Film industry workers union to strike again

The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE), the film industry workers' union, will go on strike from August 15. The cause, they say, is the producers' bodies like IMPPA and IFTPC) and their failure to revise their remuneration. Dilip Pithwa, FWICE General Secretary, says, "When we went on strike in October 2015, we were told that we'd get 11 per cent wage hike in 2016 and another 11 per cent in 2017.