International photographer (Feb-Dec 1929)

THE International Photographer OFFICIAL INTER-LOCAL BULLETIN OF THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE MOTION I'ICTl'RE INDUSTRIES', LOCAL NO. <>"{> OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES AND MOVING PICTl RE MACHINE OPERATORS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. AFFILIATED WITH LOS ANGELES AMUSEMENT FEDERATION, CALIFORNIA STATE THEATRICAL FEDERATION, CALIFORNIA STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR. 3 4 Vol. 1 HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY, 1929 No. 1 "Capita/ is the fruit of labor, and could not exist if labor had not first existed. Labor, therefore, deserves much the higher consideration" — Abraham Lincoln Studio Agreement Briefly, the basic Studio agreement entered into by and between the Unions and certain Moving Picture Producing Companies in November, 1926, and extended November, 1928, for an additional period of three years, provides for the establishment of a Board of Arbitration, composed of five representatives of each of the parties, which shall hear and determine questions arising between the Unions and Producers. The Unions referred to in this agreement are : 1. The I. A. T. S. E. & M. P. M. O. 2. The International Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America. 3. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. 4. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. 5. American Federation of Musicians. Local No. 659 is an integral part of the I. A. T. S. E. & M. P. M. O. and cannot by any stretch of the imagination be separated from the parent body. This Local is as much a part of the contract here referred to as is any Union therein specifically referred to. The obligations imposed upon the I. A. T. S. E. & M. P. M. O. by this document are imposed upon the International Photographers, and likewise the benefits conferred thereby accrue to Local No. 659. It has the legal effect of making us as much a part of the contract as though it were signed by the elected officers of this Local. The Rules of Procedure adopted by the above referred to committees (Continued on Page 4) The International Photographer, while primarily the house organ of Local No. 659, enjoys the distinction of being placed monthly in the hands of 1,000 photographic workers of the Motion Picture Industry. The members of this Local, together with those of our sister Locals, No. 644 of New York City and No. 666 of Chicago, represent the entire personnel of photographers now engaged in professional production of motion pictures in the United States. This condition renders the International Photographer a voice of an ENTIRE CRAFT covering a field that reaches from coast to coast across the nation. Radical Demands Available Attention is again called to the "Out of Work Book" maintained in the office of Local No. 659. When out of work come to the office and sign the book. Your name is then called for the first position available in the order of the date of your application. However, after signing the book, should you accept work without help from the Local office you must call in, cancelling your name immediately, so the Business Representative at all times knows just who is available. The "Work Book" is arranged in classifications from first cameramen to assistant cameramen. It represents the finest employment agency ever available to cameramen of the Motion Picture Industry. This is the caption of Section 1, Article 4, on the subject of STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS, in the ByLaws of the International Alliance. It would be well for those few members of Local No. 659 who are urging drastic methods to bring about an adjustment of present conditions to study this particular paragraph. It would be well for those members, who have sincerely at heart the furtherance of a just and equitable settlement of the differences between the cameramen and their employers to report to the local office the names of those members who are agitating and urging the adoption of "red" methods in the establishment of better conditions. There is only one initial method of procedure in the settlement of the differences which may now exist between cameramen and employer, viz., through the channel already established by the International Alliance, as described elsewhere in this issue. The great machine of the "I. A." has been in operation for many years and its methods are JUST, FIRM and EFFECTIVE. We know that its policies are acceptable to the great majoritv of the members of Local No. 659. This Local has submitted its problems to our International President. These problems have been supported with written arguments to be augmented by oral arguments upon the arrival of the Local's committee and our International Representative in New York. We have been assured that President Canavan will use every means to effect this meeting the first part of February.