IATSE has announced that they are finally going to reach out to members of the visual effects community and integrate them into the IATSE, hopefully giving members of the Visual Effects society the same protections and benefits available to other organizations like the Cinematographers, Art Directors, and Animators.
“The IATSE represents more than 112,000 entertainment industry workers. Over 25,000 of our 60,000 members who work making motion pictures throughout the U.S. and Canada are in Los Angeles. These members enjoy the protections of the largest entertainment union in the world. The contracts under which they work provide for working conditions and benefit plans that are second to none. But there is an important group missing from our union, The Visual Effects Artists, and it is my firm belief that their rightful home is within the IATSE.”
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