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I.A. Convention adopts LONG HOURS Resolution

7/25/2013

 
A victory for 12on12off, crew members, and all those who have been fighting to have the industry-wide health and safety issue of chronic long hours officially acknowledged --- the Long Hours Resolution was adopted by the 67th Quadrennial IATSE Convention, the 805 delegates in attendance passed the resolution unanimously.
 
I am posting the resolution in full below for those who have not read it. Officially adopting this resolution will do little on its own to combat the scheduling of 14 and 15 hour days routinely working all Friday night into Saturday, week after week on movies and episodic TV shows, but it does give a big boost to the movement as we publicize the significant adoption of this resolution at the I.A. Convention.
 
 
LONG HOURS RESOLUTION
 
WHEREAS, there exists indisputable evidence from scientific, medical and
empirical studies linking sleep deprivation and fatigue to critical safety
and health hazards,
 
WHEREAS, workers continue to work excessive hours,
 
WHEREAS, an AFL-CIO report on the state of safety and health protections for
America's workers entitled "Death On The Job: The Toll Of Neglect" states
that "Long hours of work and the way work is organized are emerging as major
health and safety issues affecting workers across many industries and
occupations."
 
WHEREAS, the IATSE has acknowledged the safety, health, and well-being of
our members to be of the greatest concern,
 
WHEREAS, overtime was created as a deterrent to excessive hours, not merely
as a supplement to income,
 
WHEREAS, this is a critical issue of health, safety and life that despite
efforts has yet to be treated in a substantive way,
 
WHEREAS, our health and safety should be beyond compromise.
 
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the IATSE continue to communicate these
concerns to labor-management safety committees and make efforts to increase
awareness that long hours of work cause injuries, illnesses and
deterioration in job performance, as part of the IATSE Entertainment and
Exhibition Industries Training Trust and CSATF Safety Pass Programs, and
 
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that efforts be made to require all
signatory companies to recognize fatigue as a health and safety hazard in
their safety guidelines.
Jeff Wexler
1/13/2014 12:26:01 am

This historic LONG HOURS resolution was passed during the last I.A. Convention in July, 2013. It is now January, 2014, the start of a new year. What is the I.A. doing about this longstanding threat to the health and safety of I.A. Union members in the workplace?

bob
2/27/2014 03:37:29 am

Eliminate time and a half, and go straight to double time. The current hours we work are the mathematical result of the comparing daily benefits, to long hours, to safety - Make it an actual penalty and only then you'll start to see change. It just doesn't cost them enough.

The language adopted above is a step, but lets not kid ourselves - it does absolutely nothing except put into writing what everyone since the beginning of this industry knew already -And forms of this language already exists in many contracts, but does nothing to actually limit hours worked on those same jobs.

Our union needs to show leadership and take real steps to protect its membership - the money is there, where is the fight?


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