Whoa, just read this. Wow is the grammar bad.
It's basically an MPEG promotional piece. Good to know the place is organizing. Sometimes I do wonder what the risks are. MPEG doesn't guarantee job security. They say it's illegal for you to get fired because of your affiliation or your activeness in the union, but there's such a gray area. It's easy for a production company to let you go because of "lack of work". It leaves you with no grounds to challenge them. And the reps at MPEG just shrug.
Any thoughts? I'd love to get more info to better understand the whole process
I'm in the union and I love being a part of it. It's a limited union though. Maybe someone more seasoned can shed some light.
I'm NY based. I know there are more union houses in CA and the union's stronger there.
On Aug 25, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Jim Feeley <jfeeley@gmail.com> wrote:
> I bet Deadline Hollywood uses non-union reporters and editors. Well, they probably don't use any editors.
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> If we don't delve too deeply into "unions are great/evil" and keep the tone fairly civil, I think such discussions can, and perhaps should, take place here.
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> Jim "been singed too often to be a pollyanna" Feeley
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> On Aug 25, 2012, at 2:41 PM, Shirley Gutierrez wrote:
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> > Indeed, don't we in fact talk about all sorts of trends that affect our industry and employment opportunities? Issues like outsourcing, rates and budgets, corporate mergers and realignments, marketing strategies, and patents have come up here before. How is this simple posting about a labor dispute beyond the pale?
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> > Shirley
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Anna Hovhannessian <annahovhannessian@yahoo.com>
> > To: Avid-L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Sat, Aug 25, 2012 12:11 pm
> > Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Editors, AE's picket, win union contract, benefits
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> > I like it. And honestly we don't always stick to tech. It's part of being a
> > community of editors.
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> > On Aug 25, 2012, at 2:56 PM, "Mark" <markraudonis@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > Can we stick to the tech stuff and not go all political on this board? There's
> > plenty of other
> > > venues for this discussion... don't need it here. Thanks.
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> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "paul.hartel" <phartel@...> wrote:
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> > > > http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/editors-settle-with-syfy-show-hot-set-after-walkout-halted-production-for-3-days/#more-324780
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