"Hollywood ending": IATSE workers win!
A nationwide strike that would have started today was averted when the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) reached a tentative three-year agreement on Saturday with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) for The Basic and Videotape Agreements which affects 40,000 film and television workers represented by 13 West Coast IATSE local unions. The proposed contract addresses core issues, including reasonable rest periods; meal breaks; a living wage for those on the bottom of the pay scale; and significant increases in compensation to be paid by new-media companies. “This is a Hollywood ending,” said IATSE International President Matthew Loeb. “Our members stood firm. We are tough and united.”
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in Virginia, “knocking doors to keep this Commonwealth BLUE with a future workers and families can count on.” More than 100 canvassers came out to the IBEW Local 26 hall in Manassas on Saturday to knock doors in the final days of this critical election, reports NoVA Labor president Ginny Diamond. “We heard inspiring speeches from Tom Meyers (IBEW Local 26 president), Luis Aguilar and Eduardo Zelaya (CASA), Jose Frias (UBC), Kayla Mock (UFCW), Paul Kent (IATSE), Anthony Ciliento (AFSCME), and Bob Zabel (NATCA), as well as our elected leaders Del. Elizabeth Guzman (AFSCME) and Supervisor Margaret Franklin.”
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