tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post4052720839984127027..comments2024-03-29T02:18:35.303-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: A Tale of Two Animation DepartmentsSteve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-23690398178763094882010-04-25T16:06:30.703-07:002010-04-25T16:06:30.703-07:00I want to be part of group 2....they rule!
In my ...I want to be part of group 2....they rule!<br /><br />In my experience, it is the recent graduates who engage in this working for free thing, for the most part. <br /><br />How come we(them) don't value our own skills enough to react when we are forced to work for free? Tell the guy at the gas station to give you a free galon of gas, see what happens! Or ask your landlord to give you a free month, for "the love of it"...<br /><br />Cause that's one of the lines we are fed time and time again...that we should do the ot for the love of it....makes me sick!!<br /><br />rufusrufusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-44206662630441627932010-04-24T13:56:01.694-07:002010-04-24T13:56:01.694-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.jackshaochenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14706410716078227014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-29060471833463826082010-04-24T10:04:56.391-07:002010-04-24T10:04:56.391-07:00It'll be a great day when Crew #2 is the rule,...It'll be a great day when Crew #2 is the rule, not the exception.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-69115535992922538082010-04-24T09:38:01.364-07:002010-04-24T09:38:01.364-07:00Steve
You need to repost this entry every 2 wee...Steve<br /><br /> You need to repost this entry every 2 weeks or so and let everyone have a chance to read this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-74767900437472151382010-04-24T09:36:06.765-07:002010-04-24T09:36:06.765-07:00In my head, I see these artists all watching Brave...In my head, I see these artists all watching Braveheart together and putting on some blue paint and drawing their line in the sand. <br /><br />The post above is right we are not as expendable as they want us to believe. I hope this is just the beginning of the "PENCIL'S DOWN MOVEMENT." I would sign something if it went around. <br /><br />This state has labor laws that protect us as well as the union contract. If you get canned for not working unpaid overtime, then I'm sure you have a case. And if you do get let go for not working for free then I say that is a blessing in disguise. I say file a grievance. We must show these producers we have a back bone and we are not like the artist in Korea or India who have no labor laws to protect them. <br /><br />"Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live... at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin' to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take... OUR FREEDOM!"<br /> <br /> -William Wallace<br /><br />(sorry for all the Braveheart stuff. I just saw it again recently.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-69701650605847079202010-04-24T08:46:34.915-07:002010-04-24T08:46:34.915-07:00A great example Steve.
The very essence of bandin...A great example Steve.<br /><br />The very essence of banding together into a union or a guild is to regulate professional practices. If everyone (I mean EVERYONE) in our industry (and I'm looking at you games animators) would agree to draw that line in the sand, stare the producers in the eye and NOT BLINK then we could in fact get things back to "normal". <br /><br />Everyone's sick of this situation . Let's ALL collectively agree to change it by being like Group 2 who calmly and professionally ask "Ok, then you're authorizing overtime?" when asked to work on Saturday and when told that there is no OT authorized they all as a group reply :"Then no work on Saturday". Period. (and that's the law.) <br /><br />We don't have to strike to make this point. Simply <i>as a group</i> stick rigorously to the guild contract and to state & federal labor law. Anyone who breaks ranks should be ostracized from the community. We are past the point of being "nice" and tolerant of those who wimp out when being manipulated by the studio owners and their lackeys .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-61823096196166310962010-04-24T00:29:29.641-07:002010-04-24T00:29:29.641-07:00Fact is, if crew # 1 BANDED TOGETHER and refused t...Fact is, if crew # 1 BANDED TOGETHER and refused to do free overtime the studio would have no choice but to change it's m.o.<br />They NEED this crew!! The artists are MUCH less dispensable than they are lead to believe..The show's one of THE biggest on a certain network which is making shit-loads of money..<br />But the banding together is the hard part.. everyone has to agree to it and DO it... If there's one defector, all bets are off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-39906431678527095622010-04-23T21:38:01.674-07:002010-04-23T21:38:01.674-07:00The group that bands together are heros. It should...The group that bands together are heros. It should be this way throughout the industry. Stop the upper-hands pushing their employees around. They are singling the artists out and fearing them into passitivity. Roar!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com