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Thursday, October 20, 2022
IATSE TV Commercials Contract Deal Reached
The Hollywood Reporter: Major crew union IATSE and a group representing producers of commercials have reached a tentative deal on a new three-year contract for TV commercials nationwide.
2 comments:
Hadley
said...
I will be very interested to see what the details of this agreement are. I know that there has been a lot of tension between these two groups since the IATSE Strike vote recently and I am glad that they were able to come to an agreement. As I am working on joining the IATSE union in the next couple of years I will be interested to see how this goes into effect. I will also be interested to see how the agreement about commercial filming differs from agreements about Television shows or movie filming. I will also be very interested to see that happens to the agreement after the three years are up. Will it be an agreement that both sides like enough to renew or will it be back to the drawing board to re negotiate all over agin? Either way I will be very interested to see how this agreement affects the union and possible future employment.
We’ve been reading a lot of different kinds of contracts in class, but I still get surprised to see how niche they can be. I didn’t consider how commercials can have a whole different set of rules than say a TV show. But it definitely makes sense, especially when it comes to payment and profit. As a PA, it definitely changes the rates because commercials have a $50-100/day higher amount. It’d be interesting to see the details that were worked out in this specific contract, and what didn’t pass through. I also like to see what priorities were carried over from the previous negotiation into this one. This article also mentions that these rules are for TV commercials nationwide, so I wonder if there is a clause about shooting anything overseas, or if all the same rules apply if it is an American company. Another line that I’m thinking about is the fact that these rules kick in before the contract details are announced to the union members…seems a little fishy.
2 comments:
I will be very interested to see what the details of this agreement are. I know that there has been a lot of tension between these two groups since the IATSE Strike vote recently and I am glad that they were able to come to an agreement. As I am working on joining the IATSE union in the next couple of years I will be interested to see how this goes into effect. I will also be interested to see how the agreement about commercial filming differs from agreements about Television shows or movie filming. I will also be very interested to see that happens to the agreement after the three years are up. Will it be an agreement that both sides like enough to renew or will it be back to the drawing board to re negotiate all over agin? Either way I will be very interested to see how this agreement affects the union and possible future employment.
We’ve been reading a lot of different kinds of contracts in class, but I still get surprised to see how niche they can be. I didn’t consider how commercials can have a whole different set of rules than say a TV show. But it definitely makes sense, especially when it comes to payment and profit. As a PA, it definitely changes the rates because commercials have a $50-100/day higher amount. It’d be interesting to see the details that were worked out in this specific contract, and what didn’t pass through. I also like to see what priorities were carried over from the previous negotiation into this one. This article also mentions that these rules are for TV commercials nationwide, so I wonder if there is a clause about shooting anything overseas, or if all the same rules apply if it is an American company. Another line that I’m thinking about is the fact that these rules kick in before the contract details are announced to the union members…seems a little fishy.
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