This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Local 700 Editor's Union. Thoughts?

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Re: [Avid-L2] Local 700 Editor's Union. Thoughts?

Tal,

I've heard great things about the Health Insurance. And the work is pretty steady from what I've been hearing. Not too many people sitting on the sidelines when they're out of work.

Mark

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On 2/26/2015 6:07 PM, Tal Nitris@tal.bz [Avid-L2] wrote:

The union doesn't mind when you do non union gigs.

I am a big big fan of the health insurance.

Tal
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Jay Mahavier jay_mahavier@earthlink.net [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Those are the sort of things that you have to figure out for yourself. But I don't know of any law that says that since you are in the union that you can't take a non-union job. But a non-union job isn't going to count towards your union benefits. And that's when you sit down and make the determination if you are getting enough offers for union work, or will be able to get enough union work offers, to make joining worth your while.
As for the needing to change classifications, I don't know. That's something you can probably call them and ask them about.

But no one can tell you if you joining the union is a good fit. We can tell you things to consider, but the final decision will need to be your own.
Jay
On Feb 26, 2015, at 1:35 PM, Mark Santora mrsantora@gmail.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Thanks for this Jay.

For me, the biggest things is that most of the Trailer Houses I work with are non-union. So I'm not sure how that would shake out. Also, it's a decent chunk of change to join, how easy is it to find work as a union member? If I join as a trailer editor, would I be able to find work as a TV Editor as well or would I have to change my classification within it and dues to move onto that?

Mark

On 2/26/2015 11:18 AM, Jay Mahavier jay_mahavier@earthlink.net [Avid-L2] wrote:

It sounds a lot like buying gear. If you need the gear to get a gig then you buy the gear. If you don't need the gear to get the gig then why buy the gear.

I'm in the 700. It's fine. I clock enough hours to keep my insurance up to date, which is about all I really want from it.

You will meet people that absolutely love the union, and some that absolutely hate the union. But whatever, both extremes are annoying. Listen to both sides. You'll probably figure out that whatever their reasons for feeling one way or the other probably won't ever fit your situation and don't really matter. You just need to think about what benefit it would be to you and made your own judgement.

Jay

> On Feb 26, 2015, at 12:53 PM, Mark Santora mrsantora@gmail.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Not looking to stirr up the beehive here, but I've had some inquiries
> lately about work but have lost the gig due to not being a member of the
> 700. I have the hours and would have no issue joining, I'm just
> thinking it over and thought I'd ask here about people opinion.
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> Anyone?
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> Thanks
> Mark
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