Board of Directors
After a Year of Turmoil, MPEG Board Members Speak Out on Past Challenges, Future Goals
After a Historic Basic Agreement Vote, MPEG Board Members Look Ahead to New Challenges […]
Guild
Guild
At IATSE District 2 Convention, Matt Loeb Rouses Delegates and Soothes ‘Disappointment’ Over Contract
Pride, protest and passion echoed through the halls and into the streets of the 78th annual IATSE District 2 convention in San Francisco on June 25. […]
Guild
Cheering Post Employees at VICE Approve a Deal to Shorten Hours, Increase Pay
By Rob Callahan Post-production employees of VICE Media have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new 3-year union agreement that dramatically […]
Features
MPEG Announces Election Results for 2022 Board
Voters returned 1,584 ballots out of 8,745 mailed out, for a response rate of just over 18%, according to the election manager. […]
Guild
With Talks at ‘Critical Juncture,’ Local 700 Member Meeting Draws Record Turnout
These thousands of post-production professionals logged on to hear National Executive Director Cathy Repola report on the ongoing IATSE Basic Agreement negotiations, which occur every three years and affect contracts in film and television. The turnout eclipsed the meeting during the last negotiation cycle in 2018 when about 2,100 members showed up in the ballroom of the Sheraton Universal. […]
Guild
Jennifer Madar, Longtime Eastern Field Rep, Exits Guild for New Role at Local 600
Jennifer started with the Guild in 2005 as an Organizer in the Los Angeles office, and then moved to New York to serve as the Guild’s Eastern Region Field Representative in 2007. […]
Events
General Membership Meeting Focuses on Basic Agreement Talks, Fight for Racial Justice
Many members paid particularly close attention to the upcoming Basic Agreement talks, the first since the contentious negotiations in 2018 in which the Editors Guild, alone among IA locals, voted down the proposed contract. […]
Guild
IATSE ‘Committed to Fighting’ for ‘More Humane and Equitable Workplace’
Leaders of IATSE’s 13 production locals in Hollywood are showing a united front in their negotiations for a new film and TV contract with management’s Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. In a joint […]
Guild
Diane Adler, Trailblazing Editor of ‘The Rockford Files,’ Dies at 97
Diane Adler, the pioneering film editor who spent five seasons on The Rockford Files and cut other TV series including Kojak, Spenser: For Hire and Riptide, has died. She was 97. Adler died Thursday in Los Angeles, her family announced. […]
Guild
Hollywood’s Unions Rack Up Huge Dues Losses During Pandemic Slowdown
Hollywood’s unions are hurting. Membership dues, their largest source of revenue, have plummeted during the pandemic as a result of massive job losses and dues relief they’ve provided to their members. Annual financial reports that have […]
