Keep crews insured when work dries up
Where they stand
Karen Bass
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Nithya Raman
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A city fund that helps crew members make the hours they need to keep their guild health coverage. To unlock it, a guild agrees to open its books to the City Controller for an audit. The Controller’s findings are suggestions only: the guild isn’t required to change anything.
What’s the problem?
When production dries up, thousands of workers lose their health insurance because they can’t make the minimum hours, and many leave LA or leave the industry. [STAT: workers who lost coverage in recent slowdowns.]
The fix
The city sets up a fund that subsidizes crew members’ qualifying hours during slowdowns, so they keep their coverage and stay in LA.
In return, a guild that takes part opens its books to the City Controller for an audit. The Controller can recommend changes, but they are recommendations only. The guild decides what, if anything, to adopt. [CONFIRM: whether the audit covers the guild or its health plan.]
How would it affect me?
If you work on a crew
A slow year doesn’t have to cost you your health coverage.
If you’re a guild member
More members stay covered, and the guild keeps the final say on its own rules.
If you live here
City dollars come with an independent look at how the money is used.
In plain English
Adopting this means
- A city fund that helps crews make their insurance hours
- Available to guilds that open their books to the City Controller
- The Controller’s audit findings are suggestions only
It doesn’t mean
- The city running a health plan
- The guild having to adopt the Controller’s suggestions
- City control over guild decisions
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