IATSE announced that film and TV production would not shut down at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 18, as many had worried. Matthew Loeb, the international president of IATSE, proclaimed it a “Hollywood ending.” But the drama is not over.
The contract must still be ratified, and many members quickly denounced it on social media. The rank and file had organized online in support of a historic strike authorization vote, sharing the pain and frustration of toiling behind the scenes in Hollywood, in hopes of getting better working conditions and pay.
To them, the deal felt like the status quo. It’s not clear whether that opposition is broad enough to kill it with a no vote on the ratification — but the leadership has more work to do.“We whipped a whole.
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