Monday, October 04, 2021
TV and film crews may strike over work hours, quality of life issues
www.ajc.com: David Chameides, a camera operator for the Netflix drama “Ozark,” hardly gets any meal breaks anymore.
When he has a few seconds, he’ll grab a boxed lunch and find a dark corner to eat. “I’m a 52-year-old grown man and I hide while I eat my lunch,” Chameides said.
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This whole situation is so incredibly fucked up, and it makes me immensely frustrated and angry. The IATSE strike is asking for BASIC needs. They are not requesting anything extreme. Just meal breaks and more manageable work hours. Proper rest and food is something required to live, and I cannot comprehend how this cannot be recognized by the industry. My father works in the film industry, and what was most upsetting to me was that he has accepted this is how he has to live to be in this industry. I do not believe people should have to sacrifice their health to this extent for their job. As of right now most people have too so they can make enough money to survive, another indicator of how capitalist of a world we live in, along with how poorly the industry treats and pays its workers. We as humans put such value on and exclusivity around money. The film industry is a great example of this, valuing money over its workers health.
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