Performers, technicians and other intermittent cultural workers struck against changes to unemployment insurance that they said would make their irregular employment more precarious. After days of cancelled performances and renewed strike votes, the Festival d'Avignon announced that its 2003 edition would not proceed. The dispute exposed the hidden labor that sustains cultural prestige and the weak protections available to workers whose employment is project-based. It also showed how cultural workers used a major institution to make labor conditions publicly visible.
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Why did intermittent arts workers strike in 2003?
Workers said revised eligibility rules would make income security harder for workers with irregular contracts.
The 2003 intermittent arts workers' strike helped lead to the cancellation of the Festival d'Avignon.
The festival cancelled its 2003 edition after sustained strikes and cancelled performances.