[…]mber?Vernon Sewell: I don't know.Roy Fowler: No, jurisdiction?Vernon Sewell: See, what happened was this, when the directors had to be unionised, I would never remember, I wouldn't - they said to me, "Mr Sewell, we invite you to join the union." I said, "Thank you very much, I don't n[…]
[…]ed the second trumpet who was a younger player who was quite good, he was better than the old boy. I said would he like to do this job, pay Musicians Union rate. He said yes he would love to do it. I said that's great, by the way it would be just as well not to mention it to the first trumpet becaus[…]
[…]lastics but I never quite knew what it whatever happened to Gordon in the end of the day he Yeah, he did enough a bit but he was he wouldn't join the union because he did the approval. You guys remember that? Because in those days, you know Ron, who was a shop Joe went around says Would you like to […]
[…]p;Rodney Giesler 2:04 they paid you over time. In those days, did they? Gus Walker 2:06 Oh, yes, the union was organized the NATTKE had they eventually opened the branch in Uxbridge, and some of the old timers that had been at British and dominions an[…]
[…]when that was finished, and the eyes court just said And was the Closing time 645. But I suppose about three or four, two or three nights a week, the unions were agreed to an extra two hours. So you had a break and then an extra two hours. So you'll finish about nine. And then you've got upstairs wi[…]
[…] up to me and said, "Excuse me, where is your ticket?" I never knew what he meant, so I said, "What is it?" He explained it to me and said he was the Union and you couldn't work there without a ticket and I said, "I'm sorry I have none." So he said, "You won't be able to work here I'm afraid, you ha[…]
[…] was when I waiting for it I did my baby sitting and then I worked for a television group in an office in Manhattan. And I could actually have got my union card I think, well yes I could have done. But because I, I suppose foolishly kept on coming back here cause I’d get an interesting offer to trav[…]
[…]here were not machines for developing film except at Hepworth – it all had to be done by hand in frames.[Break in recording]00:05:22 – 00:14:17 Trade unions; attempt to establish a film workers union in 1920; the company eventually went broke; DD moved to Stoll Studios as a camera assistant working […]
[…]s and the ACT and various members; discussion about where ACT meetings took place; 1350 people worked at Technicolor and they were all covered by one union agreement although everyone was in their own union; best job in the area before the airport came.[END]
