A Teachable Moment – Lessons Learned from the UTLA Strike
by Rob Callahan Last June, my column in these pages invoked the cinematic trope of the cliffhanger to describe a […]
Getting Organized
Vice Media Post Employees
Ratify Guild Contract
Post-production employees of Vice Media, Inc. have overwhelmingly ratified a Motion Picture Editors Guild union contract. The agreement addresses employee’s concerns over pay and job security, and also breaks new ground on the topic of gender and use of pronouns. […]
The Never-Ending Effort to Forge Solidarity
This issue of CineMontage, for all its many virtues, isn’t the most important piece of mail you’ll receive this month. Local 700 members, as well as members of our 12 sister IATSE locals who share the Basic Agreement, will soon receive ballots in their mailboxes. […]
Unions’ Cliffhanger: The Fate of Labor Dangles on the Brink of Catastrophe
Conflict between labor and management is nothing new. The period of post-WWII prosperity in which US union density reached its peak was decidedly not an era of labor peace. […]
Nick Animation Editorial Crew Goes Union!
The editorial employees of Nickelodeon Animation Studio have overwhelmingly elected to unionize with the Motion Picture Editors Guild, Local 700 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). […]
Resolve vs. Intransigence
The Key to Organizing a Workplace
Deciding to organize in the workplace is itself a kind of resolution — one appropriate for the new year or any other time a change is warranted. […]
Labor Pains Increase
But an Energized and Committed Union Is the Cure
The folks who craft trailers make regular use of a particular species of musical cue: a sustained droning growl of a note, signaling looming menace. […]
Vice Employees Go Union!
Post-production employees working on video for Vice Media have now won union representation! On Thursday, the company officially recognized the Motion Picture Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700, as the representative for its East Coast employees working in post on the company’s digital content […]
Contract High – Deluxe Digital Cinema Technicians Win Raises, Respect
In a nondescript Burbank falafel joint on a sweltering Sunday afternoon in July of last year, co-workers crowded around an impromptu conference table made up of several four-tops pushed together. A tacky film adhered to the furniture, as is typical of greasy spoons. Sweaty forearms clung stickily to gummy tabletops. […]
Deluxe Digital Cinema Technicians Ratify First Union Contract!
By a vote of 89%, employees of Deluxe Technicolor Digital Cinema have overwhelmingly ratified their first union contract.
The three-year agreement between the company and the Motion Picture Editors Guild covers technicians responsible […]