Thierry Frémaux Says “Everyone Wants To Avoid A Strike” As Talks With Festival Workers Ongoing – Cannes
deadline.comWith a #MeToo expose looking less to rattle the 77th Cannes Film Festival, all agita now seems to lie in whether Cannes Film Festival workers strike or not.
Festival Boss Thierry Frémaux in a presser this AM provided an update saying “there are negotiations and we have talked directly with them,” meaning the roughly 200 members of the Collectif des précaires des festivals de cinéma, while adding that the talks going on with the group “aren’t with the festival.” He emphasized “everyone wants to avoid a strike” and he believed that a settlement would arrive around June.
That said, Frémaux didn’t expound on any contingencies for how the festival would proceed if there is a strike — projectionists being a part of the festival group who are seeking better contract terms.
Frémaux statements about a possible strike continued to echo the sympathy expressed by the festival on May 7 in their statement.
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