From what I gather, technically it’s due to them being independent contractors rather than employees. So for example the Stage Employees union IATSE is more like an union because the workers are employed under their specific employers, while writers and actors jump around from studio to studio and their collective bargaining needs to take that into account. But in practice it’s more of a historical thing and they’re usually called a union.
From what I gather, technically it’s due to them being independent contractors rather than employees. So for example the Stage Employees union IATSE is more like an union because the workers are employed under their specific employers, while writers and actors jump around from studio to studio and their collective bargaining needs to take that into account. But in practice it’s more of a historical thing and they’re usually called a union.