Eleisha Mullane is the Victorian Lead Organiser for the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), the union for people working in media and entertainment industries including animation and game development.
Eleisha will speak about your rights as a worker, focusing on the new industrial relations legislation that came into effect on the 1st of July 2009 and the new Modern Award that will now cover people working in games development.
She will also give a short update on a recent campaign in the animation industry to assist people who were stood down and found that they had not been paid for some weeks.
There will also be focus on how the industry can work together to improve the local games and animation industies.
If you have any questions in advance of the presentation Eleisha can be contacted on 1300 656 512 or emaileleisha.mullane@alliance.org.au (eleisha NULL.mullane null@null alliance NULL.org NULL.au)
To assist the union in researching the industry we would like to ask people to complete an short online survey about standard conditions that people work under in the industry. Please click on the link below to participate.