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Mark Maxwell
Film Handler

Posts: 55
From: Tyler, TX, USA
Registered: Jul 2002

posted 02-24-2003 12:55 AM

When we closed the theater, the mall said they were going to run it on their' own, which of course they didn't have the know how. I'm glad to hear that something is being done with it at least. I know it's in bad condition because it is an old theater left from Carmike. A company known for having nice theaters, but mostley old theaters that they won't repair and have people work with no overtime because they are based out of Georgia who's state law says if you are in the entertainment industrie, you don't have to pay overtime. Apperantly that state law overides federal law since they use that excuse at all of their theaters. 2 years ago a ran that place during the summer for 2 months while our manager was out of town. 80 hours a week at six bucks an hour with no overtime and I was responsible for everything, whether I was there or not. They keep paperwork for 7 years so they know the hours over forty I put in so I know I could sue the crap out of them because being a former law student I know that no state law can apply in another state because federal law comes in place, and federal law supersedes state laws when that same laws is applied in another state. I'm about to start a new thread. Catch in on the floor.

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Dustin Mitchell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1865
From: Mondovi, WI, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 02-24-2003 09:08 AM

Mark, when State and Federal law are in conflict Federal law over-rides state law unless the state law is more restrictive. Also, the labor laws of a company's home office state do not apply outside of that state; the labor laws of the state where the work is being performed apply. Unless Texas has the same entertainment industry clause then you should have gotten paid overtime.

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Bill Gabel
Film God

Posts: 3873
From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 02-24-2003 01:58 PM

When I worked for Cineplex and GCC, we got paid overtime. Ever
with both companies based out of the state that I worked. At
GCC we use to get daytime overtime (any shows or screenings
starting before 12 noon) and overtime after 12:30 am. Later it
changed to overtime after 1am. I think you should have been paid overtime.

The only problem I have with TES is those [bs]

reels and poor
film inspection. The delivery of prints is fine with me. When
they ask for a pick-up, I ask for them to have a courier have
a half hour to 20 mins., before the end of the film. Otherwise
they won't get to ship out that print. One time they called
to say the courier was running late for the pick-up. They asked
how much longer was I going to be here. I told them 2 more minutes. They asked can I stay any longer, so they could get the
print. I told him you can have 4 minutes, thats it. He got here
from somewhere in midtown. I don't play any of those TES games.

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John Hawkinson
Film God

Posts: 2273
From: Cambridge, MA, USA
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 02-26-2003 08:51 AM

Wayback on page 2, I wrote, "Airborne is featuring an article about their special relationship with TES on their website. New Book Reveals How Airborne Meets the Test of Time". I stopped by the bookstore yesterday and read that chapter from Deadline: how premier organizations win the race against time (Carrison, Dan. amazon data). (It is chapter two: "Airborne Express Accepts the Technicolor Challenge: Airborne Express entures a venture so fraught with deadlines that UPS and FedEx had backed away.")

It was interesting reading, though probably not worth buying the book. Both for what it says, and what it doesn't say. For instance, it claims that TES put NFS out of business, but makes no mention of ETS. It asserts that part TES's service is the ability to rejuvinate a print after it finishes an engagement and then get it to a new theatre; apparently the rejuvination takes only one day. It claims that the same priority ("high") is given to returns as to deliveries.

From the Airborne side, it's also interesting. Certainly it asserts a lot of information I didn't know. Like about how each Airborne site has a Technicolor Coordinator responsible for whipping all the drivers into shape. That when gearing up for a big wide release, Airborne management send out email messages and memos about the shipment, and treats every release as a special events (I can't imagine this is true today; it made sense when TES/Airborne's only customer was Buena Vista, but now?!). Also that Airborne delivery problems produced a "dark screen" less than 100 times out of 631,000 prints (for whatever year they gave stats on).

Anyhow, if you're in a bookstore, it's worth a browse. Probably shelved under Management or Business.

--jhawk

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