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16.12.2022 - 06:05 / deadline.com
IATSE has taken the next step toward representing freelance TV commercial production department workers.
The union said Thursday that it has sent a formal request to the Association of Independent Commercial Producers to initiate a card count by a neutral third party on behalf of thousands of unionizing freelance TV commercial production department workers. If a majority of workers sign the cards, IATSE will be recognized as their collective bargaining agent.
“The card count is a key step towards officially confirming whether the majority wants a union,” IATSE says on its website. Earlier this year, production department workers announced their partnership with IATSE through the “Stand with Production” movement.
The union already represents crews working on commercials around the country and now is seeking to represent workers employed in commercial production departments, as well. The unionizing workers include production assistants, line producers, production supervisors, assistant production supervisors and bidding producers. The union already represents commercial art directors, camera operators, hair & makeup artists, script supervisors, grips, lighting technicians, props and painters.
It’s been a bumpy road getting this close to unionizing the production department workers, with IATSE at one point accusing the AICP of “union busting.”
“We have been confident a majority in the freelance commercial production community are in favor of unionizing for some time,” said IATSE President Matt Loeb, “yet every day the workers continue signing even more cards to demonstrate they are serious about working with the AICP to build a more standardized, sustainable, and safer industry. It’s no surprise these workers want and
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