
ELECTORAL DYSFUNCTION: The Law Is Seldom on Labor’s Side
When we fight and win, we do so not because we have statutes or courts on our side, but because we have the extralegal strength that comes from steadfast solidarity among co-workers. […]
When we fight and win, we do so not because we have statutes or courts on our side, but because we have the extralegal strength that comes from steadfast solidarity among co-workers. […]
Almost two years ago, I met a lot of new friends and reconnected with many old ones walking the picket line in support of the striking crew of Shahs of Sunset. That strike afforded plenty of […]
By a vote of 89%, employees of Deluxe Technicolor Digital Cinema have overwhelmingly ratified their first union contract.
The three-year agreement between the company and the Motion Picture Editors Guild covers technicians responsible […]
In a nondescript Burbank falafel joint on a sweltering Sunday afternoon in July of last year, co-workers crowded around an impromptu conference table made up of several four-tops pushed together. A tacky film adhered to the furniture, as is typical of greasy spoons. Sweaty forearms clung stickily to gummy tabletops. […]
Employees of Deluxe Technicolor Digital Cinema (DTDC) have voted overwhelmingly to unionize with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and the Editors Guild! […]
The delegation of nearly twenty employees delivered a petition from the company’s roughly seventy unionized employees, calling upon their employer to negotiate in good faith to bring wage rates in line with industry standards. […]
Post-production employees working on video for Vice Media have now won union representation! On Thursday, the company officially recognized the Motion Picture Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700, as the representative for its East Coast employees working in post on the company’s digital content […]
The folks who craft trailers make regular use of a particular species of musical cue: a sustained droning growl of a note, signaling looming menace. […]
The editorial employees of Nickelodeon Animation Studio have overwhelmingly elected to unionize with the Motion Picture Editors Guild, Local 700 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). […]
As uninteresting as he might describe his career, the issues that have occupied Joseph A. Aredas’ time and his guiding values turn out to be deep, compassionate and profoundly human. […]
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