“Your fight is our fight,” entertainment unions around the world have told IATSE, pledging their support for the group as it kicks off bargaining with Hollywood producers on a new Basic Agreement.
Initial talks began last week, and a return to negotiations with the AMPTP is set for March 18. The current contract expires on July 31.
The unions speaking up today are affiliates of UNI Global Union and represent 500,000 workers in 140 unions and guilds across the media, entertainment and arts sector worldwide.
IATSE is also a UNI Global Union affiliate. In a statement, the UNI Media, Entertainment & Arts Executive Committee said in part: “The member unions across the globe stand in solidarity with our US colleagues as they go into their negotiations for fair pay, decent working conditions and the protection of workers’ rights in the digital environment including the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI).
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