Departments
Why Trump’s Labor Board is So Scared of Scabby the Rat
Five years ago, I began a relationship with an unlikely companion.
Getting Organized
Departments
Personal Effects: The Power of Peer-to-Peer Interaction
One of the social media companies competing for my ever-diminishing supply of attention sends me almost daily e-mails imploring me to log onto its site so that I can build an online simulacrum of my professional network. Those e-mails egg me on with a declarative catchphrase: “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”
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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 […]
Departments
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.
Getting Organized
Honor Thy Ancestors
Union staff can’t take the place of the membership. That means you have a role, too.
Departments
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.
Getting Organized
ORGANIZING PROGRESS REPORT
We need members to be active in our organizing.
Getting Organized
NLRB Tips Its Hand on Card Checks
Since its inception in the late 1930s, card check has consistently been ruled legal by the NLRB.
Getting Organized
There’s More Than Just Power in a Union
Our members cannot take these benefits for granted.
Getting Organized
Let’s Get REAL About Editing for Reality Television
The networks and production companies are getting top dollar for advertising during Reality shows, yet most refuse to offer basic health insurance to their employees.
