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Sundance film festival boss says striking cinema staff must be heard
Cinema staff strike outside the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton, London [M.o.B 68/Creative Commons]

THE DIRECTOR of the Sundance film festival spoke today of the importance of striking cinema workers being heard when they picket the opening night of the London event.

Picturehouse employees are staging two 24-hour strikes during London’s Sundance film festival over the company’s refusal to pay staff the living wage and recognise cinema workers’ union Bectu.

Workers are also fighting for proper sick pay, maternity and paternity pay and decent conditions in the workplace.

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