Michael Day is the London Variety Organiser and Louise Grainger is in charge of Marketing, Events and Training at Equity (@EquityUK). I got them on to talk about why a performers union is important to comedians, their role in the #MeToo movement and the future improvements they want to make to better serve the comedy industry and more! Stream - http://simoncaine.co.uk/ATI/Equity iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-the-industry-podcast/id946220937?mt=2 YouTube - https://youtu.be/i1qCIr98-TE Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/12wdMpotKGDpFvShobeaoy If you’d like to support the podcast please do via - PayPal - http://simoncaine.co.uk Or Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/AskTheIndustryPodcast Please buy a ticket or three to my Edinburgh Fringe 2019 show - https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/simon-caine-every-room-becomes-a-panic-room-when-you-overthink-enough Don’t forget to tweet Equity / me a thank you. My Twitter is @ThisMadeMeCool.