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IATSE Sets More Bargaining Dates in June, as AI Remains Key Issue
IATSE has scheduled three more bargaining days in June, as protecting workers from artificial intelligence remains a key issue.
Under existing agreements, IATSE workers who lose their jobs permanently due to “technological change” are entitled to retraining and severance pay. “This negotiation is fundamentally about ensuring the employers respect our right to get off our feet and get some rest during a long workday, to get home safely and see our families and have some economic stability,” said Matt Loeb, the international president of IATSE, in the message on Friday. IATSE wants a new revenue source, in the form of a streaming residual, to shore up funds that have been drained by the double strike last year and the COVID pandemic.
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