'People outside the industry say they would work on a set for free if given the opportunity, but this isn’t one day. This is day after day, hundreds of days, thousands of hours with these conditions and little pay,' one Hollywood worker says.
"We shouldn’t be begging for lunch breaks," said one specialty costume manufacturer who's worked in the industry for a decade.Marvel StudiosBehind-the-scenes crew members in Hollywood have yet to reach a resolution with the industry's major film and television production companies over working conditions and pay — but many workers say the conditions they face have only got worse with the rise of streaming services and the pandemic.
Union members include camera operators, sound people, costume makers and hair and makeup artists. Their grievances include The AMPTP did not respond to a request for comment. NBC News’ parent company, NBCUniversal, has production companies and studios that are AMPTP signatories. Shipley said that a strike would affect the vast majority of the union crew working on three contracts, which affect projects in Hollywood, projects shot in other parts of the U.S., and talk and reality shows. That's a substantial portion of the U.S.-based work in television and film. Women, people of color, nonnative English speakers and those who identify as LGBTQ are also some of the hardest hit by poor industry conditions.
Scarnati, who's worked on franchises like"The Hunger Games,""Guardians of the Galaxy" and"Captain America" said she recently worked 21 days in a row where the shortest day was 12 hours, most days were 14, and the longest day was 19 hours. Muessigmann, 59, said that for a show he worked on before the pandemic he was fortunate to be paid his regular rate, but the expectation was that the show would have a movie-quality look with a significantly smaller staff size and timeline. He said this type of work environment is unsustainable for the industry.
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