Getting Organized
Labor Movement Down But Not Out
The EFCA isn’t going to cure all that ails us, but such a law would give unions better tools to fight for fair wages and better working conditions. […]
Getting Organized
Getting Organized
Posting on Location?
If you’re working on distant location and the picture hires editorial personnel locally, please make sure to call it in to the Guild so we can make proper arrangements for our new members. […]
Getting Organized
‘Storm’ Watch: Weathering the Job Action Against LLP
While this fight has proven difficult and remains incomplete, there are encouraging lessons to take away from this job action as well. […]
Getting Organized
Personal Contact Trumps Technology
Flyers (or websites or e-mails) don’t really organize anybody. The actual act of organizing, is a face-to-face thing. […]
Getting Organized
Local Legend
The history of Local 683 is one of very active involvement by the rank and file membership. […]
Getting Organized
Taking Sides and Choosing Battles
In such conflicts, we must make a choice: Either stand together with our co-workers, or side with the employers out to undermine them. […]
Getting Organized
We Are All Wisconsin
Anti-union zealots attempt to arouse jealousy and to pit one group of employees against another. It’s a distraction from the fact that we’re all in the same boat…and that boat is sinking. […]
Getting Organized
You Never Call!
Keeping the Guild in the dark about whom they employ and otherwise thwarting communication amongst their employees are some of the more effective ways a non-union employer can prevent its employees from organizing. […]
Getting Organized
A Foothold in Reality
Fremantle is a large enough player that its going union will help to raise the bar for other employers. […]
Getting Organized
In the Edit Suite or the Batter’s Box, Bosses Are Not Benefactors
A pool of individuals of extraordinary talents that had generated great wealth for their employers had come to feel indebted and indentured to the very organizations for which they amassed extravagant profits. […]
