Important Message from the MEAA

Some more legislative betrayal of workers in the industry. Under so-called Work "Choices", the US MTV reality television production, Real World, has offered crew Australian Workplace Agreements (AWAs) with rates of pay in some cases less than the minimum rates from the MPPA. It seems that some crew members are being paid less than $15 per hour by MTV. The Motion Picture Production Agreement (MPPA) is what ought to apply. This is the real world of exploitation in the film industry. This will only happen if workers in the industry let it and the attitudes of Minger/Springer prevail. At least sign the MEAA petition here: http://www.alliance.org.au/realworld.html Jim PS. I am not, nor have ever been, a member of Equity: I'm "retired" but active.