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<blockquote data-quote="Jake Scudder" data-source="post: 23835" data-attributes="member: 195">Re: Unions.This may not be relevant to the current conversation but perhaps helpful to future readers . . . Another path to IATSE membership is the &quot;ACT&quot; card. This stands for &quot;Associated Crafts and Technicians&quot; and this is the type of card that I hold.&nbsp; Basically, an ACT card means that I can work under a pink contract. This is the type of contract associated with touring Broadway shows but a high number of FOH mix positions ON Broadway are also pink contracts. This means the mixerperson does not need to be a member of Local One (NY stagehands) in order to take the gig. It also means I have virtually no incentive to take the time and financial hit that would be required to fulfill Local One&#039;s admission requirement of working 3 years and earning at least $36,000 under their jurisdiction. As an ACT member I do not belong to any local. I am affiliated with the International office and offered the same protection and collective bargaining. My yearly costs are higher than most locals but I don&#039;t pay a percentage of my earnings to a local so that balances out. The catch is, you can&#039;t just go in and pay your yearly stamps and get a card. You have to have a contract offer (meaning somebody already has to want to hire you) before you can be considered for ACT membership.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jake Scudder, post: 23835, member: 195"] Re: Unions. This may not be relevant to the current conversation but perhaps helpful to future readers . . . Another path to IATSE membership is the "ACT" card. This stands for "Associated Crafts and Technicians" and this is the type of card that I hold. Basically, an ACT card means that I can work under a pink contract. This is the type of contract associated with touring Broadway shows but a high number of FOH mix positions ON Broadway are also pink contracts. This means the mixerperson does not need to be a member of Local One (NY stagehands) in order to take the gig. It also means I have virtually no incentive to take the time and financial hit that would be required to fulfill Local One's admission requirement of working 3 years and earning at least $36,000 under their jurisdiction. As an ACT member I do not belong to any local. I am affiliated with the International office and offered the same protection and collective bargaining. My yearly costs are higher than most locals but I don't pay a percentage of my earnings to a local so that balances out. The catch is, you can't just go in and pay your yearly stamps and get a card. You have to have a contract offer (meaning somebody already has to want to hire you) before you can be considered for ACT membership. [/QUOTE]

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