The benefits of membership at a glance
- Contract check and legal advice by industry-experienced lawyer Steffen Schmidt-Hug (free of charge for members within the usual framework, at a discounted price for more difficult cases)
- premium membership with Crew United at a preferential price of 55, - per year (instead of the regular 99.90€)
- Internal association RingCentral group for profession-related inquiries and immediate exchanges
via smartphone/iPad (e.g., for immediate issues on set)
- job board
- Regular workshops (contract law, VFX, Lockit, Edit, Fuzzlecheck, international filming, etc.) are free of charge for members
- members receive constant updates on collective bargaining, related professional associations and industry-relevant information. We have professional group representatives at the ver.di Filmunion, so that we can also directly contribute our job-specific concerns there.
- Admission to our association is subject to a detailed review of your CV and professional experience. Membership is therefore a clear seal of quality for outsiders. The job prospects for members are improving individually and, in general, the quality of our profession is being improved in the longer term.
- Members can use our own Gage table and recommendations on preparation times, which provide more realistic and appropriate values than the collective agreement.
- Our job descriptions define in black and white and binding what is and is not part of our professional duties. This provides good support when negotiating with production.
- The greater our community, solidarity and communication with one another, the more we can enforce our demands for improved working conditions and the less we can be pitted against each other individually.
- Trainee pool for career starters (training-like programs should also be created in the future)
- Membership fees to professional associations are tax deductible.
