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IATSE Sets Schedule Of Simultaneous Talks Between Multiple Locals & Studios As Bargaining Resumes; Cinematographers & Art Directors Guild At Table Today
Back at the bargaining table with the studios this week after several days of caucusing, IATSE today laid out their plans for the next phase of talks as the contract expiration date inched closer and closer for a tense Tinseltown. “Following a caucus week, negotiations between the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and […]
“Following a caucus week, negotiations between the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers ( AMPTP) resumed Monday, with talks entering a new phase where each of IATSE’s 13 West Coast Studio Locals (WCSL) individually negotiate their Locals’ craft specific issues with the studios,” the Matt Loeb-led union said today in their first official missive since the talks stated up against. “From where I sit, this is really about security in an industry that is precarious already,” IATSE chief Loeb told Deadline earlier this month just before the first round of talks begun on the new three-year agreements. “A strike vote is always possible and I can’t rule it out,” the union leader noted, with a reference to previously statements that he and IATSE aren’t interested at extending the current contract as has been the case in past talks.
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