Open to discussion, but FWICE's strike unethical: Ashoke

Three days after the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) called for a strike to demand better pay and safety measures for workers, several organisations have come forward to condemn the way the stir was carried out.

Cine employee and workers, under the aegis of the FWICE, went on an indefinite strike from August 15 demanding various issues pending with the producers to be addressed at the earliest.

The Indian Films and Television Directors' Association (IFTDA) along with the Western India Cinematographers Association (WICA), Screen Writer's Association (SWA), Cine and Television Artistes Association (CINTAA), among others today said they were disappointed over the way the strike was carried out.

"We were not taken into confidence and we form a very important part of the federation. A strike can't be called one which doesn't have writers, directors, cameramen, make up and costume men, cine singers, actors," Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit, convenor of IFTDA, told

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