tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022653905840889580.post1516902158102412760..comments2023-10-17T02:44:03.005-07:00Comments on Animation writers: Something to think about:Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17349670871562090251noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022653905840889580.post-74270581667100563772007-11-29T20:27:00.000-08:002007-11-29T20:27:00.000-08:00Stan B. said he was going to get Steve M. some pen...Stan B. said he was going to get Steve M. some pension data: WGA compared to IATSE. Steve?<BR/><BR/>The relative values of the different pension (and health) plans are tricky to calculate. I know I can't.<BR/><BR/>As I was saying to Stan on Tuesday, the IA pension plan was downright awful when I started in the 1970s (health plan was excellent). Now it's semi-adequate but not great. (OTOH, the health plan is good to very good, but no longer excellent.)Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022653905840889580.post-48294876764146797632007-11-25T21:52:00.000-08:002007-11-25T21:52:00.000-08:00I'm not so much interested in a debate -- one pens...I'm not so much interested in a debate -- one pension or the other is better for the same kind of show. I just have no idea what kind of pension contributions someone on a WGA daytime animated show gets, compared to a Fox primetime show, compared to a TAG 839 show.<BR/><BR/>Any WGA writers out there want to educate us? Because that would be useful information come contract negotiation time.Kevin Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14678528568112279975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022653905840889580.post-29118545787505294582007-11-25T14:33:00.000-08:002007-11-25T14:33:00.000-08:00That's an excellent question.From what I understan...That's an excellent question.<BR/><BR/>From what I understand, TAG folk get health faster (which is good) but the pension for the same amount of money is half (which is bad).<BR/><BR/>If that's right.<BR/><BR/>I leave that to people who are much smarter about this, and more informed about this, than I, to debate.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17349670871562090251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022653905840889580.post-77544779751872553972007-11-24T20:42:00.000-08:002007-11-24T20:42:00.000-08:00I'd be interested in a side-by-side comparison of ...I'd be interested in a side-by-side comparison of the WGA and IA pensions. How does the WGA pension work?Kevin Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14678528568112279975noreply@blogger.com