Common use of Union Personnel Clause in Contracts

Union Personnel. a) The Company agrees to employ as a Head of Department, a Production Coordinator. When additional personnel are required, the position of 1st Assistant Production Coordinator shall be filled prior to hiring any additional personnel. Consecutive hiring shall be followed for all units, for example, Main Unit, 2nd Unit, or VFX unit, as follows: Production Coordinator, 1st Assistant Production Coordinator, and then 2nd Assistant Production Coordinator. Consecutive layoff also shall be followed for all units: 2nd Assistant production Coordinator, 1st Assistant Production Coordinator, and then Production Coordinator. The Company, in consultation with the Production Coordinator, will determine the necessity of hiring additional department personnel, such as a Travel Coordinator or 2nd Unit Coordinator as dictated by the work level of the production. Such determination shall be based on the production schedule, travel requirements, crew size, number of units, distant filming locations from the production office, and any other factors deemed necessary by the Producer. (If the company does not employ a Travel Coordinator, the duties detailed in the Travel Coordinator job description in Schedule A of this agreement shall fall upon the Production Coordinator). b) Production Assistants will be hired with the consultation of the Production Coordinator and the scheduling of Production Assistants will be determined by the Production Coordinator. At no time can a Production Assistant be hired in place of a 1st Assistant Production Coordinator or 2nd Assistant Production Coordinator. c) The Company agrees to employ only Production Coordinator caucus members in good standing with the Union, and for the purposes of this Agreement, written permission from the Union for the employment of an individual who is not a Production Coordinator caucus member of the Union shall also constitute good standing with the Union. Failure to show good standing with the Union shall be sufficient reason and just cause for dismissal. d) It shall not be a breach of this Agreement for any Employee to refuse to work with a non-union person or person not hired in accordance with Article Six, a) and c). e) If, at the direction of the Company, an Employee works for six (6) hours or more in a classification higher than the classification under which the Employee is called for work, the higher rate shall prevail for the period. When an Assistant Production Coordinator works an entire shift in the absence of the Production Coordinator, (including, but not limited to; during a shifted work week, or due to illness), the Assistant Production Coordinator shall automatically be upgraded to the Production Coordinator rate for the entire shift. f) Only under extenuating circumstances may a 2nd Assistant Production Coordinator work without the supervision of either a Production Coordinator or a 1st Assistant Production Coordinator.

Union Personnel. ‌ a) The Company agrees to employ as a Head of Department, a Production Coordinator. When additional personnel are required, the position of 1st Assistant Production Coordinator shall be filled prior to hiring any additional personnel. Consecutive hiring shall be followed for all units, for example, Main Unit, 2nd Unit, or VFX unit, as follows: Production Coordinator, 1st Assistant Production Coordinator, and then 2nd Assistant Production Coordinator. Consecutive layoff also shall be followed for all units: 2nd Assistant production Coordinator, 1st Assistant Production Coordinator, and then Production Coordinator. The Company, in consultation with the Production Coordinator, will determine the necessity of hiring additional department personnel, such as a Travel Coordinator or 2nd Unit Coordinator as dictated by the work level of the production. Such determination shall be based on the production schedule, travel requirements, crew size, number of units, distant filming locations from the production office, and any other factors deemed necessary by the Producer. (If the company does not employ a Travel Coordinator, the duties detailed in the Travel Coordinator job description in Schedule A of this agreement shall fall upon the Production Coordinator). b) Production Assistants will be hired with the consultation of the Production Coordinator and the scheduling of Production Assistants will be determined by the Production Coordinator. At no time can a Production Assistant be hired in place of a 1st Assistant Production Coordinator or 2nd Assistant Production Coordinator. c) The Company agrees to employ only Production Coordinator caucus members in good standing with the Union, and for the purposes of this Agreement, written permission from the Union for the employment of an individual who is not a Production Coordinator caucus member of the Union shall also constitute good standing with the Union. Failure to show good standing with the Union shall be sufficient reason and just cause for dismissal. d) It shall not be a breach of this Agreement for any Employee to refuse to work with a non-union person or person not hired in accordance with Article Six, a) and c). e) If, at the direction of the Company, an Employee works for six (6) hours or more in a classification higher than the classification under which the Employee is called for work, the higher rate shall prevail for the period. When an Assistant Production Coordinator works an entire shift in the absence of the Production Coordinator, (including, but not limited to; during a shifted work week, or due to illness), the Assistant Production Coordinator shall automatically be upgraded to the Production Coordinator rate for the entire shift. f) Only under extenuating circumstances may a 2nd Assistant Production Coordinator work without the supervision of either a Production Coordinator or a 1st Assistant Production Coordinator.

Union Personnel. a) The Company agrees to employ as a Head of Department, a Production Coordinator. When additional personnel are required, the position of 1st Assistant Production Coordinator shall be filled prior to hiring any additional personnela Production Secretary. Consecutive hiring shall be followed for all units, for example, Main Unit, Unit or 2nd Unit, or VFX unit, as follows: Production Coordinator, 1st Assistant Production Coordinator, and then 2nd Assistant Production CoordinatorSecretary. Consecutive layoff also shall be followed for all units: 2nd Assistant production CoordinatorProduction Secretary, 1st Assistant Production Coordinator, and then Production Coordinator. The Company, in consultation with the Production Coordinator, will determine the necessity of hiring additional department personnel, such as a Travel Coordinator or 2nd Unit Coordinator as dictated by the work level of the production. Such determination shall be based on the production schedule, travel requirements, crew size, number of units, distant filming locations from the production office, and any other factors deemed necessary by the Producer. (If the company does not employ a Travel Coordinator, the duties detailed in the Travel Coordinator job description in Schedule A of this agreement shall fall upon the Production Coordinator). b) Production Assistants will be hired with the consultation of the Production Coordinator and the scheduling of Production Assistants will be determined by the Production Coordinator. At no time can a Production Assistant be hired in place of a 1st Assistant Production Coordinator or 2nd Assistant Production Coordinator. c) The Company agrees to employ only Production Coordinator caucus members in good standing with the Union, and for the purposes of this Agreement, written permission from the Union for the employment of an individual who is not a Production Coordinator caucus member of the Union shall also constitute good standing with the Union. Failure to show good standing with the Union shall be sufficient reason and just cause for dismissal. dc) It shall not be a breach of this Agreement for any Employee to refuse to work with a non-non- union person or person not hired in accordance with Article Six, a) and cb). ed) If, at the direction of the Company, an Employee works for six (6) hours or more in a classification higher than the classification under which the Employee is called for work, the higher rate shall prevail for the period. When an Assistant Such upgrades are not automatic and the Company, in consultation with the Production Coordinator works an entire shift will in good faith consider any such upgrade. On the absence of the Production Coordinatoroccasion, (including, but not limited to; such as during a shifted work week, or due to illness), when the Production Coordinator is absent for the day and the Assistant Production Coordinator or Production Secretary is working unsupervised, then the Employee shall automatically be upgraded to the Production Coordinator rate higher category for the entire shiftthat day. f) Only under extenuating circumstances may a 2nd Assistant Production Coordinator work without the supervision of either a Production Coordinator or a 1st Assistant Production Coordinator.