The Motion Picture Editors Guild really likes a new bill introduced in Sacramento aimed at creating a tax incentive program to keep post-production work in California, but they think its labor standards need to be toughened up to make sure that work ensures good jobs.
“Our members have spent decades building a system of fair wages and professional standards,” Guild boss F. Hudson Miller Miller said Monday morning at an event unveiling Assemblymember Nick Schultz’s AB 2319 bill. “Without clear labor protections, these credits could reward employers who undercut those standards, rather than reinforcing them.”
Officially announced last week at a town hall, the legislation from Burbank-representing Schultz envisions a stand-alone tax credit program for editing, VFX, sound mixing and more post-production work — even if the initial project itself is made outside California.
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