WHEN WAS the last time that building workers came out in supp ort of the theatre? Before this conjures up pictures of muddy boots and brick-hods cluttering the steps we must make one thing clear.
Recent motions through shop stewards committees of the T&G, UCATT and AUEW, were referring to theatre groups like Red Ladder, 7:84 and North-West Spanner, which try to contribute to working-class struggles, rather than to the apperclass "culture palaces of the West what promoco dis sudden Hurry or StITy In the tae union movement was the rocant announcement of the tol section of the theatre. Although the subsidy has doublod, to t445,000 this is still miniman wage of E30 per week, and stil amounts to only 7.79 of the total subsidy:
as thu lowest advisable Tigure!
A press statement from the Lucas Acrospace Combine Shop Stewards Committoo, representing 14,000 workers commthis should have happened at a stage when propies condonung wo works class of Covent Garden or the Royal Court, of this country are so grest..
it our experience that nosen bigsocial and political issues in a clear and humorous manner through the medium developing understanding amongst thos at the point of production, of the wider questons lace shen Fas shop stew ands Committee calls on the TUC and the trade union exceutive to support this campaien | for a higher grant|.* Since the reawakening of the trade union movement in the late 50s in the lace of Coopoline economic crisss, SignEr Jeant sections of theatre diroctors, writers and actors have begun to identify with the workine cast and the probions of le more become relevant and accessible to working people. As the shop stewards at Luce and many olict trade unionists. have accognised, slich theatre must be promoted and defended like other parts of Hi social services. 11,000,000 for the fringo" will bave to be estended heyond the bounds of Equity ented: We are particularly concorned that The Arts Council.
come from a redistribution of the existing:
in the statement of ITC, TACT or the thing like a fighting strategy to make the Labour Govermient couch up.
Fringe theatres have in the present situation the trade union movement, tenants THATS SU LEN SHUT TOCOSS of the fringe are so important and should Carl Gardner dent Theatru Council (lIC) and The Assoo The position taken by ETC and TACT budget, which would deprive other soctions EREER HARRACE BE AIRIE important poist to make Howewer nothing Equity trage sub-committes speils out any This has to look to the bust allies the associations and otber warking, class bodies Only a policy which relies on the organised strength of the labour movernent, and wlich defend other social servioes, will prove elfor tive That is why the statements coming and UCATT branches in Camden in support