OP / EDIT
The Outsourcerer’s Apprentice?
Remember, the job you lose just may be your own! […]
Unions
Features
Randy Thom: 2014 MPSE Career Achievement Award Honoree
During the past 35 years, Randy Thom, CAS, MPSE, has helped define the creative art of sound for feature films, and has been an inspiration to colleagues and assistants alike. Thom is this year’s recipient of the MPSE Career Achievement Award from the Motion Picture Sound Editors, which was presented at its 61st annual Golden Reel Awards, held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles February 16. […]
Getting Organized
Honor Thy Ancestors
Union staff can’t take the place of the membership. That means you have a role, too. […]
Special Section
Building the More Perfect Union
Along with the Guild’s Board, during his tenure, Kutak has overseen much transformation at the local as it has adapted to the upheavals and constant change that are a given in the entertainment industry. […]
Features
The Great Society: The Beginnings of the Editors Guild
In celebration of the Editors Guild’s 80th anniversary on May 20, 2017, we reprint this story on the founding of the Society of Motion Picture Film Editors, the forerunner of today’s Guild, which originally appeared in CineMontage JAN-FEB 2012 […]
Features
The Busy Boom Years of Local 771
The 1980s were very busy years for the East Coast Editors Guild, Local 771, and the period of its highest level of membership. By 1987, more than 1,200 people were working in features and at the television networks. […]
Departments
Unions’ Cliffhanger: The Fate of Labor Dangles on the Brink of Catastrophe
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. […]
Membership Outreach
We Are Our Own First Line of Defense
Please join us. Send your ideas. Join a committee meeting. Participate in Facebook discussions. Share with your fellow members. […]
Departments
Destiny’s Child
I was born and raised in a union family, specifically IATSE Local 683. I saw first-hand the benefits of working union. […]
Features
Love of Labor: Marvin Davis Knows Well the Power of a Union
Marvin Davis should have become a union organizer. Davis, a Field Representative in the Hollywood office of the Editors Guild, retired in February after a long and rewarding career in the film industry. […]
