France’s Angry ‘Intermittents’: There’s An Agreement On Unemployment Insurance For Temporary Arts Workers, But They’re Still Occupying Theatres

After several weeks of demonstrations and several days of long negotiations, five unions, one organization of presenters, and the Ministry of Culture finalized a deal to more-or-less preserve France’s system of unemployment payments for performing arts workers between jobs. But not everyone’s on board yet, venues in several cities are still being occupied by demonstrators, and there’s a very tempting target – the Cannes Film Festival – about to begin. Sophie Rahal explains what’s in the agreement and where things stand. (in French; Google Translate version here)