The Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists, Local 839 IATSE, the labor union for screen cartoonists and CGI artists and technicians in southern California, has updated their Website with the November 2001 edition of their monthly newsletter, The Peg-Board. In the November issue: Kevin Koch elected Local 839 president and Steve Hulett re-elected as business representative . . . From the President: President who? . . . From the Business Representative: Where do we go from here? . . . BKN vote on meeting agenda . . . Our gift to ourselves: training for the future . . . Which side are you on? . . . Health insurance assistance . . . Karl Gnass & Glenn Vilppu classes . . . In memoriam: Pat Jencks, Joan Pabian. The M.P.S.C. has also posted the results of its 2001 wage survey, showing the "going rates" for weekly and unit-rate work at union shops. The new wage survey and Peg-Board are online at http://www.mpsc839.org.
