გილდია • Guild

The “Guild” represents labor union of culture and media workers, whose goal is improvement of labour and social conditions in the indicated sector in Georgia.

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It's time for systemic #changes! - in front of the Rustaveli #Theater, the independent #labour #union "Guild" held a #rally against #violence and #discrimination in the field of #culture, which was joined by various organizations.

✊ Talk about violence - it's time to #act!

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• / #Guild held an internal workshop of #artists - "Challenges of #employees in the field of #performing #arts."
• / Issues discussed: Guild's "7 demands for #cultural #reform!", research - "Georgian Theater 2019", cultural financing system and prospects for cultural reform.

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Transport for All - the #rally was initiated by the Greens, which was joined by representatives of the Guild.

💬By extending these restrictions, free #artists of creative groups, and not only them, but representatives of all sectors, were doomed to #starvation by the government.

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✊ The history of Georgia remembers many powerful women, working in the field of culture, struggling for women's rights and equality. They are writers, poets, actors, publicists..

• / Lets struggle together for #Gender #equality!
❗#Rights instead of flowers
#8March

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• / Give the #art back to the people!
• / Do not kill #culture!
• / Return the right to #work to the #artist!

@LabourGuild ✊

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❌Every #art space deprived of #labor is a "place of murder" today - the crime is committed by a state whose actions destroy and extinguish the #cultural #industry.

#Weexisttoo
#Donotkillculture

• / https://t.co/epb4Sfy5fh

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A rally was held in front of the State Chancellery, where we protested the recent decision of the government regarding the regulations of #culture, which was really far from pragmatism and responsibility.

• / Return the right to #work to the #artist!

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💬 "We belong to the majority of the population who believe and have seen that people die of hunger." - @GigaBekauri

• / Give the #art back to the people!
• / Do not kill #culture!
• / Return the right to #work to the #artist!

Full video : https://t.co/ZlcOd51TOF

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📢 On September 11, protest was held, were @LabourGuild call on Georgian government to meet with the representatives of the #culture field and reconsider the recent decision regarding the postponement of the opening date of the culture.
#noculture #nofuture🎭

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‼️ From March, 2020, the government decided to simply ban #labor for people employed in the #cultural #industry, though it did not teach them how to continue to exist without #income.There has been no communication from the state to the #artists and no problems have been studied.

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On July 22, #Guild held an open office, in front of the open cinema "Club 33a" (where was held the presentations of different theaters), and provided a lot of people with information about their labor rights; gave them brochures and other means created for informing employees.

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📣 According to the Guild's study of the #working and #social conditions of #actors and #journalists - 16% of respondents have a salary below the family #subsistence level, in Georgia.
📉 77% - have to work in two jobs to cover daily expenses.

Research 📊 https://t.co/dyVFV1h3ks

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🙅 49% of respondents spend 6 days at work, 32% - 7 days, and only 6% of respondents spend 5 days at work.
🙅‍♀️ 42% of respondents have to work 10-12 hours a day.

Research of working conditions of the #employees in the field of #culture and #media :
📊https://t.co/dyVFV1h3ks

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According to the Guild's research there is a certain picture of systemic violations of #labour rights related to #discriminatory, in some cases even degrading treatment, unpaid #overtime work, #unpaid sick and holiday leaves, #lowpay etc. in the theatre and movie producing sector

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✊ On December 14, 2019, with the participation of 62 people, was established the #Labour #Union of #Culture and #Media #Workers, with the title "#Gildia".
📢 The public #presentation of the #organization was held on July 9, 2020, together with the results of #research.

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@LabourGuild carried out the research of working conditions of the employees in the field of #culture and #media (100 participant) in Georgia and information sheets, brochures and T-shirts were prepared accordingly.

•/ #Labour #union #LabourRights

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The “Guild”(Gildia) represents labour #union of #culture and media #workers, bringing together #employees, students and #activists. The aim of the "Guild" is improvement of #labour and #social conditions in the indicated sector and promoting industry transparency and #prosperity.