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Pascal Plante’s ‘Red Rooms’ And Nicolas Cage Pic ‘Sympathy For The Devil’ Among Titles Set For Fantasia Festival

June 8, 2023 by deadline.com Leave a Comment

EXCLUSIVE: Quebec’s Fantasia International Film Festival will open its 27th edition with the North American premiere of Pascal Plante ’s latest pic Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) .

Plante will bring the pic to his native Quebec following a Competition bow at Karlovy Vary in June. The film, Plante’s third, follows the high-profile case of serial killer Ludovic Chevalier, which has just gone to trial, and Kelly-Anne is obsessed. When reality blurs with her morbid fantasies, she goes down a dark path to seek the final piece of the case’s puzzle.

The Nicolas Cage -starrer Sympathy for the Devil will have its international premiere at Fantasia. Written by Luke Paradise, the pic follows “The Driver” (Joel Kinnaman), who finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse after being forced to drive a mysterious man, “The Passenger” (Cage). As their white-knuckle ride progresses, it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems. Deadline previously shared an exclusive first look at the pic here .

Elsewhere, A24’s buzzy supernatural horror-thriller Talk to Me from Australian twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou will have its Canadian premiere, while Stéphan Castang’s Cannes title Vincent Must Die will have its North American bow.

This year’s Fantasia fest runs July 20 through August 9. Check out the full list of confirmed titles below:

Red Rooms, dir: Pascal Plante. Opening Film. North American Premiere.

Sympathy For The Devil, dir: Yuval Adler. International Premiere.

Talk To Me, dir: Danny and Michael Philippou. Canadian Premiere.

Stay Online, dir: Eva Strelnikova. World Premiere.

Kurayukaba, dir: Shigeyoshi Tsukahara. Axis Section. World Premiere.

The Becomers, dir: Zach Clark. World Premiere.

Romi, dir: Robert Cuffley. Septentrion Shadows section. World Premiere.

Irlande Cahier Bleu, dir: Olivier Godin. Camera Lucida section. World Premiere.

The Primevals, dir: David Allen. World Premiere.

Insomniacs, dir: Chihiro Ikeda. International Premiere.

Vincent Must Die, dir: Stéphan Castang. North American Premiere.

River, dir: Junta Yamaguchi. North American Premiere.

Pett Kata Shaw, dir: Nuhash Humayun. North American Premiere.

Restore Point, dir: Robert Hloz. North American Premiere.

Killing Romance, dir: Lee Won-suk. Canadian Premiere.

T Blockers, dir: Alice Maio Mackay. Canadian Premiere.

Suitable Flesh, dir: Joe Lynch. Canadian Premiere.

The First Slam Dunk, dir: Takehiko Inoue. Axis Section. Canadian Premiere

Additional Second Wave Titles:

#MANHOLE (Japan) – Dir. Kazuyoshi Kumakiri

Successful salesman Shunsuke falls into a concrete manhole with no way out in this clever, gory nailbiter. A tale with more twists than a corkscrew factory, and an elegant balance of black humour, social satire, and nerve-wracking tension. Official Selection: Berlinale 2023. Canadian Premiere.

AS LONG AS WE BOTH SHALL LIVE (Japan) – Dir. Ayuko Tsukahara

Set in a fantastical version of 19th century Japan, this romantic epic follows a tortured young woman who, after being married off to a ruthless military commander, still hopes for a better future. Adapted from a popular light novel series by Akumi Agitogi. Quebec Premiere.

DEEP SEA (China) – Dir. Tian Xiaopeng

The ocean’s depths are alive with dreams and nightmares in the emotionally courageous fantasy from director Tian Xiaopeng (MONKEY KING: HERO IS BACK). Using a cutting-edge digital particle-animation technique to emulate traditional ink-wash painting, Tian has created a visual spectacle of unprecedented richness, which will be screened, as it deserves, in 3D. Axis section. Canadian Premiere

DIVINITY (USA) – Dir. Eddie Alcazar In a barren future wasteland, two cosmic brothers abduct a mad pharmaceutical mogul on a quest for immortality. A face-meltingly stylized sci-fi mind trip produced by Steven Soderbergh, starring Scott Bakula, Stephen Dorff and Bella Thorne. Official Selection: Sundance 2023. Canadian Premiere .

IN MY MOTHER’S SKIN (Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan) – Dir. Kenneth Dagatan In the final, dire days of the Second World War, the young Tala discovers something otherworldly in the woods. A Filipino folk-horror fairy tale set in a time of perfidy, dread, and desolation. Official Selection: Sundance 2023. Canadian Premiere.

JOURNEY TO THE WEST (China) – Dir. Kong Dashan Tang Zhijun, the middle-aged, down-and-out editor-in-chief of a science fiction magazine, embarks on a final journey to find aliens. A workplace mockumentary tour-de-force! Camera Lucida section. Canadian Premiere.

LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL (Australia) – Dirs: Colin and Cameron Cairnes

A career-best performance by David Dastmalchian headlines this innovative and nightmarish horror treat in which a live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation’s living rooms. Accurately hailed by Stephen King as “absolutely brilliant”. Official Selection: SXSW 2023. Overlook 2023. Canadian Premiere.

MAD FATE (Hong Kong) – Dir. Soi Cheang A demented fortune teller and a “born psychopath” try to beat fate and solve a murder in this madcap supernatural neo-noir, produced by Johnnie To’s Milkyway Image. Opening Film: Hong Kong International Film Festival. Official selection: Berlinale 2023. Canadian Premiere.

MAMI WATA (Nigeria, France, UK) – Dir. C.J. Obasi. An ancient water deity reigns over progress and power in this stunning and expressionistic African saga. Special Jury Prize, World Cinema Dramatic Competition, Sundance 2023. Camera Lucida section. Canadian Premiere.

MARRY MY DEAD BODY (Taiwan) – Dir. Cheng Wei-Hao Ghost stories, gangsters, and gay pride collide in this three-way of supernatural goosebumps, high-octane thrills and odd-couple comedy. Official selection Taipei Golden Horse 2022. Canadian Premiere.

MOLLI AND MAX IN THE FUTURE (USA) – Dir: Michael Lukk Litwak

Zosia Mamet and Aristotle Athari charm in this wildly endearing sci-fi romantic comedy about a man and woman whose orbits repeatedly collide over the course of 12 years, 4 planets, 3 dimensions, and one space-cult. Winner: Best Feature, Fantaspoa International Film Festival 2023 Canadian Premiere.

MY ANIMAL (Canada) – Dir: Jacqueline Castel

First pitched at the Frontieres Market in 2019, this transformative queer horror drama flips the script of GINGER SNAPS , giving the slow-burn lycanthropic love story at its core some serious bite. Stars Bobbie Salvör Menuez and Amandla Stenberg, with Stephen. McHattie, Scott MacDonald and Heidi von Palleske topping off Castel’s stunning feature debut about young lovers and an accursed family legacy. Official Selection: Sundance 2023. Septentrion Shadows section. Canadian Premiere .

PERPETRATOR (USA) – Dir: Jennifer Reeder

Kiah McKirnan, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Lowell and Ireon Roach star in a poetic and hyper-original genre creation of the kind that only Jennifer Reeder could make. At its core, it is a horror film inspired by the shared experience of generations of women. Official Selection: Berlinale 2023, Tribeca Film Festival 2023. Canadian Premiere.

SHIN KAMEN RIDER (Japan) – Dir. Hideaki Anno

The masked, motorcycle-riding dark superhero Kamen Rider embarks on a rampage of destruction to stop an evil organisation, in Hideaki Anno’s latest tokusatsu reimagining, this time of the enormously popular superhero franchise. Special Screening.

WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN (Canada) – Dir: Kim Albright

In a world where our hearts are removable objects and we’re ruled by an app, it’s tricky to find authentic love. Anabel refuses to live via tech and falls for the emotionless George, impulsively ripping her heart out for him and turning her world upside down. This darkly funny fantasy with quirky charm stars Anna Maguire ( VIOLATION) , Hamza Haq ( TRANSPLANT ) and Veena Sood ( CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING ) . Official Selection: SXSW 2023. Septentrion Shadows section. Canadian Premiere

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Royal Mail is delivering once a fortnight to ‘postal deserts’

May 11, 2023 by www.telegraph.co.uk Leave a Comment

Royal Mail is delivering post to neighbourhoods as little as once a fortnight, leaving pockets of the country to become “postal deserts”.

Households have been left without letter deliveries as postal bosses grapple with chronic staff shortages, rock-bottom industrial relations , and the fallout from the biggest shake-up of working practices for a quarter of a century.

Hospital appointments are being missed, speeding or parking fines unwittingly left unpaid, and birthday celebrations hit as some postcodes have been left without mail for weeks on end.

Royal Mail is expected to unveil figures later this week showing that annual delivery performance has sunk to near-record lows, with insiders branding the areas “postal deserts”.

Conservative estimates suggest dozens of areas are affected, with some households forced to resort to collecting bundles of post from local sorting offices.

Residents in south-east London have complained on social media that they “seem to only get post every two weeks”.

Others say that staff at sorting offices have told them that many staff are off sick or on holiday.

A “lack of postal vans” has been blamed for deliveries grinding to a halt in Dorking, Surrey, residents have claimed.

Yet the situation is far from uniform with adjacent areas in the same postcode experiencing significantly different levels of service. Areas as varied as Bermondsey, Brighton and Salford are all understood to be experiencing issues.

Nick Freeman, the motoring lawyer known as Mr Loophole, said that disruption to the postal deliveries could allow speeding motorists to escape a fine or points on their driving licence.

Laws state that anyone caught speeding must receive a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP) within 14 days of the alleged offence.

He advised drivers to “keep the envelope” if and when a speeding ticket does come through the letterbox as a potential way to challenge the allegations in court.

The Parking Appeals Group said that the examples of people receiving County Court Judgments (CCJs) because claim forms issued by private parking companies had not been delivered or not delivered on time.

Some NHS Trusts, already straining under extreme workloads, have now begun phoning patients to remind them of appointments.

Rachel Power, chief executive of the Patients Association, said they had examples of hospital appointment letters arriving after the scheduled appointment time.

She said: “This has consequences as the patient is marked by the hospital as a ‘did not attend’ and may be discharged back to their GP. That means they go back on the waiting list.”

It comes after workplace reforms included plans to make up to 10,000 Royal Mail staff redundant, automate parcel sorting – much of which is currently done by hand – and delay the start of postal rounds until later in the day to allow mail to be delivered more efficiently.

Royal Mail’s overall performance is expected to have improved over the last three months because of fewer days of industrial action compared with the final quarter of last year, when first-class deliveries were on time just 54pc of the time instead of the 93pc target. Some areas, such as Lerwick, Shetland, hit their target just 12.4pc of the time.

Union leaders representing 115,000 postal workers agreed a pay deal with Royal Mail last month drawing to a close a year-long dispute that featured 18 days of strikes. Boss Simon Thompson is expected to step down in the coming weeks after facing fierce criticism from trade union leaders.

A spokesman for Royal Mail said: “We are committed to improving our performance and accelerating Royal Mail’s transformation in order to restore service levels while meeting the changing requirements of our customers. We’re sorry to any customers who have not received the high standards they expect.

“To improve our quality of service it is vital that we modernise our network and ways of working so that we can more effectively manage the changing mix of mail in our posties’ mailbag.

“Like postal authorities around the world, we have to make changes to adapt to the reality of significant structural declines in letter volumes – which have declined by 25pc since the pandemic – alongside growing demands for parcel deliveries.”

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Trade unionism has become an elite sport

June 1, 2023 by www.telegraph.co.uk Leave a Comment

Over 130,000 people walked out of 132 government departments last month. Rail strikes are once again crippling the country. But while many commuters are stranded, unable to get to work, the trade unions inflicting these strikes on us can claim less legitimacy than ever before.

Data from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy , released last week, revealed that only 12 per cent of private sector employees belonged to a trade union. But even more interesting was that in the public sector, where trade union membership is of a much higher proportion, membership has dropped below 50 per cent for the first time since the records began in 1995, and now sits at just 48.6 per cent. Now, only a minority of public sector workers are trade union members.

You can see how these unions have become detached from their purpose and from the people that most need representation. Far from the mass labour movements of the 1970s and 1980s, unions have become the playthings of a new public sector elite. This is illustrated by the fact that a larger proportion of union members now earn over £1,000 a week (17.7 per cent) compared to those on less than £250 a week (11.0 per cent). Unions are not speaking for those at the bottom of the pile. They are mouthpieces for a minority, people in some of the best paid public sector positions in the country.

As a result of this shift, today, unions like the British Medical Association (especially the demagogues of the junior doctors committee) behave more like student socialist societies than membership associations concerned with achieving material improvements for downtrodden workers. They have been quite upfront that actually negotiating with the government is “no longer productive”. One member of the BMA’s ruling council described the junior doctor dispute as a “hugely important ideological-political moment” and said the BMA should situate itself “in a broader workers’ struggle.” This is hardly the language of a narrow body striving for fair pay and conditions. Rather, they behave more like a fringe political movement, determined to reshape our society without broader democratic consent.

Trade union membership has dropped from around 7 per cent in 1995 to around 4 per cent in 2022. It’s clear that engaging in ideological struggles, which are often assumed to be appealing to young people, is not working. Last month, the BMA announced that junior doctors would be taking part in a 72 hour walkout in June, causing more disruption in an already struggling health service.

And it’s not just the BMA that has drifted into the realm of wacky fringe politics. The Public and Commercial Services Union, representing around 200,000 public service workers, also has its share of far left mission creep. Last week, the motions tabled to the PCS conference included a radical four-day week experiment in our public services, which would cost taxpayers £30 billion in lost working time alone. Other motions tabled for debate included one in support of a special PCS support group for “BDSMers”, which argued that people who share those particular proclivities should have equal rights and protections as other discriminated groups have.

Now the PCS is even threatening to go on strike rather than implement the government’s Rwanda deportation scheme , having already been part of the legal action that has delayed the programme, even if the Court of Appeal decides the scheme is legal. It’s extraordinary that civil service unions are willing to strike to prevent a democratic government from implementing policies because they disagree with them.

It goes without saying that everyone has a right to organise, but this overreach, going from fighting for pay and conditions into trying to subvert the democratic process, is being driven by a small number of ideological individuals who have lost sight of the fundamental purpose of the right for workers to organise: to pursue a better deal for themselves. Ministers are now dealing with heavily ideological organisations anchored within the state itself, and this is happening while trade union membership has stooped to record lows.

It’s time that we see these organisations for what they are. Trade unions are now more concerned with flat whites than flat caps. They’re no longer blue collar movements fighting for basic workplace rights from exploitative employers. Today, they are activist groups for white-collar wokeism and the kind of common-room revolutionary waffle that most working taxpayers have no time for.

If union membership numbers are anything to go by, it seems that workers are increasingly rejecting this agenda. If this trend of sinking membership continues, trade union legitimacy will come further into question, and the commuters stuck at home during future strikes might start to wonder whether the tail is wagging the dog.


Jonathan Eida is a researcher at the TaxPayers’ Alliance

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Rebecca Ferguson, a former X Factor contestant, calls for investigation into reality TV

June 8, 2023 by news.sky.com Leave a Comment

Former X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson has called for an investigation into reality TV shows, to “protect future contestants”, claiming there are “terrifying” things going on behind the scenes.

The 36-year-old posted a series of tweets on Twitter, telling her 645,000 followers: “I’m bound by multiple NDAs but I cannot continue to not live in my full truth, being silent is worse. I’ve lived through hell for years.”

She went on to call on Dame Caroline Dinenage, the chair of parliament’s culture, media and sport committee, to ask for an independent inquiry, interviewing herself, and all previous X Factor staff between 2004 and the present day, adding “what you’ll uncover is beyond terrifying!”

In 2010, the Liverpool-born singer came second on the seventh series of the show , which was won by Matt Cardle.

Ferguson has previously campaigned for the introduction of a regulatory body for the music industry, in a bid to ensure artist welfare.

She went on to share a screenshot of an email which she said she sent to ITV and Ofcom in 2021 calling for an “urgent inquiry” into the treatment of contestants on reality shows, but said she had been “fobbed off”.

Ferguson wrote: “I was refused by ITV and OFCOM, no investigation was taken place and my concerns appeared to be fobbed off.

“I am open to communication should they now wish to follow up with my private complaint now that I have made my complaint public.”

In the email, she listed reasons for her complaint including contestants being “mentally manipulated and abused whilst having mental health problems” and being “reduced to tears due to pressure/bullying”.

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She said contestants were also “forced into contracts without independent legal advice” and made to “sign to a management company with no freedom of choice”. She said contestants were told if they refused, they would be “kicked off the show”.

She said her reason for making the “formal complaint” to OFCOM in 2021 was “to ensure the future safety of contestants and ensure adequate safeguarding measures are put in place to protect future contestants”.

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An Ofcom spokesperson said that they did reply to Ferguson and met with her virtually in 2021.

They said in a statement: “We listened carefully to the extent of her concerns about the treatment of contestants during her time on The X Factor in 2010.

“During these exchanges, we explained our powers and how our broadcasting rules apply in detail. We confirmed that new rules introduced to protect participants in programmes were not applicable to programmes broadcast before April 5, 2021.

“We also clarified that our statutory remit, as set by parliament, means that our fairness rules do not extend to contractual matters or conditions imposed by broadcasters on participants, and only to content as broadcast.

“We suggested to Ms Ferguson possible routes to escalate her complaints to ITV and the appropriate authorities.”

ITV responded to Ferguson’s claims, saying they were “committed to having in place suitable processes to protect the mental health and welfare of programme participants”.

Their statement went on: “We have continued to evolve and strengthen our approach, and we expect all producers of commissioned programmes to have in place appropriate procedures to look after the mental health of programme participants as well as their physical safety.

“Those processes and procedures will differ from programme to programme, to ensure that the welfare of all participants in ITV programmes is appropriately safeguarded.

“Whilst the practical detailed processes required to manage participant welfare in each programme must sit with producers themselves, ITV as a broadcaster and commissioner of content provides guidance on what we consider to be best practice: in the selection of participants before filming, in supporting them during filming, and in continued support up to and after the broadcast of the programme.”

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ITV said that in its correspondence with Ferguson it had stressed contestant welfare was of the “highest priority”, as reflected in their duty of care charter and “detailed guidance” which was introduced in 2019.

They said: “ITV responded to Rebecca with information provided to us by the producers, detailing their arrangements regarding welfare, aftercare, legal advice, and management, at the time of her participation.”

The broadcaster has faced criticism in recent years following the deaths of former Love Island contestants Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis in 2018 and 2019, and the death of a guest on The Jeremy Kyle Show in 2019, which resulted in the show being axed.

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After rising to fame on X Factor, Ferguson has gone on to release four albums and became a panellist on ITV’s Loose Women.

In 2021 she met with former culture secretary Oliver Dowden to discuss discrimination in the music industry.

Last month, ITV announced it had instructed a barrister to carry out an external review of the facts after Phillip Schofield’s departure from popular breakfast show This Morning, following an affair with a younger employee.

ITV chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall will be questioned about the Schofield scandal by the DCMS committee in parliament on Wednesday.

Chair of the committee, Dame Caroline Dinenage, told Sky News the meeting will not be a “witch hunt” against the former presenter , but is intended to ask wider questions about workplace culture and practices within both ITV and other public service broadcasters.

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‘Created hell’: Dancers at breaking point speak up from second Wellington strip club

June 7, 2023 by www.stuff.co.nz Leave a Comment

Dancers from a second strip club in Wellington are speaking out about alleged coercive behaviour at their workplace, having feared they would be fired like 19 dancers were at Calendar Girls earlier this year.

The breaking point came for one dancer last Friday, after the owner of Mermaid Strip Club allegedly entered the dancers’ changing room after an altercation between a dancer and customer, with a form about tipping and asked all dancers to sign it.

According to a document seen by Stuff , CJ Davis was the sole owner of the club after he bought it from brothers Michael and John Chow .

The current dancer, who wanted to remain anonymous, said the atmosphere on Friday evening was distressing, with dancers crying and requesting Davis to leave and to set up meeting.

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The form, seen by Stuff , said: “Just a reminder that it is encouraged for all people entering the venue to tip. It is not compulsory, regardless of where they are seated.”

As independent contractors, dancers earned money through tips and private dances. But a percentage of their earnings from private dancers went to the venue – in the case of The Mermaid, it was more than 50%, while dancers could keep 100% of their tips.

“The document goes against how strip clubs are set up,” the dancer said. She did not want to be named out of fear of being fired – something Davis had already threatened dancers with.

Because the dancers were not paid an hourly wage, the tips acted almost as an hourly rate because they were required to dance on stage roughly every hour or hour-and-a-half.

It was standard international practice to tip if you were sitting in the “prime tipping seats” which were closest to the stage. But dancers were concerned the form meant this could not be enforced.

“If you’re at the stage, you tip, this goes against that, you’re upsetting the whole balance.”

She said the owner was “pushing dancers up to the edge” and she was concerned they would have to tolerate worse behaviour by customers.

“They’re all really scared because of the cuts … he’s artificially depressed everyone’s wages to the point where they can’t afford to take action or take time off.”

“[He’s] inflicting this severe economic and psychological distress … [He’s] created hell.”

Laura, a founding member of the Fired Up Stilettos and one of 19 dancers fired by Wellington’s Calendar Girls after attempting to negotiate with the owner for better pay, said she had previously tried to negotiate with Davis after hearing about working conditions from previous Mermaid dancers.

It had requested to meet with the owner to negotiate on behalf of the dancers to ask for a higher percentage cut to the dancers and to ban fines, but it was declined.

Laura said the form about tipping crossed a line of what clubs could and could not compel dancers to do.

“It’s robbing dancers from the ability to earn an income for their labour.”

Tipping was not “a cultural thing” – it was standard practice, she said.

The owner of the venue, CJ Davis, said he had “no comment” when contacted by Stuff and did not respond to questions.

Fired Up Stilettos protest on Parliament grounds for second time

About 100 people gathered on Parliament grounds on Wednesday afternoon, hoping to catch the attention of MPs to push legislative change. It was Fired Up Stilettos’ fourth protest since forming the collective and no significant changes appeared to have been made by clubs.

A petition running on Parliament’s website had gathered more than 5600 signatures. It called for the right to bargain collectively while maintaining an independent contractor status, outlawing all fines and bonds between employers and contractors, and establishing a nationwide mandatory maximum of 20% that an employer can take from a contractor’s profits.

Most dancers did not want to be employees and wanted to maintain their autonomy and independence as contractors, Laura said. It was part of the appeal for many dancers to join the industry to begin with.

“We want more regulation on how they run their adult entertainment venue because how they’re running them right now is completely inappropriate and abusive .”

One dancer who spoke at the protest said sex work allowed her to live her life in a way her basic needs were met.

Another said it was her pathway out of debt, to have more time to connect with family, and to live a healthier life.

“Stripping ultimately gave me opportunity and freedom.”

The protest was attended by multiple members from the Green Party and Labour Party.

Green party MP Jan Logie, who supported the collective since it started, said everyone deserved to be safe and to be paid in their workplace.

“It is clear that our legislation in relation to contractors makes this impossible to guarantee for strippers at the moment.”

She said the Green Party was committed to working with the Fired Up Stilettos and their allies to get a legislative solution. They had already got agreement to help draft legislation in working with the collective.

”We know this is urgent … It is frustrating that these issues feel as if there’s a nervousness to talk about it and it’s hard not to interpret that as something to do with the stigma associated with the industry.

“We’ve heard from the workers themselves about the benefit of this work to them and their families and our communities – when it is safe and they have the ability to receive fair pay and organise.”

Melissa Ansell-Bridges from the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions said it was an ongoing issue that contractors had no way to collectively bargain. “We need to do better for contractors in New Zealand.”

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