The changes we seek are modest and manageable. “The demands of the industry must be balanced with the health and wellness of its members. We require breaks during the workday, sleep, food, a safe trip home and a little time with family or away from the job,” he wrote in the letter. Not just because we are the most talented, creative technicians and artisans in the world, but because we are human beings with basic human needs. IATSE International President Matthew Loeb speaks at the 2011 Directors Guild Of America Honors in New York. On Friday, the union's president, Matthew Loeb, sent a letter to members encouraging them to vote yes on the authorization to strike.
Now, we cannot and will not accept a deal that leaves us with an unsustainable outcome.” 21 statement announcing its intent to hold a strike authorization vote, IATSE said members “risked our health and safety all year, working through the Pandemic to ensure that our business emerged intact. The union is calling for a new, three-year basic agreement that would provide behind-the-scenes workers higher pay, larger contributions to health and pension plans, meal breaks, improved rest periods and a bigger cut of the profits from streaming productions. The union’s contract with AMPTP, which went into place in 2018, ended July 31 and was extended until Sept. The results are expected to be released Monday, according to IATSE. However, if it passes, it could lead to the biggest industry strike among Hollywood production workers since World War II. Officially, it’s just a vote to authorize a strike, not a vote to go on strike. “I have to pay rent, cover insurance and support my children, so it comes with a price: I’m absent from my children’s lives, but I’m also fortunate that I have work.”īut Eisen, and thousands of other members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees union (IATSE), say it doesn’t have to be this way.Īs a member of the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706), Eisen has the chance to vote - starting Friday - on whether to grant IATSE’s president the authority to call a strike should talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents major film and television production companies, remain stalled. This teleseminar is part of Reed Smith’s ongoing series, "What Employers Need To Know in 2015." We invite employers to register here.“I can’t turn down work as a single mother,” she told NBC News.
Understanding the threat to non-unionized workplaces.EST, John DiNome and I will present a teleseminar: “No Union, No Worries? What non-union employers need to know about the NLRB to stay non-union.” We’ll discuss practical steps that employers can take to protect themselves in the wake of the NLRB’s rulings. And as a result of the NLRB’s recent decision in Purple Communications, employees may now usurp employer email systems for non-work-related communications. The Board’s “quickie” election rule, set to go into effect April 14, 2015, will dramatically shrink the period of time employers have to respond to union organizing.
The NLRB’s recent actions have changed the labor landscape for non-union employers.
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