Swiss filmmakers demand 5 percent more pay
The filmmakers represented by the Syndicat Suisse Film et Vidéo (SSFV) are entering into negotiations with film producers with the demand for a 5% wage increase. This is primarily intended to compensate for inflation in recent years.
The filmmakers represented by the Syndicat Suisse Film et Vidéo (SSFV) are entering into negotiations with film producers with the demand for a 5% wage increase. This is primarily intended to compensate for the inflation of recent years. In 2007 and 2008 alone, inflation totaled 3.3 percent, as the SSFV stated in a communiqué on Friday. Even in previous years, wages in the film industry were unable to keep pace with inflation.
Inflation over the last five years has amounted to 16.1 percent, while the salaries of film professionals have only increased by an average of
8 percent. The SSFV criticizes the fact that the increase in funding for Swiss film production since 1993 has not had an impact on wage development.
Three associations are involved on the employers' side: The Swiss Association of Film Producers (SFP), the Group of Authors, Directors, Producers (GARP) and the Association of Swiss TV, Commissioned and Commercial Film Producers.
SFP President Lukas Hobi admitted at the request of SDA that wages in the film industry were lagging behind inflation. However, this does not only apply to the professional groups represented in the SSFV, but to all of them. However, Hobi does not accept the argument of increased funding. Although there is more money for Swiss films overall, the budgets of the individual films have not necessarily increased as a result.
In the film industry, there has been a social partnership between the producers' associations and the SSFV for thirty years. Working conditions and wages are regularly negotiated by the Joint Commission. The first round of the new wage talks is scheduled for November 25.
Inflation over the last five years has amounted to 16.1 percent, while the salaries of film professionals have only increased by an average of
8 percent. The SSFV criticizes the fact that the increase in funding for Swiss film production since 1993 has not had an impact on wage development.
Three associations are involved on the employers' side: The Swiss Association of Film Producers (SFP), the Group of Authors, Directors, Producers (GARP) and the Association of Swiss TV, Commissioned and Commercial Film Producers.
SFP President Lukas Hobi admitted at the request of SDA that wages in the film industry were lagging behind inflation. However, this does not only apply to the professional groups represented in the SSFV, but to all of them. However, Hobi does not accept the argument of increased funding. Although there is more money for Swiss films overall, the budgets of the individual films have not necessarily increased as a result.
In the film industry, there has been a social partnership between the producers' associations and the SSFV for thirty years. Working conditions and wages are regularly negotiated by the Joint Commission. The first round of the new wage talks is scheduled for November 25.
