How unions could help reality TV cast and crew win better pay and working conditions
- Written by Helen Wood, Professor in Media and Cultural Studies, Aston University
“Just because you can exploit young, doe-eyed talent desperate for the platform TV gives them, it doesn’t mean you should.” Original Real Housewives of New York star Bethany Frankel recently issued this rallying call for unionisation of reality TV. She hopes to instigate a “reality reckoning” that will help other...