The AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest union federation, has called out Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick and his 2018 salary after massive layoffs earlier this year, according to Patrick Shanley in The Hollywood Reporter in June. Nearly 800 employees lost their jobs in 2019. […]
Cathy Repola of MPEG says that “sensationalized headlines” about the California bill have “created a great deal of confusion among our members.” […]
Congratulations to the newly elected or re-elected members of the Motion Picture Editors Guild’s 2019 Board of Directors. The new members will take office on January 1, 2019. […]
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. […]
Motion Picture Editors Guild members voted overwhelmingly to reject the 2018 IATSE Basic Agreement in a massive landslide — 89% voting against ratification, representing more than 5,100 members. […]
Local 700 is engaging in Get Out the Vote outreach to members. Ballots are due in the mail by October 9. The results will be announced October 10. […]
The Editors Guild will broadcast a series of daily podcasts about “the big problem issues” of the new union contract as members prepare to vote in a ratification election. […]
Opinion: Has our union has made a deal that doesn’t respect the labor of members? […]
Over the summer and fall of 1988, the Motion Picture Editors Guild in Hollywood, then IATSE Local 776, made two very auspicious hires to its staff. On July 25, Adriana Iglesias (now Iglesias-Dietl) became assistant bookkeeper and, on October 17, Lisa Berniker (now Dosch) was named administrative assistant. […]
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. […]
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