{"id":877121,"date":"2021-10-13T22:44:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T02:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=877121"},"modified":"2021-10-13T22:44:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T02:44:40","slug":"60k-film-industry-workers-to-strike-if-new-contract-deal-with-producers-isnt-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/60k-film-industry-workers-to-strike-if-new-contract-deal-with-producers-isnt-met\/","title":{"rendered":"60K film industry workers to strike if new contract deal with producers isn\u2019t met"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F60k-film-industry-workers-to-strike-if-new-contract-deal-with-producers-isnt-met%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=877121&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2548662\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2548662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA \u2013 OCTOBER 07: The Netflix logo is displayed at Netflix\u2019s Los Angeles headquarters (TOP) on October 07, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mario Tama\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:10 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, October 13, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The union representing film and television crews have threatened to initiate a nationwide strike unless a new worker\u2019s agreement is reached with Hollywood producers. Sixty-thousand behind-the-scenes workers including camera operators, make-up artists and studio mechanics are threatening to go on strike unless a new contract with improved working conditions is met with Hollywood producers.<\/p>\n<p>President of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Matthew Loeb, announced Wednesday the union would strike against major studios on Oct. 18 if the proposed requests weren\u2019t met, which could cause a huge delay in television production in the U.S. Union members have demanded more practical working conditions including reasonable rest periods, meal breaks and pay increases.<\/p>\n<p>The IATSE has been negotiating with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for months for improved benefits, safer working conditions and at least 10-hour turnaround between shifts for all workers. In the statement, Loeb said \u201cwithout an end date, we could keep talking forever. Our members deserve to have their basic needs addressed now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With less than a week left to reach a deal, union workers have continued to bargain with the producer union in order to have their demands met, including a 54-hour turnaround on weekends, which is one of the core issues addressed by off-screen workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re fighting for the weekends, as I said earlier,\u201d said Elizabeth Shuler, President of AFL-CIO. \u201cIt\u2019s 2021 and yet, these people are working overtime and you know, answering the call and yet the companies now, who are making pretty tidy profits, suddenly can\u2019t pay overtime and suddenly you can\u2019t have a meal break and you\u2019re ending your shift on a Friday night and are being called back on Saturday morning with less than eight hours of time in between.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We will continue bargaining with the producers this week in the hopes of reaching an agreement that addresses core issues, such as reasonable rest periods, meal breaks, and a living wage for those on the bottom of the wage scale. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IASolidarity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IASolidarity<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matthew D. Loeb (@matthewloeb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewloeb\/status\/1448298848921784323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More than 98 percent of members from the union are on board with the strike and hope to end contracts that provide \u201cunlivable\u201d wages, especially those for streaming platforms like Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, and Amazon Video, who are allowed to pay even less under previous agreements, which allowed them more flexibility when they were up and coming.<\/p>\n<p>The AMPTP said studios are working hard to negotiate a deal to keep the industry alive, especially one that has provided an at-home entertainment escape for millions of people working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talked about, you know, snacks getting us through the pandemic. Film and television has been a baseline for most people, and these are the people that actually make that content happen. So we will stand with them in solidarity,\u201d Shuler said. \u201cWe will use the full breadth and power of the labor movement to make sure that these companies are feeling the pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The work stoppage will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Monday unless an agreement is reached, making this the first nationwide strike in the 128-year history of the IATSE.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/biden-announces-expanded-port-hours-to-address-global-supply-chain-bottlenecks\/\">Biden Announces Expanded Port Hours To Address Global Supply Chain Bottlenecks<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA \u2013 OCTOBER 07: The Netflix logo is displayed at Netflix\u2019s Los Angeles headquarters (TOP) on October 07, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. 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