tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post4978178913128577022..comments2024-03-29T02:18:35.303-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Motion Picture Industry Pension and Health Plan and the WGA StrikeSteve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-81449546950617082382008-03-22T08:54:00.000-07:002008-03-22T08:54:00.000-07:00Steve, is it true there is a 2 million dollar life...Steve, is it true there is a 2 million dollar lifetime cap on union member's health care?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-91422364840137814532008-03-21T12:08:00.000-07:002008-03-21T12:08:00.000-07:00You're welcome.One of our purposes in creating thi...You're welcome.<BR/><BR/>One of our purposes in creating this blog was to get more transparency and communication going within TAG. You don't know how the different moving parts work together, you can't make informed choices.<BR/><BR/>IATSE officials railed against the writers strike while it was happening. Some of their motivation was the damage it would do to the Pension and Health plans.<BR/><BR/>(I had some typos inside the block quote above; it should have been <B>January 2008</B> and <B>February 2008</B> -- I typed in <B>2007</B>. This is the curse of rapid, late-night posting. But it's now been corrected.)Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-1799304831260164302008-03-21T08:37:00.000-07:002008-03-21T08:37:00.000-07:00Thank you for posting this info. I personally may...Thank you for posting this info. I personally may have had more understanding of the WGA's predicament if their issues were more directly related to health and pension issues, issues I think more hollywood union professionals are familiar with.<BR/><BR/>I do understand the concept that their fight is our fight, but their compensation structures and collective bargaining history are not easily translated into kitchen table concerns. It was enormously frustrating to sit on the sidelines and attempt to decipher the WGA's labor language, which resembles more of a contract dispute over copyright law rather than a dispute over day-to-day work-for-hire agreements.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com