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  And Now For Something Completely Different… (compositor’s union?)

  Posted by Rich Ramazinski on March 9, 2007 at 2:27 am

  sorry guys- didn’t know where to post this.

  i’m starting to work at a place that is requiring us to join the animator’s union, even though I will just be doing post-work for them. Does this make sense to anybody?

  Is there such a thing as a post-production union or compositors union?

  thanks a bunch,

  r

  Rich Ramazinski replied 19 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Majorasshole

  March 10, 2007 at 6:04 am

  It’s not your job description that determines it, if it is designated a union shop you have no choice but to join the union.

  Generally only a few support staff like secretaries and production assistants as well as management are exempt from being union members. If you are a temporary worker they usually have a union permit form that you fill out and they give you temporary or daily status. I had a job that they gave me union status on a day to day basis when I worked at the union shop. They deducted a small union fee from my check. After a certain amount of days worked they waived the fee for the rest of the year.

  Getting in the animators union is a good thing. It means $ per frame for you rather than pennies.
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  Rich Ramazinski

  March 13, 2007 at 3:38 am

  thanks for the info.

  Yeah, I’m pretty excited about the whole union thing- I just have friends who are very structured about specifically what their career plans are (“i’m going to be an AC, and join their specific union. That’s my plan.”). I never expected being randomly offered a union gig in a field i wasn’t totally working in.

  But union is better than independent contractor in some ways!

  I’m rambling now. Thanks,

  r

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