000 or more.
The CGT-SPIAC reacted almost immediately calling for a strike vote. Crew members already went on strike for two days in mid-November, a stoppage that affected nearly 50 shoots, including Mediawan’s “HPI,” season 2 of AMC’s “The Walking Dead : Daryl Dixon” and M6’s “Top Chef.” If union members approve another strike by the vote, the walkout will run for five days, a duration that could be extended. “These two days of strike already had a colossal impact on the shoot of ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon,'” said Raphael Benoliel, a top line producer who works on most major U.S.
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