Agreement - Teamsters Local 399

(c) Equipment, including promotional, not covered by (b) above,
may be delivered to or picked up from a studio or location by the Vendor
or party supplying same; however, when such equipment is operated
thereafter in the service of the Producer for motion pictures, as defined
herein, such equipment shall be operated by employees of the Producer
subject to this Agreement.
(d) When a Producer rents a cinemobile or similar equipment, the
driver assigned to such equipment shall not be designated as the gang
boss for drivers subject to Paragraph 62.
(e) When Studio automotive equipment is taken to a distant
location in the United States, its territories and Canada, such equipment
shall be operated by an employee subject to the terms of this Agreement,
and one such employee shall be designated as a Gang Boss.
(f) Rented or Contracted Motor Vehicles - Utilized for picture
and/or other purposes, party supplying same may make delivery to the
studio; thereafter, the driving or transportation of same to be under the
same class of work as applies to Studio Transportation Drivers, Local
#399.
(g) Distant Locations - Conditions and Wages - When units
working on distant locations in the thirteen (13) western states (Alaska,
Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming) and the western
Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan,
rent or buy additional equipment or rent or buy animals, the Drivers of
said equipment and the Wranglers shall work under conditions and
wages not less favorable than those stipulated above; provided, however,
that Article 11 above, entitled “Health Plan,” Article 12 above, entitled
“Pension Plan,” and Article 13 above, entitled “Motion Picture
Industry Health Plan - Retired Employees Fund,” shall not be
applicable to such persons. The parties agree that the aggregate rate for
wages and fringes in the thirteen (13) western states shall equate to the
aggregate rate for wages and fringes as stated herein, even though the
wage or fringe component may be less than the comparable rate in this
Agreement. In hiring personnel at the location, the Producer will use its
best efforts to notify the business agent for the Local Union involved at
least seventy-two (72) hours in advance and will consult with said
business agent regarding the selection of qualified local hires provided
that the Producer will make the final decision.
The Union hereby confirms that employees hired locally
within the thirteen (13) western states pursuant to this Paragraph 30 may
be required to report to work at any location within a thirty (30) mile
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