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TAKING BARGAINING TO
THE NATIONAL LEVEL
Over the past fifteen years, IATSE’s movement toward large, comprehensive national bargaining agreements has accelerated
greatly, with increasing numbers of members working under similar — and uniformly better — wage scales and working
conditions.
Most IATSE members’ employers are large national or
global corporations, and there is a large power imbalance when
these companies sit down with individual local unions. But
when employers go face to face with one international union
representing 140,000 of the most skilled industry craftspeople,
the playing field is made level. The result is a rising standard of
living, more job security and a stronger voice in the workplace.
HOLLYWOOD BASIC AGREEMENT
Approximately every three years, IATSE and the Alliance of
Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) renegotiate
the Hollywood Basic Agreement. Since 2006, significant gains
have been made on behalf of the members in many areas. These
include yearly wage increases, health care coverage at low cost,
pension protections and funding increases, continuing benefit
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