To: Production companies in Film and Television
End unpaid labour in TV & FILM
Stop all crew including Hair/ Make Up and Costume departments working free hours in Television and Film.
The law needs to be changed that we do not work any free hours in TV and Film.
Why is this important?
Only Make Up and Costume are forced to give an hour and a half for free in television and film every single day. Office workers do not work for free so why is it acceptable for film crews Who are predominately female departments Such as Hair, Make Up and Costume who are pushed into doing this in TV and Film. It’s a sexist old fashioned tradition that is essentially slave labour. Make Up and Hair work over 14 hours a day with an hour and a half given for free. This estimates hundreds of hours that we are Worked for free and a huge loss of earnings at the end of a job. It’s also incredibly unsafe and affects our mental well being and health dramatically. There are no laws to protect us from being over worked or under paid in this country and our unions have not enforced this either.
