Mumbai: The associations of content producers have come together to form an action committee called Media & Entertainment Producers Coordination Committee (MEPCC) to tackle unfair labour practices and issue guidelines to producers.

The Indian Motion Picture Producer’s Association (IMPPA), Indian Film and TV Producers Council (IFTPC), Western India Film Producer’s Association (WIFPA), The Association of Advertising Producers (ASAP), and Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal (ABMCM) have come under one umbrella and formed the action committee to ensure compliance with directions of Competition Commission of India (CCI) and Labour Commissioner.

The producers’ primary grievances are the unfair labour practices and extortion under different garbs from the trade unions. It has barred trade union’s vigilance officers from visiting shooting locations under any circumstances.

“The joint action committee will ensure full protection and security of all producers who make entertainment content. In case these producers face a disturbance in the work or shooting by trade unions, they have been advised to immediately file a police complaint in the nearest police station and also inform their association so that immediate action can be initiated against parties indulging in unfair labour practices," it said in a statement.

“The committee will also launch a new method of recruitment and selection of workers which will be unveiled soon,” it added.