The new contract shortens a previously standard 50-hour work week to a 40-hour work week.
“Behind every piece of content on a screen there are hundreds of talented workers losing sleep and time well-spent with their loved ones,”editor and negotiating committee member Ilaria Polsonetti said in a statement. “Today we said enough is enough, a different way of working in film and TV is possible. I hope what we accomplished here can be a stepping stone towards reclaiming the healthier work-life balance that is so badly needed in our industry.
“We are pleased that, in VICE, we had a bargaining partner who recognized that time off the clock is critical to workers’ well-being,” Editors Guild national executive director Cathy Repola, who led negotiations on behalf of the union with Vice Media, said in a statement. She added that she hopes this agreement will be “precedent-setting” and said, “Other employers in our industry should aspire to offer their employees the sort of sustainable, healthy hours our members at VICE will now enjoy.
Work-life balance was also a key issue during IATSE’s Basic Agreement negotiations last summer and fall, which resulted in the union securing an unprecedented
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