Edinburgh City Council Says Fringe Fest Must Pay Everyone A Living Wage

Not only do workers at all festivals need a living wage, but “Other requirements include that employees have appropriate rest breaks and that workers are not subjected to unpaid trial shifts. … This follows recent news that unions are to crack down on ‘exploitative’ unpaid work placements at the fringe and a survey in January in which a third of workers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe said they had worked without pay.”