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good morning is there anything objectively funnier than me getting a $400 speeding ticket because i was coasting down a hill blasting the leftovers theme
today’s my birthday and despite the fact that i work 60+ hours a week i have very little money, so if anyone wants to chip into my speeding ticket fund my venmo is here
hi everyone how's things
hi everyone, long time no post. how was your summer? fun? productive? sad? busy? melancholy? complex? in any case, i hope y’all have been good.
it’s probably not been super noticeable, but i haven’t been on here or anywhere else on the internet for a few months. i’ve inadvertently taken a break from most technology and communication in general for reasons mostly related to my work schedule and my mental health, but i wanted to come back on here for a second to talk to you all about the impending strike in the entertainment world (something that’s actually directly related to why i’ve been on a self-imposed semi-blackout since june).
most media made in the united states and canada (whether that be film, tv, or entertainment on streaming platforms) is made by union crews. There’s the actor’s union (SAG-AFTRA) that reps on-screen talent (including stuntpeople and BG actors), the Director’s Guild (DGA or DGC) which represents directorial teams (including UPMs, ADs, and stage managers), the WGA/WGC that reps writers, and IATSE, a labor union that consists of different local chapters which represent most departments involved in production (cinematographers, craft services, props, grips, editors, makeup, hair, costumes, lighting, accounting, script coordinators, writers assistants, production coordinators, sound, art directors, and more that i can’t name off the top of my head).
every few years, each union negotiates a basic agreement with the AMPTP (the alliance of motion picture and television producers) where they determine baseline wages and benefits that union workers will receive over a period of three years until it’s time to renegotiate again.
this year, IATSE West representatives sat down to negotiations with the AMPTP (which is a trade organization representing 300+ studios, networks, and production companies) in the hopes of successfully bargaining for better working conditions, reasonable rest periods, fair pay for hours worked, and for “new media” companies (streaming platforms like netflix and hulu) to pay below the line crew fairly by contributing residuals to their pension/health plans.
the basic agreement for IATSE expired in july, it is now mid-september. bargaining has gone on for months, and the AMPTP has not only refused any improvements to the basic agreement, but have are asking that wage raises go up at -.5% of inflation, that there are no longer meal penalties for missed meal breaks on 12+ hour days, and for the number of days worked per year to qualify for health insurance/pension to go up dramatically. so as of yesterday IATSE West was authorized to call on its members for a strike authorization vote.
this is where i’m going to connect all of this back to myself to give you all some personal context for what it is like to work in entertainment right now. for about a year now, things in TV and film have been back up in just about full-swing. even prior to the vaccine rollout, crews of hundreds of people, myself included, found ourselves suiting up in PPE and going back to working in person, trying to negotiate the necessities of shooting around COVID safety and our own personal fears of illness. I can’t count how many times whole departments and sometimes entire shows I worked on were shut down due to positive cases. i’ve worked covid compliance gigs where i’ve had to tell camera operators who were struggling to breathe in 105 degree heat that they had to put their masks back on. i’ve worked 14 hour days with no lunch break and an hour commute to and from work. i’ve worked six-day weeks from monday to saturday night, then had a 4:30am call time the monday after that— barely 32 hours of rest after almost 90 hours of work, all while being paid minimum wage and living in constant fear of catching a serious illness. all of these conditons are not just allowed, they’re normal in the industry even without the added pressure of the pandemic. a few months ago i stepped back from social media, then from the internet as a whole, because mentally i‘ve been too exhausted and stressed by the sheer volume of work for me to do to even consider tacking on the additional anxiety of any socialization outside the bare-minimum i get in real life. going online, talking to people, even reading a book to try to relax became something that could send me towards a panic attack.
the pandemic has been a nightmare for the planet, that’s not new news and entertainment production isn’t special for being impacted by it. however working in the stress that it’s added to the already difficult working environment has been the final straw for many workers who are tired of regularly working a minimum of 60 hours a week (but frequently more than that—sometimes 80+), not getting enough sleep, driving while drowsy, not being able to spend time with family or friends, and, for some, having to live paycheck-to-paycheck despite all of this. streaming companies had their most lucrative year to date; there is no reason that the crews responsible for their product should be living this way. the money is there.
IATSE is fighting to set an industry standard that will make it so that everyone can have meal and bathroom breaks (many members of set crew can’t find the time to run to the toilet, let alone find somewhere they can take their mask off to get a bite to eat), for shorter shooting days and reasonable rest periods that allow people time to sleep and see their loved ones, for streaming companies to pay their fair share, and for all of their members to get a living wage and the benefits that they deserve. while the basic agreement only directly impacts IATSE members, the conditions they create become the new norm and trickle down to help non-union production staff (like myself!) as well.
all of this is to say: i know everyone on this site loves media, so please, please, please do what you can to support the people who make it when this strike happens (because it looks like it most definitely will). this support could be donating to funds to support strikers, joining local picket lines if they’re in your area, or participating in boycotts or blackouts if they’re called for. pay attention to news as it comes out, follow IATSE social accounts on twitter and instagram to get updates on where negotiations are at, and follow @ia_stories on instagram to read first-hand experiences of crew members. though i don’t have any verified links yet, i’ll update this post with places to donate to support striking IATSE members.
you don’t have a show without an actor or a writer or a director, but the whole medium doesn’t exist without the people who make the costumes and set the lights and do the hair and sew the costumes and book the locations and shoot the cameras and roll the sound and and and and and and. the craftspeople of IATSE are talented, hardworking professionals who love what they do and who want to make the shows and movies that you love to watch; they’re just tired of being burned out and treated like cogs in a machine.
this strike could be huge and really change things, but we need the support of those outside the industry in addition to the workers. solidarity forever, love & light, thank you for reading.
everyone go stream love victor season 2 so we get renewed and i can have a job again in the fall
good morning is there anything objectively funnier than me getting a $400 speeding ticket because i was coasting down a hill blasting the leftovers theme
re federal labour laws, so I work nights as a waitress and most hospitality jobs have it that you’ve “earned” your meal break after 5 hours work. But most of my shifts are 5.5 or 6 hours; we all have 15 mins ‘recommended’ breaks in our work app but no one takes them or enforces them. I wanna ask about it, but I get this feeling the older staff will make fun of me for it cos I’m new and don’t wanna seem weak or lazy or whatever. but why have it in the system as recommended if it’s not used??
restaurant labour laws anon pt 2. My manager didn’t ask to amend my timesheet, but she made us double check we were being “honest” when clocking off, implying she thought some of us were lying to get extra pay? Like the fuck I would never do that? They also don’t let us keep the tips; it’s a fine dining place that does well financially so I know they don’t need the extra$, but we do! I’m on probationary minimum wage, no weekend penalty pay etc .
okay so! a lot to unpack here!
first of all it sounds like the work environment is uh... not great. if no one is taking the breaks that they’re supposedly getting and you feel that a) other employees would mock you for trying to take them and b) that your manager is looking over your shoulder already, it sounds like it’s not the most well-functioning place. unfortunately, the actual mandates around breaks and about whether employers can keep your tips (which shouldn’t be allowed period) tend to come down to state labor laws. i would advise researching your state labor laws as they relate to the fair labor standards act to see whether the tip theft is something that you can take action against
physically mentally and spiritually my life has gone absolutely off the fucking tracks and into no man’s land so i cannot Be Online or really Exist As It Were but knifeposters.... know that i have been enlightened and that on a metaphysical level i am with you at this time
serving cunt and refusing to die
Any recommendations for things to do in la?
leave
been suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune a lot lately, might fuck around and take arms against a sea of troubles but idk yet :/
EVIL | Season 1 Episode 1: “Genesis”
The fact that Dante created the most popular image of the afterlife with absolutely no theological basis for it will still be the funniest thing to me
Church: Heaven is eternal connection with God, while Hell is total separation from Him. Anything else is only speculation.
Dante: Actually Hell has layers like an onion, and the devil is big and mean and also frozen. People are fighting and there’s a mountain to get to Heaven and a nice place for babies. Also I know this because I went there with my friend :)
Dante: I had a dream where I astral projected into hell with the famous poet Virgil who I am totally Best Bros with. I wrote a poem about it if you wanna read it idk
Several Popes: Thank you king I am commissioning fan art of you
feeling VERY
diversity win! this middle aged man left his wife and joined a polycule with his employee and a z list celebrity
Rita Ora/Taika Waititi/Tessa Thompson??????? HELLO???
I just think we shouldn’t hurt people on purpose and every single day I grapple with how upsetting and angering that idea is to people.
People will say things like “if you think we shouldn’t hurt people on purpose that’s disrespectful and deliberately callous toward those who have been hurt on purpose already” and I have yet to find language to express the magnitude of how much that’s not true. We shouldn’t hurt people on purpose. Punishment is nothing. Cruelty is just cruelty and it just makes the world we live in a crueler world.
