Negotiations for the agreement were led by Eskena, along with the EAB actors and actresses union, although they have been consulted and have the support of the rest of the industry’s agents. The text states, among other things, that the performing arts also form an economic sector.
This week, the first sectoral agreement for the performing arts was signed in Euskadi, the Eskena association reports in a note. Agreement consolidates good practices in the performing arts in Euskadi and wants to establish a “labour benchmark”. That’s what it claims performing arts are also an economic sector and it helps to understand the seriousness and solidity of the sector.
The agreement brings together the different disciplines of the performing arts, both in the theater and on the street: theatre, dance and circus. Other existing agreements in Catalonia, Madrid, Galicia or Valencia have been taken as a reference, with the aim of combating uncertainty and with the unanimity of all employers (Eskena and Besteok) and the approval of all Basque stage agents (ADDE, Artekale and EZE), supported by all unions (EAB, LAB, ELA, UGT and CCOO). The purpose of the agreement is against burglary or bad practices when hiring.
As explained by Eskena, the agreement “ensures good working conditions and productivity”and includes the working conditions corresponding to the production and exhibition stages, ie rehearsals and tours. Similarly, the different economic realities of the market have been taken into account, distinguishing between adult and family theatre.
According to data from the Basque Observatory of Culture, this regulation It will affect about 400 contractors and employers and about 1,000 employees.. It also affects the self-employed who hire interpreters (they represent 60% of the Basque theater sector).
All contracts from the date of signature, the April 26, 2023falls under what is regulated in the agreement, which has been published today and in the BOPV will come into force tomorrow retroactive to the date of signature.
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Theater and film director Agurtzane Intxaurraga conveyed to EITB Media that the fragmentation and uncertainty caused by the 2008 economic crisis “led to burglary, and this is a decalogue to combat it.” He adds that “it will be an impetus to claim that scenic art is an important economic sector for society”, as well as for the administration.
For her part, the actress Alizia Otxoa He recalled that it is “a minimum agreement” but that there are already cases where “more has been achieved in practice” as they have been trading under the pre-agreement umbrella until now. “We would like to keep it and that the agreement does not serve to go the opposite way,” he concluded.
Source: EITB
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