Hollywood prevents 60,000 workers from striking after agreement with film and TV studios

IATSE (International Alliance of Stage Employees) represents many of the workers who perform tasks behind the lights, such as light and sound technicians, camera operators, set designers and makeup artists.

Most of its members have temporary contracts with the studios, generally linked to a specific project, and the conditions are set according to the guidelines agreed between the union and the Alliance of Film and Television Producers (AMPTP), the employer’s association that encompasses film studios and small-screen giants such as Disney, Warner Bros., Netflix and Amazon.

Within this new agreement for the next three years, workers have achieved, among other aspects, salary increases for the lowest paid , improvements in working conditions for the platforms of “ streaming ”, or the increase in the hours and days of rest.

The strike had been approved last 1449544996764409860 October 4 by 98% of affiliates and, if it had gone ahead, it would have paralyzed most productions in fundamental states for the audiovisual industry such as California, New York or Georgia.

It would also have been the first strike in the more than 120 years of history of this union of workers of the i n entertainment industry .

IATSE hopes that this agreement, once ratified by its members, will benefit some 40, 000 workers in film and television.