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ICG Offers Creative Master Series Session & Exhibit Tours at NAB

(3D Roundabout, 3/25/13)

The International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) will play a prominent role at the upcoming National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas.

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Mixed-Martial Arts Wins Political Support in NY, Conn

(Wall Street Journal, 3/22/13)

Two of the owners of UFC, brothers Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, are part of the founding family behind Station Casinos, where Frank is the chief executive and chairman and Lorenzo sits on the board. The company is one of few casino chains in Las Vegas that aren't unionized. Labor groups have tried for years to form a union, filing dozens of complaints with the National Labor Relations Board.

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Union Health Plans Will Suffer Under Obamacare

(Labor Notes, 3/18/13)

“From each according to his ability, and to each according to his need”: does this sound like a model for health care reform? …That model is “multi-employer health care plans,” bargained by unions and jointly administered with employers, that provide continuous coverage even for part-time and seasonal workers through periods of unemployment. Yet what should have been a model for health care reform now faces an uncertain future.

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Is a “Digital Spring” for Visual Effects Artists at Hand?

(Buzz Feed, 3/15/13)

Visual effects artists gathered around the world — in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, Vancouver, New Zealand, Brazil, and London — connected by video link to translate a rising tide of anger into action, creating, as one speaker called it, a "digital spring" for the beleaguered trade

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VFX Town Hall Urges Trade Association and Union

(THR, 3/16/13)

VFX vet Scott Ross and others outlined a plan that involves the formation of a VFX union for VFX artists and of a trade association for visual effects facilities, all aimed at addressing the troubled VFX business model.

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MPTF Strike Averted as Talks Resume

(TheWrap, 3/15/13)

A strike by caregivers at the Motion Picture and Television Fund's long-term care center that was scheduled for Monday has been called off, as both sides have agreed to negotiations during a 60-day "cooling off period."

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Union Blasts MPTF Executive Salaries

(Hollywood Reporter, 3/14/13)

The labor dispute between the Motion Picture and Television Fund and the union representing 500 MPTF caregivers and other employees took a personal turn Thursday, with the union responding to the MPTF’s claim of economic hardship by publicizing the hospital’s executive salaries.

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District 2 Convention

Attention, District 2 Delegates

The 2013 District 2 Convention will be held in Boston on Sunday, July 21, the day prior to the opening of the 67th IATSE Quadrennial Convention. Delegates, please note the following and make your reservations accordingly:

District 2 Convention Details:

Date: Sunday July 21, 2013
Time: 9 am
Where:
Boston Sheraton Hotel
Meeting Room:
Constitution Ballroom

District convention schedules

Information on IATSE hotel rooms blocks

2012 IATSE District 2 Membership Booklet

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