Another day, one other deal. IATSE Local 695 has formally reached a tentative settlement with the studios.
Leadership from the Local 695 — which represents technicians throughout Production Sound, Video Assist, Video Engineering & Studio Projection — knowledgeable members of the deal in an electronic mail on Monday evening.
According to management, their proposal included discussions of ample staffing, equitable pay, and on-set security, which was supported by testimony from members.
“The tenor of discussions in the room was productive, the producers addressed all of our core issues at the table, and we made meaningful gains in all areas,” management wrote within the electronic mail to members. “We look forward to sharing more information with you once the Memorandum of Agreement has been drafted and submitted to the Local for approval.”
The deal got here fairly rapidly for Local 695 in the course of the second full week of local-specific negotiations for IATSE, following the Cinematographers Guild (Local 600), the Set Painter & Sign-Writers (Local 729) and the Art Directors Guild (Local 800), which struck tentative offers final week with the AMPTP.
Negotiations kicked off March 4 with the management of IATSE, the Hollywood Teamsters and different crafts guilds assembly with the AMPTP for a number of days to debate well being and pension advantages, and supply proposals. Then there was per week of caucusing earlier than the primary of the 13 LA Locals sat down on the bargaining desk with the studios.
It’s trying good to date, however there shall be much more to come back. The AMPTP has not introduced a counterproposal concerning the overall points.
The Motion Picture Editors Guild (IATSE Local 700) are anticipated to start negotiations with the AMPTP this week as properly below a technique the place ”two locals will negotiate concurrently at any given time” with the studios over the following month.
The present contracts are set to finish July 31. Overall, round 60,000 industry-related IATSE members are affected by the contracts.