Hollywood Studios this week

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CyborgSage00x0 09/21/21 1:54:08 PM #1:	Context: I.A.T.S.E (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) is the massive film union that represents basically everyone in film that isn't DGA, PGA, WGA, etc. They have 3-year deals with the A.M.P.T.P. (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers), which is the Producers/Studios. No headway has been made at all between the 2 sides, with the A.M.P.T.P. trying to massively backslide on workers' rights, compensation, etc. Basically, it's the working man vs the Hollywood studios and Producer Execs. IATSE is voting this week to authorize a strike vote, which would allow the Union to call for a formal strike. The strike vote is expected to overwhelming pass. IATSE has never gone on strike before, and represents ~65,000, meaning this could be one of the largest strikes in US histroy. Full disclosure: I am an IATSE member. https://deadline.com/2021/09/iatse-strike-authorization-vote-film-tv-workers-1234841037/ https://variety.com/2021/film/news/iatse-strike-authorization-vote-1235069694/ IATSE moved one step closer to a strike against the film and TV industry companies Monday, telling its members that it will now ask them for strike authorization. Today, the AMPTP informed the IATSE that they do not intend to respond to our comprehensive package proposal presented to them over a week ago, the union leaders said in a message to members. This failure to continue negotiating can only be interpreted one way. They simply will not address the core issues we have repeatedly advocated for from the beginning. As a result, we will now proceed with a nationwide strike authorization vote to demonstrate our commitment to achieving the change that is long overdue in this industry. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said in a statement that it put forth a deal-closing comprehensive proposal that meaningfully addresses the IATSEs key bargaining issues, and that in choosing to leave the bargaining table to seek a strike authorization vote, the IATSE leadership walked away from a generous comprehensive package. See the AMPTPs full statement below. A strike-authorization vote does not necessarily mean that there will be a strike only that the members give their leaders the authorization to call for a walkout if they are unable to reach an eleventh-hour agreement. --- PotD's resident Film Expert. <cite>CyborgSage00x0 posted [p:958266950] in I.A.T.S.E.... [t:79672175]...</cite> <quote>Context: I.A.T.S.E (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) is the massive film union that represents basically everyone in film that isn't DGA, PGA, WGA, etc. They have 3-year deals with the A.M.P.T.P. (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers), which is the Producers/Studios. No headway has been made at all between the 2 sides, with the A.M.P.T.P. trying to massively backslide on workers' rights, compensation, etc. Basically, it's the working man vs the Hollywood studios and Producer Execs. IATSE is voting this week to authorize a strike vote, which would allow the Union to call for a formal strike. The strike vote is expected to overwhelming pass. IATSE has never gone on strike before, and represents ~65,000, meaning this could be one of the largest strikes in US histroy. Full disclosure: I am an IATSE member. https://deadline.com/2021/09/iatse-strike-authorization-vote-film-tv-workers-1234841037/ https://variety.com/2021/film/news/iatse-strike-authorization-vote-1235069694/ IATSE moved one step closer to a strike against the film and TV industry companies Monday, telling its members that it will now ask them for strike authorization. Today, the AMPTP informed the IATSE that they do not intend to respond to our comprehensive package proposal presented to them over a week ago, the union leaders said in a message to members. This failure to continue negotiating can only be interpreted one way. They simply will not address the core issues we have repeatedly advocated for from the beginning. As a result, we will now proceed with a nationwide strike authorization vote to demonstrate our commitment to achieving the change that is long overdue in this industry. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said in a statement that it put forth a deal-closing comprehensive proposal that meaningfully addresses the IATSEs key bargaining issues, and that in choosing to leave the bargaining table to seek a strike authorization vote, the IATSE leadership walked away from a generous comprehensive package. See the AMPTPs full statement below. A strike-authorization vote does not necessarily mean that there will be a strike only that the members give their leaders the authorization to call for a walkout if they are unable to reach an eleventh-hour agreement. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 09/21/21 2:44:21 PM #2:	CyborgSage00x0 posted... Basically, it's the working man Those are the good guys! CyborgSage00x0 posted... vs the Hollywood studios and Producer Execs. Those are the bad guys! CyborgSage00x0 posted... IATSE is voting this week to authorize a strike vote, which would allow the Union to call for a formal strike. The strike vote is expected to overwhelming pass. IATSE has never gone on strike before, and represents ~65,000, meaning this could be one of the largest strikes in US histroy. If only there was some way to create entertainment featuring those good guys going up against those bad guys... And 65k would make it one of the largest strikes? Now I'm going to have google large strikes. At any rate, if I've learned anything from watching Hollywood movies, Hollywood executives and producers are almost always asshole villains, and the people going up against them are almost always in the right. So once I find a relatable main character in this story and watch a montage of their day, I'm rooting against the executives --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:958268457] in I.A.T.S.E.... [t:79672175]...</cite> <quote>CyborgSage00x0 posted... </cite> <quote>Basically, it's the working man</quote> Those are the good guys! CyborgSage00x0 posted... </cite> <quote>vs the Hollywood studios and Producer Execs.</quote> Those are the bad guys! CyborgSage00x0 posted... </cite> <quote>IATSE is voting this week to authorize a strike vote, which would allow the Union to call for a formal strike. The strike vote is expected to overwhelming pass. IATSE has never gone on strike before, and represents ~65,000, meaning this could be one of the largest strikes in US histroy.</quote> If only there was some way to create entertainment featuring those good guys going up against those bad guys... And 65k would make it one of the largest strikes? Now I'm going to have google large strikes. At any rate, if I've learned anything from watching Hollywood movies, Hollywood executives and producers are almost always asshole villains, and the people going up against them are almost always in the right. So once I find a relatable main character in this story and watch a montage of their day, I'm rooting against the executives </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CyborgSage00x0 09/21/21 3:23:11 PM #3:	Zeus posted... Those are the good guys! Zeus posted... Those are the bad guys! In this case, Group A is asking Group B to stop making them work in long, unsafe hours, and to drastically increase the penalties when the aforementioned are violated. Group B is saying no, and how about we also remove the penalties altogether, and how about we cut the 3% salary COLA per annum in half, despite 3% being the standard in all US industries. I'll leave you to decide who the heroes and villains are, here. So once I find a relatable main character in this story and watch a montage of their day, I'm rooting against the executives I mean, you can use me, since I, you know, post here, and work in this very industry. I'm not going to make it seem like the Studios and Producers are all routinely cackling villains that see nothing but the bottom line. I've been on a few shows this year where it was just the opposite, they were quite nice, thoughtful, and stuck to 10 hour shooting days (something the industry workers have long been pushing for). THAT said, the amount of times I've heard Producers/Execs go "Oh no, anyways..." when told one of their Crew members fell asleep at the wheel due to long hours and locations are far away is far too often, including the very show I'm on now. "The peasants want more?" is a paraphrase of things I've heard said literally with my own ears. Luckily, the studio I'm on with now has started to react/crackdown once they got wind of conditions on the ground, but the very same people that blow-off concerns over long, unsafe working conditions are those NOT exposed to aforementioned working conditions. This is one of those times where it very much is a David v. Goliath story, and the David's are tired of this shit. --- PotD's resident Film Expert. <cite>CyborgSage00x0 posted [p:958269648] in I.A.T.S.E.... [t:79672175]...</cite> <quote>Zeus posted... </cite> <quote>Those are the good guys!</quote> Zeus posted... </cite> <quote>Those are the bad guys!</quote>In this case, Group A is asking Group B to stop making them work in long, unsafe hours, and to drastically increase the penalties when the aforementioned are violated. Group B is saying no, and how about we also remove the penalties altogether, and how about we cut the 3% salary COLA per annum in half, despite 3% being the standard in all US industries. I'll leave you to decide who the heroes and villains are, here. <quote>So once I find a relatable main character in this story and watch a montage of their day, I'm rooting against the executives</quote>I mean, you can use me, since I, you know, post here, and work in this very industry. I'm not going to make it seem like the Studios and Producers are all routinely cackling villains that see nothing but the bottom line. I've been on a few shows this year where it was just the opposite, they were quite nice, thoughtful, and stuck to 10 hour shooting days (something the industry workers have long been pushing for). THAT said, the amount of times I've heard Producers/Execs go "Oh no, anyways..." when told one of their Crew members fell asleep at the wheel due to long hours and locations are far away is far too often, including the very show I'm on now. "The peasants want more?" is a paraphrase of things I've heard said literally with my own ears. Luckily, the studio I'm on with now has started to react/crackdown once they got wind of conditions on the ground, but the very same people that blow-off concerns over long, unsafe working conditions are those NOT exposed to aforementioned working conditions. This is one of those times where it very much is a David v. Goliath story, and the David's are tired of this shit. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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