Together with cult IG platform Fashion Assistants, Fashion Roundtable have lobbied Bectu, to organise this new division for stylists and fashion assistants, hosting events, collating survey data and sharing insights, many of them highlighting non or late payment issues, as well as systemic malpractice, which with union support can now be eradicated from the fashion industry.
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Future-proofing your business decisions, adjusting your planning and understanding the implications of governmental budget is a tall task. This is why we have brought together an incredible panel for our upcoming breakfast event on 31 March at Allbright, Mayfair to address these complex topics.
Read MoreFashion Assistants will now be able to take out BECTU’s insurance on items they carry as part of their job, PLI and for accidents at work – covering for loss of wages. Fashion Assistants are the archetypal targets for exploitation: a glamourous industry attracting young people, for whom a decent wage is not the primary draw.
Read MoreWe are working with BECTU to find a way to create a sector for creatives just like you and me. The assistants and freelancers in fashion, make up, hair, PR, the works! If this goes ahead (we need your support and there’s been quite the case of people showing support but not actually turning up) it would cost £10 p/month (same as Netflix and Spotify) and once you’re a member you can pay £38 for the year (April to April) to get full public liability insurance. If we started a space or means of contact which would allow us to share our expected day rates, warn anyone we needed to or advise each other where necessary then the constant problems we find ourselves facing could hopefully decrease and, who knows, maybe one day disappear.
Read MoreTamara Cincik, CEO and Founder of Fashion Roundtable said: “I have worked in the fashion industry for most of my adult life. It can be amazing, creative and you can be around the more brilliant and lovely people. However reading this article, by Amy Odell for The Cut: books being thrown at assistants, interns being made to stand outside in the cold with no coat for hours, staff degraded and belittled, it’s just not and never should be acceptable. We have to join the dots and appreciate that however glam, exciting and well-paid the industry can be that doesn’t excuse in work abuse. And never should. That’s why I was happy to Chair the first ever Panel discussion for @fashionassistants and that’s why I am speaking to the film union Bectu; to work on a way to bring workers protections and support into fashion. Watch this space.”
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