#iareasonablerest

[friendshiptothemax]

I stand in solidarity with IATSE in their negotiations with the AMPTP.

Nothing but respect for my film brothers and sisters in their fight for a living wage, safe working conditions including rest, and fair compensation from streaming companies. Check out ia_stories on Instagram if you want to learn more.

[friendshiptothemax]

In this house we support IATSE. I don’t want to hear anyone fucking complaining about their shows — including the one I work on — being delayed. For too long, production crews have worked long and hard and put their lives on hold and in some cases even in danger. And for what? For your entertainment? This strike, nearly 99% of production workers deemed it essential to make this industry a place they want to work in again. We MUST support them. We must make this industry a safe and healthy one. If it means I don’t get new episodes of shows I like for a little while, so fucking be it. If you see anyone who don’t understand why this is completely necessary, direct them to me, or better yet, to ia_stories on Instagram. Union strong.

[friendshiptothemax]

Tell AMPTP to Give Behind-the-Scenes Workers a Fair Deal

After months of negotiating successor contracts to the Producer-IATSE Basic Agreement, and the Theatrical and Television Motion Picture Are

If you have been hearing about the IATSE negotiations and want to show some support, here is a great and easy way to do it! IATSE will be heading back into their final round of negotiations soon, and in addition to a strike authorization from their members, a clear show of support from the public will also help their standing in making their demands.

This negotiation is about a livable wage for all crew members, enforcing safe and healthy working hours on set, and eliminating the special provisions that were put in place for streaming services when they were still developing (something that is no longer necessary as streaming has in many ways eclipsed traditional broadcast tv).

The working hours thing is extremely important -- we're not talking 9-5 here. We are talking ending the practice of planned 12-hour days that end up being 15 that end up being 18. I've done 18 hour days on set before (at hour 15 they have to order you "second dinner" which they didn't budget for, so it's always just pizza! Great!), and then had to drive home, and it's scary! I've also been on set Friday overnight until noon on Saturday (this is commonly called a "Fraturday" -- so cool that it happens so often that there is just a commonly accepted slang term for it that everyone who has ever worked on a set before knows), then had to go home and try to get my sleep schedule under control so I could be back to work at 6am on Monday. We're not doctors. We're not saving lives. There's no reason that hours like this have to be the norm except that our union contracts don't say they can't. It's greedy, it's poor planning, it's unsafe, it makes it difficult for crew members to have meaningful lives outside of work, and IATSE is fighting to make sure that can't happen anymore.

Signing this petition is both a great way to show that you support these things for the people who make the movies and TV you love -- from the costumers to the hair and makeup artists to the set designers to the editors to the cinematographers to the office assistants and all of the hundreds of other people whose creativity, passion, and skill influences the stories you love in infinite ways -- and well as hopefully even averting the need for a strike at all, if the AMPTP realizes that they are fighting a losing battle.

Please sign and reblog this petition to help send a message that film crews deserve to be paid fairly for their work and have their time respected.

(ETA: just in case this post gets reblogged beyond my circle, I just want to specify that I am not currently a member of IATSE, though I have been in the past. I have worked as both union and non-union crew on productions for over a decade as a script coordinator, script supervisor, and office PA. I am currently a member of the WGA, which is not involved in this negotiation, but I stand in solidarity with my film family who works so hard to bring my and my colleagues' words to life and deserves every bit of respect that the "famous" positions do)

[friendshiptothemax]

By a Nearly Unanimous Margin, IATSE Members in TV and Film Production Vote to Authorize a Nationwide Strike - IATSE

Results show 90 percent of eligible union voters cast ballots, with more than 98 percent of them in support of strike authorization. Members

NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT AUTHORIZATION WITH NINETY PERCENT OF MEMBERS RETURNING BALLOTS!!!! HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!!!!! #SOLIDARITY FOREVER

[judebert]

Film and TV Negotiations Toolkit - IATSE, The Union Behind Entertainment

60,000 film and tv workers are mobilizing to win reasonable rest, sustainable benefits, and living wages from streaming companies & studios.

Welp, now I need to go without *another* thing because people with power are abusing people without. I stand with @IATSE and the people who work to produce the media I enjoy.

[jaredmoossy]

Repost from @plorr • Every production currently being produced under the IATSE Basic Agreement in Texas. As of Monday 10/18/2021 12:01 am IATSE will be striking against these productions. DO NOT ACCEPT A POSITION ON THESE SHOWS UNTIL AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED. DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE. Texas film friends, share this far and wide. @icglocal600 @ia_stories @iatse @ialocal484 #iasolidarity #iatse #nocontractnoshows #iareasonablerest #istandwithiatse https://www.instagram.com/p/CVCL3AAtZbF/?utm_medium=tumblr

[solinagalo]

Without them... no movies 🎥 ... and no shows 🎬 They often work 16+hr days! I stand with #iatse 💪 - They deserve: * meal breaks * decent work hours * better pay! - #iatsestrike #iasolidarity #solidarity #iareasonablerest #setlife🎥 #filmlife🎬 #unionstrong💪 #industrystrike #iatsevotes #workersunite #iawestandtogether https://www.instagram.com/p/CULuXCzN-Vt/?utm_medium=tumblr

[vicsoto]

#iasolidarity #iawestandtogether #iareasonablerest #ialivingwage #iasustainablebenefits #motionpicturecostumers #unionstrong https://www.instagram.com/p/CQtjvxBjaLV/?utm_medium=tumblr