A unanimous decision to issue a press release was taken jointly in a virtual zoom meeting held on 22nd June, 2020 at 12 noon by Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) & Cine & TV Artistes’ Association (CINTAA)
Meeting was attended by: Shri B N Tiwari President - FWICE Shri Gangeshwar Srivastav Treasurer – FWICE Shri Manoj Joshi Sr Vice President – CINTAA Shri Amit Behl Sr Joint Secretary – CINTAA Ms Rajeshwari Sachdev Joint Secretary - CINTAA Shri Rashid Mehta EC Member – CINTAA Shri Sanjay Bhatia EC Member – CINTAA Shri Ayub Khan EC Member – CINTAA The decision to come out with a press release had to be taken as many of the grievances on working conditions/ payment terms/ duty hours which were submitted to the Producers association through series of joint meetings and communications earlier did not result in any positive reverts from them. There is still uncertainty looming large. Though we have always assured our best support to them they have not taken our concurrence on many issues resulting in lack of clarity and confusions. Many producers are taking unilateral steps of calling our members for shoot, this has only created a feel