Equity UK union campaigns and policy

We are a campaigning union.

We campaign to build an entertainment industry that works for everyone. Together we push for change on the issues that are important to our members. From tackling low wages and harassment to making auditions accessible, strengthening performers’ rights and defending public service broadcasting.

Break Down Barriers #AbolishAuditionFees

Join our campaign to abolish audition fees and hidden course costs for performing arts students. #AbolishAuditionFees

Sign the petition

PACT - Demand Better in film and TV

Join our campaign to demand better in negotiations with PACT (Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television)

Demand better

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Stop AI Stealing The Show

Join our campaign to strengthen performers' rights in response to the rise of artificial intelligence across the entertainment industry.

Join the campaign

End wage theft at Cambridge Shakespeare Festival

Sign the petition to Cambridge Shakespeare Festival to demand they pay their performers.

End Wage Theft

End the Tax on Hope

Equity’s campaign on casting directories and legal action regarding Spotlight.

End the tax on hope

Scrap the Self-Employment Penalty

Join our campaign to abolish the minimum income floor in Universal Credit, a penalty on the self-employed pushing creative workers out of the industry.

Scrap the self-employment penalty

Dignity In Digs

The theatre digs system isn’t fit for purpose, but with your help we’ve been gathering evidence on the scale of the problem

Report your dodgy digs today

Support the Dispute at the Welsh National Opera

Demand a full time chorus, a full time wage and no compulsory redundancies.

Support the WNO

Resist the Cuts in Northern Ireland

Join our campaign to fight against the cuts to arts funding in Northern Ireland.

Resist the cuts

NT Schools Touring

The National Theatre schools touring programme changed young people’s lives by performing productions for primary school children in their own assembly halls. But the National Theatre has now cut these live performances, without any guarantee or promise they will ever come back.

Sign Equity Class Network's petition to reinstate National Theatre Primary schools touring.

Sign the National Theatre petition

Save BGWMC

Donate to save Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club from closure.The potential loss of yet another London venue for queer nightlife is devastating and represents a significant loss of work for performers in the drag and cabaret sector.

Donate to the fighting fund

More Campaigns & Past Campaigns

Join our campaign for a radical improvements, to work, rest, and pay in the West End

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Join our campaign demanding that the ENO drop their plans to cut chorus contracts to just six months of the year and slash pay by 40%.

Equity members holding signs in support of Channel 4 at a rally to keep Channel 4 public

Join our campaign to stop the privatisation of Channel 4

We need Government to fix the Brexit chaos for the creative industries

Our branch driven campaign to provide opportunities for local talent

Policy

The issues facing our members are not limited to a specific workspace or employer. Some challenges exist across a city or region or across the country. One of the best ways of addressing these issues is through policy.

Find out more about our policy work

International Solidarity

International solidarity has been at the heart of Equity’s mission since we were founded in 1930. From founding our international federation of unions, to campaigning for artists freedom across the World, for almost 100 years we have lived our mission of fighting for Equity for all people, internationally.

Find out more about our international work

Campaigns & Policy