As contract negotiations stall between the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, crew members have taken to social med…
As contract negotiations stall between the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, crew members have taken to social media to share their support for a possible strike action and for the terms thatHealth plan funding, pension plans, rest breaks, longer turnaround times between production hours and concessions to shorten the workday are among the agenda items that IATSE are seeking for union members.
She explains her work-life balance is almost non-existent when she is on a job, missing birthdays, weddings and funerals. And often those 16-18 hour days mean she will find herself having “one day off in three to four week spans.” Waugh also describes the pressure of the job as always being on standby which bleeds into his personal life. “You’re expected to immediately drop everything and begin working. It’s a lot of pressure because you could have hundreds of people waiting for you to distribute a draft or revision,” Waugh says. He reveals that during one job he had to step out of a funeral to address a script issue “because the showrunner needed it done ASAP and hadn’t given me any advanced warning.
Crew members across the board are advocating for better hours and better quality of life. The pandemic has been the reason for that shift. Notes Hoffman, “I knew the pandemic would bring about this change because it was the first time so many crew members have seen their kids grow up, tuck them into bed and kiss their wives in the morning.”
“When I work at Universal they have a policy that no one works over 14 hours, so they would allow us to bring in extra crew to finish the day so no one worked abusive hours,” he says. “Why is that not industry standard?”
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