For some union workers, the deadly shooting on the Alec Baldwin Western underscores the reason to fight for major workplace changes — and return to the negotiating table.
when studios and the union representing more than 150,000 workers reached a tentative deal for a new contract.
But over the next five days, just as IATSE leadership, led by president Matthew Loeb, was beginning to make its pitch to members to support the deal, a weary crew on an independent movie in New Mexico was falling apart amid long hours and stressful working conditions. By the end of the week, six members of the union camera crew had walked off the set Oct.
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