British and French entertainment workers’ unions are joining forces in a campaign to protest conditions for creative workers in the film industry. In a joint statement issued at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival , Britain’s Bectu (Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union) and its French sister trade unions called out a working culture that, they say has “normalised long working days” with “serious consequences for workers’ health, safety, and overall wellbeing.” The statement is part of Bectu’s Broken Turnaround campaign, which aims to eliminate the practice of film and TV workers being routinely asked to ignore the minimum rest period they are entitled to between shifts. Workers are legally entitled to refuse to break turnaround but, the unions say, the practice is widespread and many workers feel pressured to work longer hours without appropriate mandated breaks.…