SOCIALBILITTY • GLOSSARY DEPARTMENT
Labor organizations, collective-bargaining terminology, working conditions, turnaround, meal penalties, and the unions and guilds representing film and television workers.
Turnaround is the required rest period between a worker’s dismissal from one production day and the next scheduled call. Minimum turnaround periods and the consequences for reducing them depend on the applicable collective bargaining agreement, employment terms, jurisdiction, and classification.
View Definition →A Meal Penalty is compensation triggered when a production does not provide a required meal period within the time or conditions established by an applicable collective bargaining agreement, employment rule, or law. The amount, escalation, grace periods, and calculation method vary by agreement and jurisdiction.
View Definition →IATSE is the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada. It is a labor union representing many behind-the-scenes workers in motion pictures, television, live theater, broadcast, trade shows, and related entertainment crafts through its local unions.
View Definition →The Writers Guild of America commonly refers to two affiliated labor unions: the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE). They represent writers working in film, television, streaming, news, and other covered media under their respective jurisdictions and collective bargaining agreements.
View Definition →SAG-AFTRA is a U.S. labor union representing actors, recording artists, broadcasters, voice performers, stunt performers, dancers, singers, and other media professionals working across film, television, commercials, audio, digital media, and related fields. The union was formed in 2012 through the merger of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
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