Official Warning: This celebrated adaptation of a NZ Department of Health warning sticker against "Industrial Disease" was distributed by the Waterside Workers Union and their allies during the 1951 Waterfront Dispute.
The last several weeks PA has become a virtual bulletin board for producers to publicly berate actors and unions. What a rabble of an industry, more disunity being displayed between the various trades, crafts and regions than I recall ever seeing in a New Zealand industrial dispute. The faux patriotism around the Hobbit production is ridiculous, Warners films will never in any real sense be ‘our’ films. It is a captialist enterprise.
'Surely Malcolm and the other New Zealand Actors' Equity leaders know the country's relatively cheap wages are a major selling point when it comes to hosting blockbuster movies?'
As I said before, we should just let the film industry shut its doors and concentrate on fostering industry that pays higher wages and offers better conditions.
Please someone somewhere start a facebook site or a petition! SAVE NEW ZEALAND'S SOUL! No matter how one feels about the handling of this affair we cannot let it disintegrate into this business management debacle! We are a country! Our laws and labour relations have been hard fought for for good reason. What price our Soul. LynW
Only one thing matters now, namely how to work out a reasonable deal to keep the filming in NZ and end the ongoing destructive chit chat about the Hobbit fiasco. Should Warners end up taking the production off shore there will be massive negative impacts on our local film industry and on the Wellington community in particular. See: http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/john-barnett-hobbit-s-fate-5-07-video-3855322
The action by equity ammounts to moral trason...they have imperialed the livelyhoods of thyousands and of NZ in general.The lies and arrogance of Kelly,Malcom et el is staggering.Dropping the boycott bomb on day one BEFORE requesting a meeting with Jackson,who had no authority to negotiate with them anyway ,was in the realms of lunacy.
REAL workers have everyright to feel agrived at these scum and to let them know how things really are...
Official Warning: This celebrated adaptation of a NZ Department of Health warning sticker against "Industrial Disease" was distributed by the Waterside Workers Union and their allies during the 1951 Waterfront Dispute.
The last several weeks PA has become a virtual bulletin board for producers to publicly berate actors and unions. What a rabble of an industry, more disunity being displayed between the various trades, crafts and regions than I recall ever seeing in a New Zealand industrial dispute. The faux patriotism around the Hobbit production is ridiculous, Warners films will never in any real sense be ‘our’ films. It is a captialist enterprise.
ReplyDeleteA moment of Truth from the Tories:
ReplyDelete'Surely Malcolm and the other New Zealand Actors' Equity leaders know the country's relatively cheap wages are a major selling point when it comes to hosting blockbuster movies?'
-Fran O'Sullivan
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10682414
As I said before, we should just let the film industry shut its doors and concentrate on fostering industry that pays higher wages and offers better conditions.
ReplyDeletePlease someone somewhere start a facebook site or a petition! SAVE NEW ZEALAND'S SOUL! No matter how one feels about the handling of this affair we cannot let it disintegrate into this business management debacle! We are a country! Our laws and labour relations have been hard fought for for good reason. What price our Soul. LynW
ReplyDeleteOnly one thing matters now, namely how to work out a reasonable deal to keep the filming in NZ and end the ongoing destructive chit chat about the Hobbit fiasco. Should Warners end up taking the production off shore there will be massive negative impacts on our local film industry and on the Wellington community in particular. See: http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/john-barnett-hobbit-s-fate-5-07-video-3855322
ReplyDeleteThe action by equity ammounts to moral trason...they have imperialed the livelyhoods of thyousands and of NZ in general.The lies and arrogance of Kelly,Malcom et el is staggering.Dropping the boycott bomb on day one BEFORE requesting a meeting with Jackson,who had no authority to negotiate with them anyway ,was in the realms of lunacy.
ReplyDeleteREAL workers have everyright to feel agrived at these scum and to let them know how things really are...
Yes James, God forbid that a union should raise legitamite concerns about pay and conditions.
ReplyDeleteIf that is the attitude you hold, then wages and conditions are going to be driven down further.