AVU: The Animation and VFX Union Podcast Joe Pavlo

This week I sit down and talk with BECTU official Paul Evans about the big Coronavirus pandemic news story and how it's already hitting the film and TV industry here in the UK and around the world.

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The Animation and VFX Union website:

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Anchor.fm/avu

BECTU Eyes Half Shut Campaign

https://bectu.org.uk/get-involved/eyes-half-shut/


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This week we're talking about one of the biggest problems with the animation and visual effects industry here in the UK: Excessive unpaid overtime.

Show Links:

The Animation and VFX Union website:

animvfxunion.com

The Animation and VFX Union Podcast

Anchor.fm/avu

BECTU Eyes Half Shut Campaign

https://bectu.org.uk/get-involved/eyes-half-shut/

Effects Of Overtime - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_overtime

Long working days can cause heart problems, study says

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/14/long-working-days-can-cause-heart-problems-study-says

PACT BECTU TV Drama Agreement 2017 - BECTU

https://members.bectu.org.uk/advice-resources/library/2264

Britons working longer hours with no gain in productivity, study finds

https://amp.theguardian.com/business/2016/mar/27/britons-working-longer-hours-with-no-gain-in-productivity-study-finds

The Research Is Clear: Long Hours Backfire for People and for Companies

https://hbr.org/2015/08/the-research-is-clear-long-hours-backfire-for-people-and-for-companies

Memo to work martyrs: Long hours make you less productive

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2015/01/26/working-more-than-50-hours-makes-you-less-productive.html

“The results show a decrease in productivity as the number of hours worked per week increase and/or as project duration increases.” Impact of Extended Overtime on Construction Labor Productivity

Awad S. Hanna, P.E., M.ASCE; Craig S. Taylor; and Kenneth T. Sullivan

https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2005)131:6(734)

The results show losses of efficiency of 10–15% for 50 and 60 hour work weeks. Scheduled Overtime and Labor Productivity: Quantitative Analysis

H. Randolph Thomas and Karl A. Raynar

https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(1997)123:2(181)


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This is the premier episode of AVU - the brand new podcast home of all things union related for animation and visual effects. Leave us a voice message at anchor.fm/avu


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