Rome, 27/06/2020. Today, thousands of Show, Art and Culture Workers' held a national demonstration in Piazza Santi Apostoli (1.) to protest against the very precarious situation of their industry after Covid-19/Coronavirus pandemic emergency. From the Organiser (2.) Facebook event page: «[…] We are the workers of art, entertainment and culture. We took to the square on May 30th in 15 Italian cities. Despite the launch of the local institutional dialogue in several Italian regions, still no response has come from national and ministerial institutions. Four months after the start of the lockdown, our condition has not changed: the "restart" announced for June 15 actually creates new inequalities and excludes most of the realities that produce art, culture and entertainment in our country. […] We are workers, associations, companies of the entertainment and culture, gathered in national and territorial realities that are recognized in the art. 4, 9, 33, of the Italian Constitution, in the ethical culture of work, in its duties and in its rights. We are convinced that culture is a fundamental tool for the recovery of the nation. Culture is "common good" and for this we must be listened to […]».<br />
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