Jurisdictional disputes in the motion-picture Industry : hearings before a special subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, first-session, pursuant to H. Res. 111 (1948)

MOTION-PICTURE JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTES 2189 Exhibit E Los Akgeles, Calif., June 29, 19Ji6. The following Interim Agreement between Studio Carpenters Local 940; Moving Picture Painters Local 644; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 40; Building Service Employees Local 278; Building Service Employees Local 193; and Screen Set Designers. Illustrators, and Decorators Local 1421; and Independent Motion Picture Producers Association, has been entered into for a period beginning January 1, 194(>, and ending with the signing of an agreement with the major motion picture producing companies in Los Angeles County, at which time this agreement shall terminate and the terms of the agreement between the major motion picture producing companies and the above miions shall be immediately put in effect. 1. The present duly appointed shop stewards in each of the studios controlled by the Independent Motion Picture Producers Association shall be the last working man laid off, and shall not he discriminated against because of union activity, and shall in no case lie laid oft" without consultation with the Business Representative of the union involved. If no satisfactory settlement is arrived at the matter shall be submitted to arbitration. 2. (ff) All employees who perform work after 6 p. m. shall receive a ten percent (10%) hourly premium. v (ft) All employees called to work at 8 p. m. or later shall be considered as performing work on the fourth graveyard shift and shall receive straight time, plus a half-time bonus. (c) All employees called to start work at 4 a. m. or later shall receive a halftime bonus until 6 a. m., and straight time for the remainder of their minimum call. 3. The studio wage scale shall prevail at all locations. 4. All the provisions of the contracts between the Independent Motion Picture Producers Association and the above listed unions covering work from January 1st. 1944 to December 31st, 1945, which are not inconsistent with this interim agreement shall remain in full force and effect. 5. All retroactive pay shall be computed at the rate herein prescribed, except that any person who worked forty-eight (48) hours or more in any one week shall receive for the first forty-eight (48) hours retroactive pay for actual hours worked, and for all hours in excess of forty-eight (48) hours payment shall be at the rates herein prescribed. No further obligation shall be put on the Independent Motion Picture Producers Association for any retroactive pay whatsoever as a result of a higher increase received from the major studios. Retroactive shall be paid within thirty (30) days of the signing of the interim agreement. 6. It is agreed between the parties hereto that a thirty-six (36) hour minimum call shall prevail, but the same shall not be applied retroactively. 7. Minimum call for Carpenters, Painters and IBEW #40 men to be one week, except stand-bys, scenic artists and sign painters, and ca.suals for small companies while not working at P-R-C or Monogram. 8. It is agreed by the parties to this Interim Agreement that if the Independent Motion Picture Producers Association grants to any craft unaffiliated with the Conference of Studio Unions wage increases in excess of those provided by this Interim Agreement, the Conference unions shall be given an additional increase sufficient to equal the increase or increases given to such other craft unions. 9. The Independent Motion Picture Producers Association agrees to comply with the vacation provisions of the 1944 contract with the major producers. Where a member of the Independent Motion Picture Producers Association operates no physical property but hires members of the above mentioned crafts on his own pay roll, such employees shall receive their vacation allowance concurrently with his regular pay and at a rate equal to four (4%) percent of his regular pay. 10. The wage scale provided herein shall go in effect July 8, 1946. 11. The pay increases provided for by the agreement shall be retroactive to January 1, 1946. 67383— 48— vol. 3 44