And they have alleged, to the National Labor Relations Board, that the NHRA is trying to block Union representation, of the NHRA TV production Employees. They have also, asked the NLRB to, oversee a secret ballot, of the NHRA Crew Members, to elect, Union Representatives to negotiate with the NHRA.
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I feel like I end up saying this a lot while writing these articles, but this is just dumb on the part of NHRA. IATSE is defiantly nobody to mess with, especially in the way that NHRA has decided to. Even before all of their dumb decisions in interacting with IATSE, NHRA was just doing some ridiculous things to its employees. The fact that it is the 21st century and not only did they do so much wrong to their employees, but they also fought back hard when they tried to unionize is absolutely ridiculous. It is a good thing that the article was written because hopefully this will be seen by people who might have been considering working for NHRA as a freelance job and will now understand that they really should not given the practices of the organization. Rounding back on my first point, the management made themselves seem even more ignorant after already denying unionization as they dealt with IATSE is possibly the worst way possible and without consulting any outside professionals.
Why would the NHRA think they could go against IATSE? Did they learn nothing from history? In 2007, IATSE shut down Broadway for 18 days for goodness sake. You do not mess with that union. Or the Teamsters since they made the pact to go on strike if the other goes on strike. Also, as an employer you can’t just shut down a unionizing effort. That’s literally illegal. If people want to join a union you have no right to stop them and you can’t just give them more money or benefits so they don’t want to unionize anymore (not that this article mentioned NHRA trying o bribe them to stop, but I wouldn’t put it past them). I’m really disappointed in the NHRA for their lack of safety in making sure their crewmen had the proper training and experience in filming motor sports, and I’m really surprised no one got hurt, especially since they went so long without breaks. Exhaustion in any situation can get you hurt, especially when there are cars going at 300mph. I hope the NHRA gets what’s coming to them.
While I do not always agree with some of the actions that some Unions use in controlling the labor force in their perspective feilds, I do throughly respect a unions responsiblity to fight for safer working conditions for their members. It is this fact that really should be highlighted and not the power of IASTE in the entertainment industry. If you are putting your employees in dragerous work conditions because of lack of training or excessive work hour than the employees should protect themselves and unionize if you don't like it than you should have addressed these issues. Straight negligent behavior from NHRA
Yeah . . . don’t piss off IATSE, or the teamsters, don’t fucking piss of the teamsters. This article and the letter that came from the NHRA’s human relations department has done nothing to dissuade me from believing that race car enthusiast have inhaled just a little too much carbon monoxide. We get it NHRA, you love what you do, and don’t want big government coming in here and taking away your right to put camera men right on the hood of a race car. The article has a good point, you cant treat the people working in motor sports the same way that you treat the people working in the “stick and ball” sports, its fundamentally more dangerous, which might be what makes it a good sport. IATSE isnt going to loose this one I think. They would be happy to have another industry more firmly in the grasp of the union, and they may always be questionably moral about the way they do business, but in the end, it will be better for the people doing to the job.
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