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.” […]
by Rob Callahan Last June, my column in these pages invoked the cinematic trope of the cliffhanger to describe a […]
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. […]
Union staff can’t take the place of the membership. That means you have a role, too. […]
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. […]
We need members to be active in our organizing. […]
Since its inception in the late 1930s, card check has consistently been ruled legal by the NLRB. […]
Our members cannot take these benefits for granted. […]
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. […]
With the hiring of these two professionals, the organizing department is poised to make a huge step forward. […]
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