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Piwin -> RE: Union flamenca (Jun. 17 2020 16:17:08)
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Seems like a good move to me. Most of what they're talking about are general issues that apply to any kind of artistic profession that relies on live performances. Banding together will at least give them a louder voice in the larger music industry debate around these issues.
The legal and financial advice component is standard union help, which can go a long way to make sure not just that they're not getting screwed financially by tablao owners (either wittingly or not), but more importantly that if there comes a time when they need to claim public benefits like unemployment, they're actually able to do so. There are also larger issues of insurance coverage.
Working towards getting a specific legal regimen is possibly inspired by what we have up in France. For all the problems there are with the "intermittent du spectacle" status, you can ask around with artists from around Europe and I think you'll find most are quite envious of it. Last year the "Estatuto del Artista", which would've gone a long ways in addressing most of these grievances, unfortunately never made it to the implementation phase, an unfortunate victim of the political clusterfuck that was 2019. Right now everything is based on a decree from 1985 that not only is outdated, but also leaves a lot of issues in limbo, causing quite a bit of confusion when artists need to claim any kind of public benefit.
I was happy to see that some of those who are carrying this project, like José Mercé or Miguel Poveda, Tomatito, Vicente Amigo, etc. are among the heavy-weights who most likely don't really need any of this. Namely, they've made it but are giving some of their time and effort to take care of the much larger contingent of artists that will never reach their level of success.
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