The conflict of the "intermittants du spectacle" in France. The movement of intermittants du spectacle refers to actors, film directors and many other professions - people whose job is to create imaginary worlds. In 2003, their unemployment insurance was modified by the French employers' organization Medef and three other minority labor unions, with a change in eligibility requirements that was predicted to eliminate roughly 30 % of the beneficiaries.
The writer is sociologist, philosopher and independent researcher specializing in the interrelationships of work, economy and society. He works and teaches at the University of Paris.
Theme: Surplus of the arts.
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