The vote, which would allow international union president Matthew D. Loeb to order a strike if members authorize it, will be 'nationwide,' according to the union.
The vote, which allows international union president Loeb to order a strike if members authorize it, at the very least pertains to all 13 West Coast locals of the union that are currently in talks for a three-year basic agreement, a group that includes Locals 44, 80, 600, 695, 700, 705, 706, 728, 729, 800, 871, 884 and 892. IATSE represents over 150,000 entertainment workers in the U.S.
IATSE uses a delegate system for strike authorization votes, wherein each Local has a particular number of delegate votes and if 75 percent or more of that Local’s eligible members vote to authorize, all of those delegate votes are counted as a “Yes.” The decision arrives after a protracted summer of stops and starts in negotiations between the union representing much of the industry’s crew members and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which bargains on behalf of the studios and producers and whose lead negotiator is AMPTP president Carol Lombardini.
Though both the union and the AMPTP are subject to a press blackout during negotiations and specifics on the talks are being kept under wraps, the union has told members that sticking points include codifying adequate rest periods, more compensation from streaming and “new media” projects and funding for its pension and health plan.
As talks dragged on between the two sides over the summer, union members spearheaded two separate social media campaigns that have activated and galvanized colleagues. Members of IATSE Local 871 launched the
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