In an 'FAQs' document sent to Local members on Thursday, the union offered guidance around 'scabbing,' healthcare, unemployment benefits and travel if it calls a mass work stoppage in the next few days.
The contracts that would remain in effect during a strike include the union’s Sports Broadcasting, Low Budget Theatrical and Pay Television Agreements as well as the Commercial and Music Video Production Agreements, and select independent agreements. “You must check with the Local about any job before you continue to perform or accept new work,” the document tells members.
The union also states the consequences for “scabbing,” or working while a strike is ongoing or taking a striking worker’s place. Members who cross a picket line “will be in violation of the IATSE Constitution and Bylaws and will be subject to discipline by their Local and the International,” which could include fines, being subject to “public censure,” being suspended or expelled. Non-IATSE members who scab “jeopardize ever becoming members of this great Alliance,” the document says.
Members who are already collecting unemployment benefits remain eligible, according to the FAQs, which also explains that “members may be eligible” should employers impose a lock out.
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