tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post7258179099018835761..comments2024-03-13T23:43:03.755-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: A Wage StorySteve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-71907887737736439712010-08-18T17:57:37.046-07:002010-08-18T17:57:37.046-07:00Wow, amazing. You're the best people in the wo...Wow, amazing. You're the best people in the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-27265307372496265242010-08-18T16:41:49.907-07:002010-08-18T16:41:49.907-07:00@ Steve
Thanks for the clarification.
@ Jeff
Cr...@ Steve<br /><br />Thanks for the clarification.<br /><br />@ Jeff<br /><br />Crazy! Its always important to have an idea what your co-workers are making. It only ever benefits the employee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-62741680690927489092010-08-18T13:53:50.120-07:002010-08-18T13:53:50.120-07:00A true story:
An animator stopped by the Guild of...A true story:<br /><br />An animator stopped by the Guild office on some business, and mentioned in passing that he was the "highest paid animator" at his studio. He then mentioned his rate of pay.<br /><br />We asked him if he could confirm his rate, and he said yes, he has saved his pay stubs ... in fact, he showed me one he had in his pocket.<br /><br />We then had to tell him that that not only was he <i>not</i> the highest paid animator at his studio but ... he was making below scale.<br /><br />He had been hired four years earlier at a rate that was then slightly above scale. The studio never gave him a raise, even at the point when the minimums increased over his rate, and he never bothered looking at the CBA or the <i>Peg-Board</i> announcements -- why should he when he's above scale? ;)<br /><br />The good news -- and sometimes there <i>is</i> good news at the end of a grievance story -- is that the studio resolved the matter and made him whole. (And no, they didn’t fire him a month later ...)Jeff Massiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01025023288241410877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-86883672803329497682010-08-18T09:05:46.770-07:002010-08-18T09:05:46.770-07:00"Great," I mutter. "Thanks for brin...<b>"Great," I mutter. "Thanks for bringing me in to this."<br /><br />Thats your job. Isnt it? ...</b><br /><br />Well, yeah. But this was before the TAG wage surveys, and the information was confidential, and I was breaching confidentiality to do him a favor (which I thought he deserved.)<br /><br />And he went and blew my cover.<br /><br />Not that it matters now. The above playlet occurred decades ago and the statute of limitations has long run out.Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-14889239687160456382010-08-18T03:21:14.045-07:002010-08-18T03:21:14.045-07:00Why dont they pay everyone Union Scale and keep th...<i>Why dont they pay everyone Union Scale and keep the costs down that way?</i><br /><br />Everyone is entitled to negotiate their wage with the employer. The Guild provides wage minimums so employers aren't tempted to try to cut costs over the backs of the people who get the work done for them. Given the option, I'm sure employers would love to pay everyone scale. However, if you have the chops to ask for more and prove you are worth it, we won't stand in your way.<br /><br />As stated in the contract:<br /><i>Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent any individual from negotiating and obtaining from the Producer better conditions and terms of employment than those herein provided.</i>Steven Kaplanhttp://www.animationguild.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-38661671975991526872010-08-17T23:39:38.942-07:002010-08-17T23:39:38.942-07:00"Great," I mutter. "Thanks for brin...<b>"Great," I mutter. "Thanks for bringing me in to this."</b><br /><br />Thats your job. Isnt it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-7277354280599564992010-08-17T21:51:35.851-07:002010-08-17T21:51:35.851-07:00Why dont they pay everyone Union Scale and keep th...Why dont they pay everyone Union Scale and keep the costs down that way? I know your answer is "because that's capitalism". But aren't they paying over Union scale for the purpose of separating the individuals from the Union? It seems it gives them an easy way to say "were paying you over scale, so dont make waves".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com