Photograph 2: Close up of Equity Members on the Justice For Heklina campaign protest. Protesters in fashionable clothes march with placards along the Thames path. Some of the placards show headshots of Heklina in her vivacious powder blue wig and electric pink dress. Other placards read, in Equity's signature font and purple lettering, 'LGBTQ+ workers have a right to safety'.

Photograph 3: shows Equity members, councillors and staff protesting outside the BAFTA Games Awards 2025, on London's South Bank. They are looking into camera which shoots them from above, they are smiling and holding their fist aloft in a gesture of solidarity, they hold placards which read 'union contracts in gaming now'.

Unions are here to defend every worker and ensure that safety standards are met. Today, and everyday, we honour the dead and fight for the living. #IWMD #IWMD25

Photograph 1: Shows Equity floral wreath for Leeds IWMD event. The wreath contains white lilies and other purple flowers.

This International Workers Memorial Day Equity remembers everyone who has died or has been injured at work.

This year our focus is particularly on those in the night time economy, including comedians, stage management, drag artists and singers, who face increasingly inhospitable working conditions

Great to see @equityuk.bsky.social demanding the use of trade union contracts in the gaming industry at the BAFTA awards last night. The industry cannot Equity's demands and we will continue to lobby for improved pay, terms and conditions where are members are working in gaming.

In these ever changing times it’s important you join a union and that union is strong. If you’re an @equityuk.bsky.social member it’s committee election time please stand for election help us make our industry better

Solidarity with Equity members in the Welsh National Opera chorus who took industrial action short of strike in Swansea last night as part of an ongoing dispute over cutting the size, pay and contracts of the chorus. ♥️✊

UK unions call for action to protect creative industry workers as AI develops TUC says proposals on copyright and AI framework must go further to stop exploitation by ‘rapacious tech bosses’

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Bridgerton’s Jason Barnett: I wish I’d saved into my pension earlier The actor, currently starring in 'The Tempest', says he is a spender, not a saver

"I do [have a pension], although I wish I’d started it earlier. The Equity pension... is really good, and something I pay into after every job"

Thanks to member Jason Barnett for the shout out in @inews.co.uk - a pension is one benefit of membership!

inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

🗳️ In 2025 we’re holding committee elections for the industrial & equality committees and the nations.

It’s your union, get involved. Find out more here 👇
www.equity.org.uk/get-involved...

A casting breakdown from Spotlight came up this past week for this very thing.

My first post on Bluesky, and very happy to use this to share the first post @equityuk.bsky.social Very proud to work for a trade union of professional performers and creative workers who span the entire entertainment industry. A true force to be reckoned with!