and their negotiating teams are expected to sit down virtually tomorrow morning to see if that can reach that goal line and come up with an agreement. “The strike would be called off only if the employers meet our demand and we come to an agreement that can be recommended to the members for ratification,” Local 80 said in their blast to members tonight to punctuate the stakes., the union and reps for the studios, networks, and streamers have been drilling down in search of a deal, we hear.
Looking for new three-year agreement to cover issues of increased pay for the likes of assistants and script coordinators, raising streamer rates, fund the health and pension plans, greater turnaround times, increase meal break penalties, increased rest period and more, IATSEIf there is no deal by 12:01 AM on October 18, the around 60,000 member strong union will go on strike, as 98% of voting members authorized at the beginning of the month.
With the primary exception of commercials and the premium cablers who are covered under different contracts, shows and films will shut down and picket lines will be formed at least 21 locations around Los Angeles in the blast radius for what has become Tinseltown’s Cuban Missile Crisis.
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