Industry & Labor

New IATSE and AICP Three-Year National Commercial Production Agreement Prioritizes Safety, Includes Wage and Benefit Increases

It was the fall women’s meeting of Local 600, the cinematographers’ union, that kindled the idea. Gathered in the Nyack, N.Y., home of Ellen Kuras, an Oscar nominee who shot “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” female directors of photography, assistants and camera operators swapped stories of their trade — and the challenges of being underrepresented in it.

The Unit Publicist - "Fun and Frustration in the Trenches of Movie Making"

Contract Services Administration Trust Fund (CSATF/CSATTF) is expanding by moving services provided to the motion picture and television industry employees to their new facility located at 2710 Winona Avenue, next door to our current location (telephone numbers will not change) as of Tuesday, July 5, 2016.

Local 600 will be at Cine Gear Expo (Los Angeles) at the landmark Paramount Studios June 3-4 at Booth #23. Stop by ACES Central, co-presented by the Academy, ICG and ASC and attend ICG's Virtual Reality session. Details below:

Local 600 members are invited to submit the names of members, in any of our Guild classifications, who would be deserving of this prestigious award. The deadline for receipt of nominations is July 15, 2016.

It has been reported that an email titled "Photographer needed for a commercial production" has been going around from a production company claiming to be Black Lab Production. This email has been reported as a phishing scam.

Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, May 16 - June 10, 2016

The tentative results of Local 600's 2016 Officer and Delegate Elections have been posted. The results remain unofficial until they are reviewed and approved by the National Executive Board at its June 2016 meeting.

- UCLA Health/MPTF medical offices under renovation - Specialists now available in more locations - myUCLAhealthsimplifies patient access to information - Text Message Appointment Reminders Now Available - Online scheduling now available - UCLA Health/MPTF Patient Family Advisory Council (PFAC)

The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG, IATSE Local 600) will host two sessions at the 2016 NAB Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center. One will be a light-­hearted look at Key and Peele’s cinematic debut, Keanu for Warner Bros., in which the hapless duo infiltrates a vicious gang to find their adorable ‘catnapped’ kitten. The other will explore one of the most exciting developments in film technology — drones.

ICG is pleased to announce that we will be hosting two sessions at the 2016 NAB Show in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Convention Center.