IATSE Strike Averted: Hollywood Shutdown Halted as New AMPTP Film and TV Contract Reached - IndieWire

In an email to members, IATSE said the following: “Late Saturday, President Matt Loeb and the 13 Hollywood Locals announced that the IATSE has tentatively agreed to terms and conditions for the 2021 Basic and Videotape Agreements.

The 60,000 crafts workers from 13 Hollywood locals who would have gone on strike represented everyone from editors to grips, along with locals representing studio mechanics across the country.

Some of those West Coast locals, like those representing camera operators, editors, and art directors, have a national reach; whether those members would have treated this as a nationwide walkout will be one factor that determines how a strike would impact New York, for example, where members work under separate contracts.

The strike would have applied to productions covered by the now-expired Hollywood Basic and Area Standards agreements.

The Hollywood Basic Agreement covered the approximately 40,000 to 45,000 members of 13 West Coast locals, and the Area Standards Agreement covered some 10,000 to 15,000 members employed on productions in places like Georgia, New Mexico, and Louisiana.

But even though IATSE and the locals are making that distinction clear to members, things could have gotten blurry.