http://www.btlnews.com Voice of the Crew Fri, 18 May 2012 18:49:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/teamsters-chief-leo-reed-says-contract-talks-with-amptp-should-resume-soon/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/teamsters-chief-leo-reed-says-contract-talks-with-amptp-should-resume-soon/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 15:54:03 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28294 Teamsters Local 399 and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on a new three-year pact adjourned on April 5 after three days of preliminary talks. And they haven’t resumed since. Given the IA’s ability to bag a new three-year pact in relatively short order, what’s holding up a resumption of the talks between the Teamsters and AMPTP? And when are the parties expected to return to the table?]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/teamsters-chief-leo-reed-says-contract-talks-with-amptp-should-resume-soon/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/union-roundup-iatse-busts-a-move-openly-organizes-vfx-workers/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/union-roundup-iatse-busts-a-move-openly-organizes-vfx-workers/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:49:07 +0000 Mark London Williams http://www.btlnews.com/?p=28104 Peter Marley, “has become more political than it was in the past." Marley was speaking over Mother’s Day weekend on a podcast at the redoubtable FXGuide website, more or less officially announcing an initiative that broke last week via the arrival of a website: Namely that after years of talk on the subject, IATSE is openly recruiting visual effects workers to come join a union.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/union-roundup-iatse-busts-a-move-openly-organizes-vfx-workers/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/opposition-to-the-iaamptp-deal-emerges/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/opposition-to-the-iaamptp-deal-emerges/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:57:32 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=27728 IATSE and the studios has emerged on a new internet site and on a Facebook group page. In both instances there’s a call for the 20,000 members of the 15 below-the-line guilds represented by the IA in the talks to vote “no” on the deal. It has not yet been submitted to members for ratification.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/opposition-to-the-iaamptp-deal-emerges/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/california-film-commission-touts-successes-while-tax-credit-extension-remains-uncertain/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/california-film-commission-touts-successes-while-tax-credit-extension-remains-uncertain/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:56:28 +0000 Mark London Williams http://www.btlnews.com/?p=27747 California Film Commission's annual Locations Breakfast, held at West Hollywood's London Hotel that mantra had been changed to say: any neighborhood or street you need can be found right here, in California. There's no need to film anywhere else.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/california-film-commission-touts-successes-while-tax-credit-extension-remains-uncertain/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/overwhelming-ratification-vote-for-new-iatse-contract-is-expected/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/overwhelming-ratification-vote-for-new-iatse-contract-is-expected/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:57:27 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=27672 Matthew Loeb is trumpeting the virtues of the tentative deal recently reached between IATSE and the studios for a new three-year Basic Agreement that will go into effect Aug. 1 if approved.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/overwhelming-ratification-vote-for-new-iatse-contract-is-expected/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/california-tax-credit-extension-clears-hurdle/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/california-tax-credit-extension-clears-hurdle/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:48:56 +0000 Scott Lehane http://www.btlnews.com/?p=27415 Felipe Fuentes’ bill to extend the state’s production incentive program for five years cleared a hurdle yesterday when the state legislature's Arts & Entertainment Committee passed the bill by a margin of 8-0 with one abstention. It still has to clear other committees, like the assembly's Committee on Revenue and Taxation, before moving back to the legislature for final passage. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/california-tax-credit-extension-clears-hurdle/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/iatse-reaches-tentative-agreement-with-amptp/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/iatse-reaches-tentative-agreement-with-amptp/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:37:23 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=27260 Matthew Loeb, the president of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE), announced on Friday. If ratified by the 20,000 members of 15 guilds representing cinematographers, art directors and other behind-the-camera crafts]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/iatse-reaches-tentative-agreement-with-amptp/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/iatse-and-amptp-to-resume-negotiations-on-april-12/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/iatse-and-amptp-to-resume-negotiations-on-april-12/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:44:58 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=26960 International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) are set to return to the bargaining table on April 12 to hammer out a new three-year contract.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/iatse-and-amptp-to-resume-negotiations-on-april-12/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/sag-aftra-merger-approved/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/sag-aftra-merger-approved/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:35:31 +0000 Staff http://www.btlnews.com/?p=26929 American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild announced that members of both organizations have voted to approve a merger, creating a new entity, SAG-AFTRA. SAG members voted 82 percent in favor of the merger. AFTRA members favored the merger with 86 percent, exceeding the 60 percent threshold needed for both unions' membership for passage.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/sag-aftra-merger-approved/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/union-roundup-1000-ways-to-kill-a-union/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/union-roundup-1000-ways-to-kill-a-union/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:59:36 +0000 Mark London Williams http://www.btlnews.com/?p=26318 Mitt Romney’s “inevitability” train will at last huff out of the GOP station, or if Rick Santorum can catch up to him again. ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/union-roundup-1000-ways-to-kill-a-union/feed/ 0