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Exclusive: Crystal Hopkins has resigned as president of IATSE Local 871, in part because of her dissatisfaction with IATSE’s new film and TV contract. Marisa Shipley, the local’s current vice president, will be the local’s next president, running unopposed to succeed Hopkins in the local’s ongoing election.
Hopkins, who has been one of the leaders of the movement to secure better pay for Hollywood’s historically female crafts, resigned last week, shortly before IATSE’s new film and TV contract was ratified.
The new contract contains outsized pay raises for the local’s members, many of whom had been working for barely above minimum wage. Under the new deal, the local’s script coordinators, assistant production office coordinators, art department coordinators and writers’ room assistants will see their wages increase to $23.50 an hour, retroactive to August 1, 2021; to $24.50 in the second year of the pact; and to $26 in the third year.
Hopkins, who has been one of the leaders of the movement to secure better pay for Hollywood’s historically female crafts, resigned last week, shortly before IATSE’s new film and TV contract was ratified.
The new contract contains outsized pay raises for the local’s members, many of whom had been working for barely above minimum wage. Under the new deal, the local’s script coordinators, assistant production office coordinators, art department coordinators and writers’ room assistants will see their wages increase to $23.50 an hour, retroactive to August 1, 2021; to $24.50 in the second year of the pact; and to $26 in the third year.
- 11/19/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
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IATSE Local 871 president Crystal Hopkins has resigned from her post due to personal obligations and because she says she “could not in good conscience” lead members amid the ratification of a new contract that has deeply divided membership.
Hopkins sent members a message informing them about her personal reasons for leaving on the evening of Nov. 11, the night before union members began the ratification vote on a tentative Basic Agreement deal reached the previous month with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). Hopkins did not mention the tentative deal in that message because she was trying ...
Hopkins sent members a message informing them about her personal reasons for leaving on the evening of Nov. 11, the night before union members began the ratification vote on a tentative Basic Agreement deal reached the previous month with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). Hopkins did not mention the tentative deal in that message because she was trying ...
- 11/18/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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IATSE Local 871 president Crystal Hopkins has resigned from her post due to personal obligations and because she says she “could not in good conscience” lead members amid the ratification of a new contract that has deeply divided membership.
Hopkins sent members a message informing them about her personal reasons for leaving on the evening of Nov. 11, the night before union members began the ratification vote on a tentative Basic Agreement deal reached the previous month with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). Hopkins did not mention the tentative deal in that message because she was trying ...
Hopkins sent members a message informing them about her personal reasons for leaving on the evening of Nov. 11, the night before union members began the ratification vote on a tentative Basic Agreement deal reached the previous month with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). Hopkins did not mention the tentative deal in that message because she was trying ...
- 11/18/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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IATSE president Matthew Loeb and the presidents 13 Hollywood locals, saying that “now is the time to change the culture of our work places,” issued a joint statement Tuesday urging members to authorize a nationwide strike against film and TV production companies.
The union leaders said that the strike-authorization vote, which will be held October 1-3, “will empower our negotiators to secure a fair deal.”
“We each have witnessed first-hand the physical and emotional suffering our members and their loved ones endure as a result of punishing and unrealistic schedules, and lack of rest or meal breaks,” they said. “We have repeatedly seen the economic impact of inadequate rates for members who do not make a living wage, and the discounted ‘New Media’ pay rates that subsidize mature and profitable streaming businesses.
“Now is the time to change the culture of our work places. We fully support our members who demand safe and sane working conditions,...
The union leaders said that the strike-authorization vote, which will be held October 1-3, “will empower our negotiators to secure a fair deal.”
“We each have witnessed first-hand the physical and emotional suffering our members and their loved ones endure as a result of punishing and unrealistic schedules, and lack of rest or meal breaks,” they said. “We have repeatedly seen the economic impact of inadequate rates for members who do not make a living wage, and the discounted ‘New Media’ pay rates that subsidize mature and profitable streaming businesses.
“Now is the time to change the culture of our work places. We fully support our members who demand safe and sane working conditions,...
- 9/28/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
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TV writers are rallying behind their writers room assistants’ calls for a “living wage” as part of the IATSE’s negotiations for a new film and television contract, which resume July 6.
Under the Ia’s contract, the minimum pay for writers’ assistants is only $16 an hour, while script coordinators, who report directly to their showrunners or head writers, are paid as little as $17.64 an hour. Many work for these barely livable wages in the hope of getting a shot at a writing assignment.
Writers have been tweeting their support for their assistants using the hashtags #IASolidarity, #PayUpHollywood and #IALivingWage.
“Writer’s Assistants & Script Coordinators are under-sung and underpaid superstars of every TV production; they deserve to be paid a living wage by every studio, no exceptions,” tweeted Craig Thomas, co-creator/executive producer of How I Met Your Mother and executive producer of the upcoming How I Met Your Father.
“Studios...
Under the Ia’s contract, the minimum pay for writers’ assistants is only $16 an hour, while script coordinators, who report directly to their showrunners or head writers, are paid as little as $17.64 an hour. Many work for these barely livable wages in the hope of getting a shot at a writing assignment.
Writers have been tweeting their support for their assistants using the hashtags #IASolidarity, #PayUpHollywood and #IALivingWage.
“Writer’s Assistants & Script Coordinators are under-sung and underpaid superstars of every TV production; they deserve to be paid a living wage by every studio, no exceptions,” tweeted Craig Thomas, co-creator/executive producer of How I Met Your Mother and executive producer of the upcoming How I Met Your Father.
“Studios...
- 6/28/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Leaders of two Hollywood Iatse locals have been shown the door. Leslie Simon’s contract as business rep of Local 871 was not renewed, and Ed Brown, longtime business agent of Prop Local 44, was defeated in his bid for re-election. Local 44 president Michael Diersing also lost his re-election race.
Simon’s departure was not unexpected, having been on the wrong side of an officer and board election in December. The incumbents, who supported her, were swept out of office by a slate of challengers who did not endorse her, led by the local’s new president, Crystal Hopkins.
Simon, who served at the pleasure of the board, has been the local’s business rep since 2013 and played a key role in its Pay Equity movement, which seeks to raise the salaries of those employed in Hollywood’s historically female crafts — a movement to which the new leaders also are committed.
Simon’s departure was not unexpected, having been on the wrong side of an officer and board election in December. The incumbents, who supported her, were swept out of office by a slate of challengers who did not endorse her, led by the local’s new president, Crystal Hopkins.
Simon, who served at the pleasure of the board, has been the local’s business rep since 2013 and played a key role in its Pay Equity movement, which seeks to raise the salaries of those employed in Hollywood’s historically female crafts — a movement to which the new leaders also are committed.
- 4/3/2019
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Crystal Hopkins has been elected president of Iatse Local 871, and her slate of running mates has swept the crafts union’s officer elections. Hopkins, an art department coordinator, defeated Doug Boney, the local’s vice president, receiving 227 votes to his 163. Turnout was dismal, with only about 11% of eligible members casting ballots.
The election marks a sea change for the local and could spell trouble for Leslie Simon, the local’s salaried business rep, whose contract is up in June. Boney and his defeated slate – many of whom were incumbents – were strong supporters of Simon and endorsed her sucessful bid for re-election as an Iatse delegate, in which she finished 10th. Hopkins’ slate didn’t endorse her. Hopkins also has been a vocal opponent of the new Iatse film and TV contract, while Boney and Simon had recommended its ratification.
Marisa Shipley, Hopkins’ vice presidential running mate, also was elected.
The election marks a sea change for the local and could spell trouble for Leslie Simon, the local’s salaried business rep, whose contract is up in June. Boney and his defeated slate – many of whom were incumbents – were strong supporters of Simon and endorsed her sucessful bid for re-election as an Iatse delegate, in which she finished 10th. Hopkins’ slate didn’t endorse her. Hopkins also has been a vocal opponent of the new Iatse film and TV contract, while Boney and Simon had recommended its ratification.
Marisa Shipley, Hopkins’ vice presidential running mate, also was elected.
- 12/21/2018
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The election of officers and board members at Iatse Local 871 is heating up with three weeks to go until ballots are counted. Presidential candidate Crystal Hopkins told Deadline that her opponent, Doug Boney, has a “conflict of interest” that makes him “unable to be a full-time representative of our local.” Boney claims that Hopkins’ “vague and inaccurate statement may be due to her lack of experience in union governance.”
Boney, besides currently serving as vice president of the local, is also the salaried business rep of Iatse Studio Teachers Local 884, a post that pays him $64,000 a year – which is nearly half of the $132,000 in dues the Studio Teachers local collected from its 127 members last year.
Hopkins contends that if Boney is elected as the unpaid president of Local 871 – which represents more than 2,300 script supervisors; production, script and art department coordinators; accountants; and writers’ assistants – his first allegiance will be...
Boney, besides currently serving as vice president of the local, is also the salaried business rep of Iatse Studio Teachers Local 884, a post that pays him $64,000 a year – which is nearly half of the $132,000 in dues the Studio Teachers local collected from its 127 members last year.
Hopkins contends that if Boney is elected as the unpaid president of Local 871 – which represents more than 2,300 script supervisors; production, script and art department coordinators; accountants; and writers’ assistants – his first allegiance will be...
- 12/6/2018
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
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