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Issue No. 296 | 24 February 2006 |
Sad Sacks
Interview: Court's in Session Industrial: Whose Choices? Politics: Peter's Principles Environment: TINA or Greener? History: Its Not Just Handshakes and Aprons International: US Locks out Jose' Bove Education: No AWA - No Job Culture: Jesus was a Long-Grass Man Review: Charlie the Serf
Taskforce Shrugs Bashed Teen Worker �Castle Win Keeps Trains On Track �Revolving Gangplank' at Sydney Ferries NSW Councils Short $21 billion
The Soapbox The Locker Room Parliament
For Whom the Toll Bells Unfinished Business Labor Sells Hydro Stop the Hordes Packer Whacker
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News Unions Back After This Break
A hastily assembled picket in Waterloo by around 30 members of Equity and other unionists sang, yelled, whistled and whooped outside the location of the shoot for Quaker's Oats.
It took just 20 minutes before producers caved, agreeing to move performers onto the Equity contract. The US production company previously insisted that Equity's Offshore Commercial Contract would not be used to engage performers. Equity hailed the result as a major victory yesterday in securing decent pay and conditions for performers working on a US offshore commercial production. The contract they offered performers provided lower fees, residual payments and superannuation than those specified in the union-negotiated Offshore Commercials Agreement. "This proves that if members take action, and take it quickly, they can get results," says Simon Whipp, Director of Equity. "It sends a strong message not only to local producers, but to offshore producers that if they wish to work in NSW, they must do so on a union basis." The Equity division of MEAA only had a few hours notice of where Shalala Productions was making the commercial for release in the American market. Whipp expressed thanks to all those who attended the protest and said that Equity would remain vigilant about other attempts at non-union productions.
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