Stage Management Committee

Act as champions to bring a cultural shift to the work of SMs so that SMs working under boy-outs get exactly what they are entitled.

Combat the misuse of combined and acting roles and missed break provisions by:

• Working with and encouraging others to report to Equity Officials that lead on the collective agreements to ensure that they are being properly adhered to and met and focus on there being more clarity in agreements around missed breaks.
• Encouraging SM members through advice and guidance to feel empowered to push back on work or tasks that seeks for them to do what would normally be multiple jobs in a manner which is untenable an/or exploitative and to actively seek support from their union on workplace issues.
• Working with and encouraging others to report to Equity Officials that lead on the collective agreements to ensure that collective agreements do not in any way allow for the agreements to go against the spirit of the existence of missed break provisions so that they are properly used as an exception to the rule, rather than an endemic issue, and actively seek support and encourage others to seek support from their union, ensuring on endemic breaches of break provisions for advice and guidance.

Pro-actively listen to SMs in the industry and ensure an evidence-based response, as a committee, to encapsulate their priorities and concerns into our work.