Inside The Costume Designer Guild’s Wage Equity Campaign

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Getty Images By Robyn Mowatt ·Updated April 15, 2024

Costume designers Deirda Govan and Ariyela Wald-Cohain are speaking out about the pay disparities that have gone unaddressed for years. The two women who are members of the Costume Design Guild Local 892 union chapter in Los Angeles express commonalities in regard to pay, benefits, and more. Govan and Wald-Cohain also believe that there is a general lack of knowledge surrounding what they

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