I spent the first half of Monday at the National Labor Relations Board in West Los Angeles. We were there for a representation hearing, trying to get artists at a non-signator shop decent wages, also pension and medical benefits (currently they have neither pension nor health coverage)...
The employer didn't show up for the proceeding (first time that's happened in my experience), but TAG put on its evidence and witnesses and charged ahead. The NLRB's board agent was polite, professional, and positive, and we adjourned before noon.
This doesn't mean that the Board will necessarily grant our petition for representation and grant the guild and employees an election, but we should know in a week or so if the crew will get to vote on "going union" or not. And then there are about four or five other hurdles to leap before we get a contract ...
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