Aside from the legal and technical concerns, organizing a show is fundamentally about the crew consolidating and exercising the power it has as the group that makes the production possible -- and then turning that power into a union contract that protects wages and working conditions and provides health and retirement benefits.

Winning a strong contract isn't just a matter of signing authorization cards and then relying on union staff to wrangle concessions from the employer all by themselves. Winning a strong contract requires that you and your colleagues are ready to stand up and stand together to demand what you deserve.

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Tris Carpenter, National Organizer
MPEG, IATSE Local 700
323-876-4770 x244
tcarpenter@editorsguild.com