A.J. Catoline -

The Guild Strikes a Note of Support for Members, Non-Members Alike

June 1, 2015

In its campaign to organize non-union employers, the Editors Guild has many tools and tactics. In some instances, employees withhold their labor in order to convince non-union employers to agree to union deals.

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The Editing of ‘Selma’ and the Union Legacy of Martin Luther King

March 4, 2015

For picture editor Spencer Averick, editing the 2014 film Selma was a triumphant career achievement of many firsts; the film was nominated for two Academy Awards — Best Picture and Best Song (“Glory”), winning the latter — and it was his first job as a member of the Motion Picture Editors Guild.

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Courting Controversy: An Interview with the Dudes Who Cut ‘The Interview’

January 19, 2015

Film editing may be known as “the invisible art,” but picture editors Zene Baker and Evan Henke never expected that all their work cutting The Interview was in danger of becoming invisible itself.

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