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Hollywood Production Workers Authorize Union to Strike, Citing Excessive Hours, Poor Pay

A strike by IATSE’s more than 150,000 members would shut down production of shows and films, likely costing studios and streaming services millions of dollars 

Pro-union signs adorned a car in September in Los Angeles, amid negotiations over working conditions and pay.

PHOTO: MYUNG J. CHUN/LOS ANGELES TIMES/GETTY IMAGES

LOS ANGELES—The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, a union representing more than 150,000 behind-the-scenes workers in entertainment, took a step toward calling a strike that could shut down production across Hollywood.

In a vote on Monday, members gave their leadership the ultimate authority to call a strike should ongoing negotiations over working conditions and pay with studios and the streaming services break down.


Claude Solnik
Long Island Business News
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Ronkonkoma, NY 11779-7348 

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Stop scratching on holidays
Published: June 1, 2012



Off Track Betting in New York State has been racing into a crisis called shrinking revenue. Some people have spitballed a solution: Don’t close on holidays.
New York State Racing Law bars racing on Christmas, Easter and Palm Sunday, and the state has ruled OTBs can’t handle action on those days, even though they could easily broadcast races from out of state.
“You should be able to bet whenever you want,” said Jackson Leeds, a Nassau OTB employee who makes an occasional bet. He added some irrefutable logic: “How is the business going to make money if you’re not open to take people’s bets?”
Elias Tsekerides, president of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, said OTB is open on Greek Orthodox Easter and Palm Sunday.
“I don’t want discrimination,” Tsekerides said. “They close for the Catholics, but open for the Greek Orthodox? It’s either open for all or not open.”
OTB officials have said they lose millions by closing on Palm Sunday alone, with tracks such as Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Turf Paradise and Hawthorne running.
One option: OTBs could just stay open and face the consequences. New York City OTB did just that back in 2003. The handle was about $1.5 million – and OTB was fined $5,000.
Easy money.

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