[SML] job ethics

[Stephen Rees]

Well done, Dave. Good fellow you are.
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On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 8:28 AM Dave Vick via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Speaking strictly for myself, I will work a politcal event for "the
> enemy camp" if I'm called to, but I'll donate the earned wages to a
> politcal or social movement I believe in. For example, all the money I
> earned for the very few Trump rallies I worked this past fall was
> donated to Planned Parenthood and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
>
> I have an obligation to work an event under contract in a venue that
> my Local holds a CBA with, as the venue is the employer, not the
> visiting client. But what I do with the money I earn is up to me.
>
> HTH, HAND, &c...
> --
> Dave Vick
> President, IATSE #274
> 517-749-3859
> Yeah; *that* guy...
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 5:55 AM *Hobbit* via Stagecraft
> <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> >
> > Without trying to lean left or right here, I have to wonder ... do the
> folks
> > working tech at political events wind up with really mixed feelings about
> > effectively contributing to people/efforts/causes that they're not
> personally
> > in favor of?  Is it in their best ethical interests to decline such gigs,
> > or is it "just a job" and everybody there is able to remain 100% mentally
> > detached from whatever's going on, even if it is sometimes patently
> awful?
> >
> > _H*
> >
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