IATSE, which has made brutally long workdays a key safety issue in its negotiations for a new film and TV contract, says that between January and July of this year it “received well over 50 reports of workdays 14 hours or longer, and it is likely that is just the tip of the iceberg.
Nobody should accept or defend 14-hour days as an industry standard.”Earlier this week, IATSE president Matthew Loeb said that the contract negotiations have reached a “critical juncture,” and has been preparing his members for a possible strike or lockout.“The science is clear,” the union says in a pamphlet distributed to members recently. “Long and irregular hours without adequate breaks and rest are unsafe.
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