Equity
@equityuk.bsky.social
We are the UK performing arts and entertainment trade union, made up of 50,000 performers and creative practitioners. Together we push for better pay, terms and conditions in the workplace.
www.equity.org.uk
www.equity.org.uk
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✊Videogames performers recently got together to demand union contracts in gaming ✊
Performers are demanding:
🎮Fair pay
🎮Informed consent
🎮Safe workplaces
🎮Transparent contracts
🎮Equity agreements
Full story: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...
Performers are demanding:
🎮Fair pay
🎮Informed consent
🎮Safe workplaces
🎮Transparent contracts
🎮Equity agreements
Full story: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...
Equity’s Game On! Campaign reaches next level at Videogames Action Day | Equity
www.equity.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
✊Videogames performers recently got together to demand union contracts in gaming ✊
Performers are demanding:
🎮Fair pay
🎮Informed consent
🎮Safe workplaces
🎮Transparent contracts
🎮Equity agreements
Full story: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...
Performers are demanding:
🎮Fair pay
🎮Informed consent
🎮Safe workplaces
🎮Transparent contracts
🎮Equity agreements
Full story: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...
Equity’s Game On! Campaign reaches next level at Videogames Action Day | Equity
www.equity.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
✊Videogames performers recently got together to demand union contracts in gaming ✊
Performers are demanding:
🎮Fair pay
🎮Informed consent
🎮Safe workplaces
🎮Transparent contracts
🎮Equity agreements
Full story: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...
Performers are demanding:
🎮Fair pay
🎮Informed consent
🎮Safe workplaces
🎮Transparent contracts
🎮Equity agreements
Full story: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/eq...
Never mind the jump scares! The real fright is being left in debt after doing the work. Equity’s Ian Manborde talks to BBC radio three counties about our members who are thousands £££ out of pocket following Halloween Haunt Fest going bust last month.
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Never mind the jump scares! The real fright is being left in debt after doing the work. Equity’s Ian Manborde talks to BBC radio three counties about our members who are thousands £££ out of pocket following Halloween Haunt Fest going bust last month.
Equity members will join fellow trade unionists walking with the women of Walsall this Sunday in a march against hate.
Join them at 3pm, Sunday 16 November WS1 1LG
Join them at 3pm, Sunday 16 November WS1 1LG
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Equity members will join fellow trade unionists walking with the women of Walsall this Sunday in a march against hate.
Join them at 3pm, Sunday 16 November WS1 1LG
Join them at 3pm, Sunday 16 November WS1 1LG
If you’re at the Young Talent Expo London today, come say hi to Harry and Holly to talk all things Equity! Find them on table 3, floor 2.
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
If you’re at the Young Talent Expo London today, come say hi to Harry and Holly to talk all things Equity! Find them on table 3, floor 2.
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
What does fair work look like in opera? 🎶
This week, Equity and the ITC (Independent Theatre Council) brought together opera companies from across the independent sector to discuss the benefits of using union-negotiated agreements. 1/3
This week, Equity and the ITC (Independent Theatre Council) brought together opera companies from across the independent sector to discuss the benefits of using union-negotiated agreements. 1/3
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What does fair work look like in opera? 🎶
This week, Equity and the ITC (Independent Theatre Council) brought together opera companies from across the independent sector to discuss the benefits of using union-negotiated agreements. 1/3
This week, Equity and the ITC (Independent Theatre Council) brought together opera companies from across the independent sector to discuss the benefits of using union-negotiated agreements. 1/3
Union contracts in gaming now! Yesterday Equity took over the National Videogames Museum in Sheffield to call for decent pay and conditions for videogames performers - from working hours to fair pay to safety and protections from exploitation by AI.
Photo credit: Milo Chandler
Photo credit: Milo Chandler
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Union contracts in gaming now! Yesterday Equity took over the National Videogames Museum in Sheffield to call for decent pay and conditions for videogames performers - from working hours to fair pay to safety and protections from exploitation by AI.
Photo credit: Milo Chandler
Photo credit: Milo Chandler
Almost 30 employers across Scotland’s creative industries have signed our pledge - devised by Equity with the STUC and sister creative unions - to support fair work and conditions within the sector.
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/scottish-creative-employers-sign-pledge-to-support-fair-work
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/scottish-creative-employers-sign-pledge-to-support-fair-work
Scottish creative employers sign pledge to support fair work | Equity
The ‘Fair Work for Freelancers checklist’ was devised by Equity together with the STUC and sister creative unions.
www.equity.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Almost 30 employers across Scotland’s creative industries have signed our pledge - devised by Equity with the STUC and sister creative unions - to support fair work and conditions within the sector.
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/scottish-creative-employers-sign-pledge-to-support-fair-work
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/scottish-creative-employers-sign-pledge-to-support-fair-work
Equity has heard from members who have not been paid for their work on Halloween Haunt Fest at Hertfordshire County Showground.
If you're a member who has also been affected, please get in touch - details here: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/are-you-owed-money-by-halloween-haunt-fest
If you're a member who has also been affected, please get in touch - details here: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/are-you-owed-money-by-halloween-haunt-fest
Are you owed money by Halloween Haunt Fest? | Equity
Equity members owed money from their work on Halloween Haunt Fest at the Hertfordshire County Showground are encouraged to get in touch with the union.
www.equity.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Equity has heard from members who have not been paid for their work on Halloween Haunt Fest at Hertfordshire County Showground.
If you're a member who has also been affected, please get in touch - details here: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/are-you-owed-money-by-halloween-haunt-fest
If you're a member who has also been affected, please get in touch - details here: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/are-you-owed-money-by-halloween-haunt-fest
Last chance to have your say!
If you’ve been a participant on a UK reality TV show, improve working practices in the sector by taking this anonymous survey⬇️
Your answers will support the work of ReCARE-TV, a major academic project investigating reality TV and duties of care tinyurl.com/225meets
If you’ve been a participant on a UK reality TV show, improve working practices in the sector by taking this anonymous survey⬇️
Your answers will support the work of ReCARE-TV, a major academic project investigating reality TV and duties of care tinyurl.com/225meets
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November 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Last chance to have your say!
If you’ve been a participant on a UK reality TV show, improve working practices in the sector by taking this anonymous survey⬇️
Your answers will support the work of ReCARE-TV, a major academic project investigating reality TV and duties of care tinyurl.com/225meets
If you’ve been a participant on a UK reality TV show, improve working practices in the sector by taking this anonymous survey⬇️
Your answers will support the work of ReCARE-TV, a major academic project investigating reality TV and duties of care tinyurl.com/225meets
Sign the petition to reopen Square Chapel in Halifax 👇
Square Chapel has a strong history of supporting community events and professional performances and is a popular venue in the local community. Halifax needs it back.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Square Chapel has a strong history of supporting community events and professional performances and is a popular venue in the local community. Halifax needs it back.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Save Square Chapel for the people
Square Chapel has a strong history of supporting community events and professional performances and is a popular venue in the local community.
Square Chapel was a popular arts centre with good ...
www.megaphone.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Sign the petition to reopen Square Chapel in Halifax 👇
Square Chapel has a strong history of supporting community events and professional performances and is a popular venue in the local community. Halifax needs it back.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Square Chapel has a strong history of supporting community events and professional performances and is a popular venue in the local community. Halifax needs it back.
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Videogames performer? Join our open meeting at the National Videogames Museum Sheffield, 4 November.
Whether you’re an Equity member or not, join us to make a plan for how to change the games industry for the better.
#VideoGames
www.equity.org.uk/get-involved...
Whether you’re an Equity member or not, join us to make a plan for how to change the games industry for the better.
#VideoGames
www.equity.org.uk/get-involved...
Videogames Network Roadshow: Sheffield | Equity
Whether you’re an Equity member or not, we want to hear about your stories of working in the industry, and make a plan together for how to change things in the videogames industry for performers.
www.equity.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Videogames performer? Join our open meeting at the National Videogames Museum Sheffield, 4 November.
Whether you’re an Equity member or not, join us to make a plan for how to change the games industry for the better.
#VideoGames
www.equity.org.uk/get-involved...
Whether you’re an Equity member or not, join us to make a plan for how to change the games industry for the better.
#VideoGames
www.equity.org.uk/get-involved...
Before Manchester City Council move on to discussions of Pride 2026 and beyond, they must first ensure that all of the workers left unpaid from the 2025 event receive what they are owed in full.
Sign the petition 👇
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
Sign the petition 👇
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
Pay Manchester Pride workers what they're owed
After the collapse of the organisation running Manchester Pride, dozens of workers have been left unpaid for the work they have already done during the festival, to the tune of £50,000 (and counting)....
www.megaphone.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Before Manchester City Council move on to discussions of Pride 2026 and beyond, they must first ensure that all of the workers left unpaid from the 2025 event receive what they are owed in full.
Sign the petition 👇
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
Sign the petition 👇
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...
Join our Wrestlers' Network open meeting on 28 October, 7pm, online or in London.
It's a chance for UK based wrestlers, referees and other wrestling show performers to talk about pay, working conditions, training and more.
www.equity.org.uk/get-involved...
It's a chance for UK based wrestlers, referees and other wrestling show performers to talk about pay, working conditions, training and more.
www.equity.org.uk/get-involved...
Wrestlers' Network Open Meeting | Equity
A chance for UK based wrestlers, referees and other wrestling show performers to talk about pay, working conditions, training and anything else that you think you could benefit from having some more g...
www.equity.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Join our Wrestlers' Network open meeting on 28 October, 7pm, online or in London.
It's a chance for UK based wrestlers, referees and other wrestling show performers to talk about pay, working conditions, training and more.
www.equity.org.uk/get-involved...
It's a chance for UK based wrestlers, referees and other wrestling show performers to talk about pay, working conditions, training and more.
www.equity.org.uk/get-involved...
News that the organisation in charge of Manchester Pride is going into liquidation will be hugely concerning to those owed money.
Any performer or creative who worked at Manchester Pride but has not been paid should contact Equity as soon as possible 👇
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ma...
Any performer or creative who worked at Manchester Pride but has not been paid should contact Equity as soon as possible 👇
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ma...
Manchester Pride going into liquidation "hugely concerning" to those owed money | Equity
After too much uncertainty, the news that the organisation in charge of Manchester Pride is going into liquidation will be hugely concerning to those owed money.
www.equity.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
News that the organisation in charge of Manchester Pride is going into liquidation will be hugely concerning to those owed money.
Any performer or creative who worked at Manchester Pride but has not been paid should contact Equity as soon as possible 👇
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ma...
Any performer or creative who worked at Manchester Pride but has not been paid should contact Equity as soon as possible 👇
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ma...
Equity’s major survey of London nightlife performers is now live — and we need your voice!
If you can tell us what pay and conditions look like for gigging nightlife performers in London in 2025; then we can help you bargain for more.
Details here: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ma...
If you can tell us what pay and conditions look like for gigging nightlife performers in London in 2025; then we can help you bargain for more.
Details here: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ma...
October 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Equity’s major survey of London nightlife performers is now live — and we need your voice!
If you can tell us what pay and conditions look like for gigging nightlife performers in London in 2025; then we can help you bargain for more.
Details here: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ma...
If you can tell us what pay and conditions look like for gigging nightlife performers in London in 2025; then we can help you bargain for more.
Details here: www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ma...
***Five questions Spotlight needs to answer ***
This morning Equity members were outside Spotlight’s conference demanding answers on its purpose, its fees and its owners 👇
#TaxOnHope
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/fi...
This morning Equity members were outside Spotlight’s conference demanding answers on its purpose, its fees and its owners 👇
#TaxOnHope
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/fi...
Five questions for Spotlight | Equity
Equity members were outside Spotlight’s conference in central London on Tuesday morning, 21 October, demanding answers on its purpose, its fees and its owners.
www.equity.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
***Five questions Spotlight needs to answer ***
This morning Equity members were outside Spotlight’s conference demanding answers on its purpose, its fees and its owners 👇
#TaxOnHope
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/fi...
This morning Equity members were outside Spotlight’s conference demanding answers on its purpose, its fees and its owners 👇
#TaxOnHope
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/fi...
We're in the @guardian.com today, alongside Equity member Olivia Williams, calling for better protections for performers from artificial intelligence misuse.
Performers deserve nothing less than robust standards when it comes to AI and biometric data:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Performers deserve nothing less than robust standards when it comes to AI and biometric data:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Olivia Williams says actors need ‘nudity rider’-type controls for AI body scans
Dune star says performers are regularly pressed to have bodies scanned on set with few rights over how data is used
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We're in the @guardian.com today, alongside Equity member Olivia Williams, calling for better protections for performers from artificial intelligence misuse.
Performers deserve nothing less than robust standards when it comes to AI and biometric data:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Performers deserve nothing less than robust standards when it comes to AI and biometric data:
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Have you worked with BBC Singers as an Ad-Hoc? Have your say!
Equity and the MU will be negotiating an agreement with the BBC covering the minimum terms and conditions of engagement for Ad-Hoc BBC Singers –consultation open now: forms.office.com/e/Xr5WhSHknT
Equity and the MU will be negotiating an agreement with the BBC covering the minimum terms and conditions of engagement for Ad-Hoc BBC Singers –consultation open now: forms.office.com/e/Xr5WhSHknT
October 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Have you worked with BBC Singers as an Ad-Hoc? Have your say!
Equity and the MU will be negotiating an agreement with the BBC covering the minimum terms and conditions of engagement for Ad-Hoc BBC Singers –consultation open now: forms.office.com/e/Xr5WhSHknT
Equity and the MU will be negotiating an agreement with the BBC covering the minimum terms and conditions of engagement for Ad-Hoc BBC Singers –consultation open now: forms.office.com/e/Xr5WhSHknT
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🎮 EQUITY GAMES NETWORK ACTION DAY
Equity member working in games?
Want to share yr experiences of the industry with fellow workers?
Come to @equityuk.bsky.social's Games Network Action Day, Thurs 6th Nov 10:30am - 4pm in Bloomsbury, London.
Register here:
tr.ee/oNz2hRQDg4
✊🏻🎮
Equity member working in games?
Want to share yr experiences of the industry with fellow workers?
Come to @equityuk.bsky.social's Games Network Action Day, Thurs 6th Nov 10:30am - 4pm in Bloomsbury, London.
Register here:
tr.ee/oNz2hRQDg4
✊🏻🎮
October 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🎮 EQUITY GAMES NETWORK ACTION DAY
Equity member working in games?
Want to share yr experiences of the industry with fellow workers?
Come to @equityuk.bsky.social's Games Network Action Day, Thurs 6th Nov 10:30am - 4pm in Bloomsbury, London.
Register here:
tr.ee/oNz2hRQDg4
✊🏻🎮
Equity member working in games?
Want to share yr experiences of the industry with fellow workers?
Come to @equityuk.bsky.social's Games Network Action Day, Thurs 6th Nov 10:30am - 4pm in Bloomsbury, London.
Register here:
tr.ee/oNz2hRQDg4
✊🏻🎮
Time for tech companies and producers to strike a collective agreement on performers’ rights.
AI companies need to know that Equity will be putting in subject access requests en masse. They have a statutory obligation to respond. 👇
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI companies need to know that Equity will be putting in subject access requests en masse. They have a statutory obligation to respond. 👇
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Equity threatens mass direct action over use of actors’ images in AI content
Union says growing numbers of its members have made complaints about infringements of copyright in AI material
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Time for tech companies and producers to strike a collective agreement on performers’ rights.
AI companies need to know that Equity will be putting in subject access requests en masse. They have a statutory obligation to respond. 👇
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI companies need to know that Equity will be putting in subject access requests en masse. They have a statutory obligation to respond. 👇
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
When AI "actress" Tilly Norwood was launched last month, Equity member Briony Monroe was indundated with messages asking if the AI model was her. Here Briony speaks to Good Morning Scotland about how the work of real creators is behind the machines.
October 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When AI "actress" Tilly Norwood was launched last month, Equity member Briony Monroe was indundated with messages asking if the AI model was her. Here Briony speaks to Good Morning Scotland about how the work of real creators is behind the machines.
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General Secretary of @equityuk.bsky.social, the wonderful Paul Fleming, delivered a rallying cry for a Labour Party reconnected with the workers our party was founded to champion 🌹
October 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
General Secretary of @equityuk.bsky.social, the wonderful Paul Fleming, delivered a rallying cry for a Labour Party reconnected with the workers our party was founded to champion 🌹
We believe that the creative process is a human prerogative & generative AI must remain a tool that's used to empower human creators, not replace them.
Read our statement responding to synthetic actor Tilly Norwood:
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ai-actress-demonstrates-fear-over-performance-theft
Read our statement responding to synthetic actor Tilly Norwood:
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ai-actress-demonstrates-fear-over-performance-theft
AI actress demonstrates fear over performance theft | Equity
Tilly Norwood: Equity says AI must be a tool to empower human creators, not replace them.
www.equity.org.uk
October 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We believe that the creative process is a human prerogative & generative AI must remain a tool that's used to empower human creators, not replace them.
Read our statement responding to synthetic actor Tilly Norwood:
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ai-actress-demonstrates-fear-over-performance-theft
Read our statement responding to synthetic actor Tilly Norwood:
www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ai-actress-demonstrates-fear-over-performance-theft