U.Ok. actors union Fairness has deliberate rallies in London and Manchester to assist the SAG-AFTRA strike.
The org revealed on Tuesday that it’ll maintain an indication in London’s Leicester Sq. and Manchester’s Media Metropolis at 12 p.m. on Friday (July 21).
Audio system on the London rally will embody Fairness normal secretary Paul W. Fleming, Fairness president Lynda Rooke and MP John McDonnell. The occasions may also function “audio system from the leisure business and commerce union motion.”
“In our sister union’s struggle we stand in unwavering solidarity, and we is not going to enable the U.Ok. to turn into a again door to undermine the strike,” mentioned Fairness in a press release.
Within the wake of the SAG-AFTRA strike, Fairness has been fast to emerge with steering for its 50,000 members. The union made it abundantly clear that though it stands in solidarity with its U.S. counterpart, it’s not legally allowed to comply with swimsuit with strike motion.
“If Fairness encourages anybody to affix the strike or not cross a picket line, Fairness itself can be appearing unlawfully and therefore responsible for damages or an injunction,” the union mentioned final week.
The org defined that as a result of current anti-trade union legal guidelines within the U.Ok., “SAG-AFTRA members at present working underneath an Fairness U.Ok. collective bargaining settlement ought to proceed to report back to work.”
The rallies on Friday are open to Fairness members, performing artists, commerce union members, press, and “anybody who needs to indicate solidarity with placing SAG-AFTRA staff.”
The London-headquartered Fairness is the twelfth largest commerce union within the U.Ok., and represents actors, singers, dancers, designers, administrators, stage managers and voice artists, amongst others.
The union has been in shut contact with SAG-AFTRA round U.S. strike motion, and got here out with its steering simply as its American counter-part confirmed the actors strike.
