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Still no new episodes on television
After having been on strike for a month, FWICE (Federation of Western India Cine Employees) arrived on a decision on November 19, where they signed an agreement which was said to have satisfied all parties. But it looks like one part of the production line up is not happy. Yesterday sound recorders went on a strike followed by other parts of the production line up who have also gone on strike today.
What this means is you and I won't see new episodes on Monday as was previously expected.
"It's not possible to telecast new episodes from next week now as the strike has taken a different turn. We just hope it gets over very soon. Everyone has suffered major losses through all this time," says producer Ratna Sinha.
The strike which first began on October 1st was announced by junior artists including the technicians who were demanding a hike in their salaries. This was followed by producers who went on strike from October 19th as they felt that the channels and the production houses couldn't arrive at new rates.
Slowly and steadily the strike began to gain momentum and channels began to run out of fresh content. As a result from November 9th there was a complete blackout on Indian television. Finally on November 19th, FWICE signed an agreement on Wednesday which had all the clauses and the increased pay of the people. It was then decided that shooting would start from the very next day (November 20th) and from Monday fresh episodes will be shown.
But soon after this, sound recorders opposed the clauses decided for them and went on a strike for one day on 20th and while that came to an end in the evening itself, now another fraction of the production set up have called a strike.
But some production houses who are losing money every day refuse to be a part of this strike. "The main body is the Federation. When that has decided on something then no one can stop us from shooting. I am just waiting for all my artists to come back from their break. Most probably we'll start shooting from tomorrow," says producer Rajan Sahi.
Another meeting between the Producers and the Federation is expected late this evening.
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After having been on strike for a month, FWICE (Federation of Western India Cine Employees) arrived on a decision on November 19, where they signed an agreement which was said to have satisfied all parties. But it looks like one part of the production line up is not happy. Yesterday sound recorders went on a strike followed by other parts of the production line up who have also gone on strike today.
What this means is you and I won't see new episodes on Monday as was previously expected.
"It's not possible to telecast new episodes from next week now as the strike has taken a different turn. We just hope it gets over very soon. Everyone has suffered major losses through all this time," says producer Ratna Sinha.
The strike which first began on October 1st was announced by junior artists including the technicians who were demanding a hike in their salaries. This was followed by producers who went on strike from October 19th as they felt that the channels and the production houses couldn't arrive at new rates.
Slowly and steadily the strike began to gain momentum and channels began to run out of fresh content. As a result from November 9th there was a complete blackout on Indian television. Finally on November 19th, FWICE signed an agreement on Wednesday which had all the clauses and the increased pay of the people. It was then decided that shooting would start from the very next day (November 20th) and from Monday fresh episodes will be shown.
But soon after this, sound recorders opposed the clauses decided for them and went on a strike for one day on 20th and while that came to an end in the evening itself, now another fraction of the production set up have called a strike.
But some production houses who are losing money every day refuse to be a part of this strike. "The main body is the Federation. When that has decided on something then no one can stop us from shooting. I am just waiting for all my artists to come back from their break. Most probably we'll start shooting from tomorrow," says producer Rajan Sahi.
Another meeting between the Producers and the Federation is expected late this evening.
http://www.indya.com/news/newsDetails.aspx?xfile=2008/November/News_20081121_115
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