Cinematographers Guild Reaches Craft-Specific Tentative Agreement with AMPTP As Editors Guild Bargaining Gets Underway

variety.com:

Carolyn Giardina With negotiations underway for a new three-year Basic Agreement between IATSE and AMPTP, the International Cinematographers Guild (Local 600)c—cthe largest of the 13 IATSE Locals that work under this contract — has reached a tentative deal on its local-specific issues for its camera and publicist members, according to a Wednesday night memo obtained by Variety.

Meanwhile, Motion Picture Editors Guild (Local 700) begins its member-specific negotiations today. Local 700, whose members include picture and sound editors, is the second largest of the Locals that work under the agreement.

The memo to Local 600 members was brief, and didn’t include the terms of the tentative agreement. It reads, “We wish the remainder of the West Coast Studio Locals best of luck as they negotiate their local specific issues.

We look forward to building on the success in the general negotiations, which this tentative Local 600 specific agreement will be part of.” This round of individual Locals negotiations began Monday and is scheduled to run though April 26, with Art Directors Guild (Local 800) and Set Painters & Sign Writers (Local 729) also among the first Locals to begin bargaining with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.