IATSE And Teamsters Make Their Intentions Clear Before Contract Negotiations With Hollywood Next Year
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In the wake of the SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America strikes ending in the last two months, many productions haven’t yet returned to their full operations. Hundreds of shows and movies have been pushed back by a year or more. And now, there seems to be another strike on the horizon. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)’s current contract with studios is due to expire in July 2024.
Next March, negotiations will begin for IATSE members, which will likely result in the union’s first industrywide strike, just after an averted strike in October. IATSE represents editors, lighting technicians, makeup artists, and others who work behind the scenes in entertainment throughout the United States and Canada. Teamsters, covered by the IATSE’s Basic Crafts contract, include many below-the-line crew members like drivers for productions. Union members are negotiating for at least 7% raises in the first year of the new 2024 contract, in addition to job protection for drivers, who have started to be replaced by self-driving trucks.
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IATSE union members are going to need to think ahead with the projects they take on and the savings they can build up in the next few months. Productions practically shut down during the pandemic as well, making industry strikes even more financially devastating compared to others in the past. Some studio and production workers were allowed to take out some of their retirement savings as “hardship” withdrawals during Covid, but not everyone was taken care of.
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