During the 2017 election campaign, the Labour Party said that we would restore the rights of film industry workers to bargain collectively. Upon forming a Government with our partners in New Zealand First and the Greens, we formed the Film Industry Working Group, drawing from all the major players in the screen industry, including producers, actors, and technicians, plus the Council of Trade Unions and Business New Zealand. We asked the working group to find a way to balance allowing workers to bargain collectively and to keep working as contractors if they wanted with giving production companies certainty about workers' employment status, while maintaining contribution in our vibrant screen industry. This was not an easy task. I commend the members of the Film Industry Working Group and their facilitator, Linda Clark, for their creativity and the collaboration they demonstrated during the process. Over 10 months in 2018, they developed a unique model for workplace relations in the screen industry. Their model is what the Screen Industry Workers Bill is based on.