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Equity Birmingham and West Midlands Branch
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Equity Birmingham and West Midlands Branch @equitybwm.bsky.social · 8h
Next BWM Branch Meeting Tuesday 21st October 2025
7:30pm in the Artist Lounge at @ Birmingham Hippodrome
Guest speaker is Leah Swain-Heath, a young Brummie actor, writer, presenter, founder of the Sisters of the Screen community and two time Royal Television Society award winner.
photograph of young actor Leah Swain Heath. Long brown hair, brown eyes and a big smile. Wearing a green top and a star pendant.
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Equity Birmingham and West Midlands Branch @equitybwm.bsky.social · 8h
Next BWM Branch Meeting Tuesday 21st October 2025
7:30pm in the Artist Lounge at @ Birmingham Hippodrome
Guest speaker is Leah Swain-Heath, a young Brummie actor, writer, presenter, founder of the Sisters of the Screen community and two time Royal Television Society award winner.
photograph of young actor Leah Swain Heath. Long brown hair, brown eyes and a big smile. Wearing a green top and a star pendant.
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Equity Birmingham and West Midlands Branch @equitybwm.bsky.social · 8h
Next BWM Branch Meeting Tuesday 21st October 2025
7:30pm in the Artist Lounge at @ Birmingham Hippodrome
Guest speaker is Leah Swain-Heath, a young Brummie actor, writer, presenter, founder of the Sisters of the Screen community and two time Royal Television Society award winner.
photograph of young actor Leah Swain Heath. Long brown hair, brown eyes and a big smile. Wearing a green top and a star pendant.
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Equity Birmingham and West Midlands Branch @equitybwm.bsky.social · Sep 8
It's on a Thursday as requested!! Next Equity Birmingham & West Midlands Branch @equitybwm.bsky.social meeting Thursday 18th September 2025 at 7:30pm in the Lloyds Room of the Hippodrome. If you can't make it to the room email with zoom link sent today.
Photo of The April Equity BWM meeting. With members in the room and on screen on zoom.
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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · Sep 11
It appears we need to share this again...

#ECHR #Bravermam #Reform
Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?
YouTube video by The Guardian
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Equity Birmingham and West Midlands Branch @equitybwm.bsky.social · Sep 8
It's on a Thursday as requested!! Next Equity Birmingham & West Midlands Branch @equitybwm.bsky.social meeting Thursday 18th September 2025 at 7:30pm in the Lloyds Room of the Hippodrome. If you can't make it to the room email with zoom link sent today.
Photo of The April Equity BWM meeting. With members in the room and on screen on zoom.
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Equity Manchester @equitymanc.bsky.social · Sep 8
We don't mean to brag but not only is the NW Drag Network taking Manchester by storm but @equityuk.bsky.social membership is also up and MOST IMPORTANTLY Equity is now a fashion statement on Canal Street - performers are wearing our socks in support of their union! Check out these hot models! 🔥🔥
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Equity Birmingham and West Midlands Branch @equitybwm.bsky.social · Jul 14
Excited to be representing @equityuk.bsky.social at the Girls in Dance Festival 2025 in Birmingham.
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Equity Birmingham and West Midlands Branch @equitybwm.bsky.social · Jul 14
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Girls in Dance Festival 2025
The Festival where Girls Move the World!
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Equity Birmingham and West Midlands Branch @equitybwm.bsky.social · Jul 14
Excited to be representing @equityuk.bsky.social at the Girls in Dance Festival 2025 in Birmingham.
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Equity Birmingham and West Midlands Branch @equitybwm.bsky.social · Jul 11
This would be fantastic if it happened. Performers and Creative workers need sustainable jobs on Equity pay, teams and conditions 💕
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Equity @equityuk.bsky.social · Jun 27
📰EQUITY NEWS: Equity has recommended to DCMS that Arts Council England (ACE) introduce a network of national theatres across England.

Check out the full story below tinyurl.com/EquityACErecs 👇
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Equity @equityuk.bsky.social · Jun 30
Nothing rotten in the state of Denmark when it comes to this – just a level-headed policy that gives people ownership over what is rightfully theirs 👏

It’s a huge achievement and something similar here would go a long way to ensure Equity members have the protection they need!

tinyurl.com/v9vftvfw
Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features
Amendment to law will strengthen protection against digital imitations of people’s identities, government says
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Equity @equityuk.bsky.social · Jul 4
📣Standing room only to save Square Chapel for the people!

Over 2,000 have signed the petition, and last night’s packed meeting proved it: Halifax won’t let this vital arts space go without a fight. ✊

Sign the petition now: tinyurl.com/SaveSquareChapel

#SaveSquareChapel
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Equity @equityuk.bsky.social · Jul 4
Results of the Equity Committee Elections 2025 are in 🗳️

Check them out live on our website: tinyurl.com/EquityCommitteeResults25

Congratulations to everyone who won. A huge thank you to everyone who has completed their term and to everyone who stood.
Text reads: The results are in for the Equity committee elections 2025
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · Jul 10
🚎Well done Liverpool 👏👏👏

First coach booked.

Is your area organising travel to #Megapicket II?

Let us know and how many are coming, via [email protected]

Build the pickets 🪧

#StrikeMap
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Philip Ralph @philralph.bsky.social · Jul 10
This is terrific news for those who’ve never seen @TheBearFX
and a fascinating new development in the TV landscape in the UK. The key question remains: how can local British stories that don’t sell globally still find funding to be made end up on these platforms too?
scottygb.bsky.social Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · Jul 10
First for the streaming age in the UK.

Disney+ and ITVX have entered a new partnership, whereby big shows from both platforms will be shown on each others.
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Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop · Jul 10
It's a special moment when a co-operator, as a Minister of State, gets to introduce new legislation that fulfils such an important priority of our movement.

Here's our Chair, Jim McMahon, on why today's English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill is so crucial. It's why we're in politics.
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Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop · Jul 10
We're breaking down the barriers to community ownership.

With the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, local sports facilities will be automatically registered as assets of community value in a first-of-its-kind new arrangement.

Catch up with Emma Foody MP 👇
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Equity @equityuk.bsky.social · Jul 10
BREAKING: Cambridge Shakespeare Festival has agreed to pay its performers following a campaign led by Equity activists

Festival committed to negotiations with us for a union agreement 🙌

www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/ca...
Cambridge Shakespeare Festival agrees to pay performers | Equity
Festival agrees to pay its performers following a campaign led by Equity activists.
www.equity.org.uk
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · Jul 11
📢🗣️SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT

Join @redrunswick.bsky.social at #Megapicket2 on 25 July as @bma.org.uk resident doctors begin their own action.

Tell strikers you are coming:
bit.ly/RSVPMegapicketII

5 sites. One Day!

#StrikeMap #Birmingham #BrumBinStrike #BirminghamBinStrike #Solidarity
Promotional poster for a strike event featuring speaker Emma Runswick, Deputy Chair, BMA, on 25 July at 6am. The event is supported by various organizations including ASLEF, BMA, and TUC. The poster is titled 'STRIKE MAP' and includes the date and time details at the bottom.
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · Jul 11
Attacking workers has consequences Angela Rayner.

#WriteToRayner here: bit.ly/WriteToRayner

#BirminghamBinStrike #BrumBinStrike #StrikeMap
unitetheunion.bsky.social Unite the union @unitetheunion.bsky.social · Jul 11
🚨 BREAKING. THIS IS BIG! 🚨 Unite conference votes to suspend Angela Rayner & Birmingham Council leader John Cotton from Unite membership & to re-examine relationship with Labour over Birmingham bins dispute
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Equity @equityuk.bsky.social · Jul 11
Too hot? It's only going to get hotter 🥵

14-20 July is #HeatStrike week of action. Record your workplace temperature & use our heat mitigation checklist to make sure venues are suitably adapted for high heat

Order a thermometer & use the checklist 👇
tinyurl.com/2H2WEquity
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Equity Birmingham and West Midlands Branch @equitybwm.bsky.social · May 25
These videos explaining the work of @equityuk.bsky.social are excellent filming Equity members who are active in our trade union. Getting involved know what's going on be an activist. Demand better in film and TV. Don't be a passive member of your union it's all of us!
equityuk.bsky.social Equity @equityuk.bsky.social · May 16
DEMANDING BETTER IN FILM AND TV🎥📺

We’re negotiating with indie film and TV bosses to get a better deal for performers including higher pay and royalties, protections from #AI, no more last minute #selftapes and fairer contracts.

Find out more: tinyurl.com/PACTEquity
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Save Station Street, Birmingham @stationstreet.bsky.social · Mar 31
13 month update:

The Electric - Awaiting listing appeal outcome & @flatpack continue the feasibility study
43-45 Station Street - Listing application submitted
The Crown - 🤷🏼‍♂️ we're hearing Toyoko Inns are, after 10yrs, preparing a planning application but for who knows what!
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Equity @equityuk.bsky.social · May 28
SCOTRAIL ROW:

Equity official, Liam Budd, speaks to Sky News about Gayanne Potter, professional voiceover artist and Equity member, who reports that she has found herself becoming the voice of ScotRail’s new controversial AI train announcement system - without her consent.

#StopAIstealingtheshow
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