Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Union representation is more important than ever before, especially in an industry predominantly made up of insecure work, said Patricia Amphlett, Federal President of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, at the ACTU Federal Congress today. “Our union estimates that there are about 50,000 people who earn their income from the creative industries and about three quarters of us are in some form of insecure work,” Amphlett said.

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Friday, 20 April 2012

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance welcomes this morning’s announcement by Prime Minister Gillard and Arts Minister Simon Crean that The Wolverine will be filmed at Sydney’s Fox Studios.

“It is heartening that the federal government has responded to calls from the Alliance and other film industry organisations for increased incentives to compensate for the high Australian dollar,” said the Alliance’s director of entertainment, crew and sport, Mal Tulloch.

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Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Dangerous workplaces cost workers lives and rob families of their loved ones every year. We hear every day that workers are killed in the workplace. Many are dismissed as accidents or the worker was unlucky or the worker is blamed somehow for their own fate. Workers’ should not accept an unsafe workplace. No job is that urgent or that important that workers should put their lives at risk. Every worker should expect that they will go to work and return home every night without being maimed, injured or killed.

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Friday, 03 February 2012

Negotiations for Fury Road conditions concluded last week. Film tech members have been working together since December to secure fair and reasonable conditions when working outside Australia. The production’s original proposal included items such as no night loadings, no triple time for standard hours, reduced Saturday overtime rates and a 35 km radius. Crew have been successful in moving the production’s position on most of the key items and we look forward to drafting a union agreement that will follow them overseas. Congratulations to all members involved. Once drafting has been completed watch this space for your updated terms and conditions.

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Crew have endorsed an in-principle agreement which provides annual pay increases of 3%, an increase in the broadcast allowance, a commitment to  flexible part-time arrangements and three-hour minimum call for food and beverage staff. The agreement will include back pay to November 1 regardless of how long it takes for the agreement to be ratified by staff and approved by Fair Work Australia. For more information contact Danny Donohue 0425 315 897/ This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Friday, 11 November 2011

Let’s tell the Department of Immigration how we feel about foreign crew being brought in on the wrong visas to take Australian crew jobs. You can read our letter to Immigration minister Chris Bowen here. See below for details on how to write your own.

Concerned members have contacted the Alliance about the engagement of non-Australian crew on the MotoGP at Phillip Island, and the engagement of US crew at the Presidents Cup golf tournament in Melbourne.

The Alliance understands that foreign crew have entered the country on visas other than the standard 420 visa, which is designed to bind foreign workers to a Net Employment Benefit test and to ensure minimum Australian employment standards are met.

As a result of the engagement, experienced Australian crew have lost the opportunity to work on these annual events.

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