Sounds like IATSE Local 2 was involved.When I worked at the Oprah Winfrey Show, it was a day rate for the first 8 hours, then hourly afterward, with time-and-a-half after 10 hours, double time after 16, and time-and-a-half on a short turnaround
Oh, plus meal penalties
We made a ton of money there
Sounds like IATSE Local 2 was involved.
Nope, that was the beauty of it. Harpo Studios was purposely built just outside of Local 2's jurisdiction, so it wasn't technically operating under union regs, but the studio chose to follow the pay structures. The advantage was that the studio wasn't locked into the job divisions of a normal union house, but could still attract high quality technicians. In a single shift, I could hang/focus lights, build scenery, pull props, decorate the set, drive the forklift or paint the floor. The studio attracted more theatre people than IATSE people because of their ability to work in several areas
I suppose it depends on which camera shot one is viewing (pun intended)... but if Harpo was paying below scale you'd bet they'd have had a hard time attracting the high level of talent they got (and kept for a long time, most of 'em). Harpo's a great reputation for both treatment and compensation.They chose to, they didn't NEED to. Very few technicians at Harpo were members of IATSE
I suppose it depends on which camera shot one is viewing (pun intended)... but if Harpo was paying below scale you'd bet they'd have had a hard time attracting the high level of talent they got (and kept for a long time, most of 'em). Harpo's a great reputation for both treatment and compensation.
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