The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance will take the Sydney Theatre Company to the Fair Work Commission over claims that the STC is prioritising commercial interests over staff safety.
The MEAA is pressing producers to pay actors in Australian TV dramas residuals from the first dollar of revenues.
The MEAA seems confident it will win the battle to thwart the deregulation of the process of approving visas for imported actors and crews.
The MEAA will ask the new Communications and Arts Minister Mitch Fifield to guarantee the ABC and SBS's funding and independence and to restore arts funding.
The MEAA has criticised the Arts Minister for refusing to accept a petition urging the government not to axe the process of approving visas for imported actors and crew.
Screen Producers Australia is calling on government, opposition and the minor parties to develop a holistic arts and communications screen policy ahead of the next election.
The MEAA has asked its members to lobby Senators to oppose legislation deregulating the importation of actors and crew by sending them "selfies."
The MEAA is mobilising its members to attend meetings in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth on May 11 to protest proposals to deregulate the process of approving visas for imported actors and crew.