Cannes film festival faces strike disruption over seasonal workers’ rights
by Angelique Chrisafis in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#6MQHM)
Group will protest against government's treatment of freelance workers at festivals across France
The Cannes film festival is facing strike action as it opens next week and could see protests by projectionists, floor managers and press agents who are demanding changes to the French government's treatment of seasonal film festival staff.
The festival on France's Cote d'Azur has faced major strike action only once before, during the student protests and workers' strikes that began in May 1968.
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