Coverage of London's VFX Forum

What's wrong in VFX and how can we make the industry better?

The event took place tonight, and I've gathered some coverage and participant response below:

About the event... With job insecurity high, pay unreliable and long hours common, VFX can be a tough industry to work in. BECTU, the union for VFX professionals, is here to help. 

Come along to this forum to discuss how we can work together to build links between staff in different production houses and find a way to improve the industry for good.BECTU's General Secretary, Gerry Morrissey, will help explain what a union can do for staff working in VFX and detail the support the union can give for people at work.

There will then be a general discussion about howe we can ensure that staff in VFX can get a better deal and how the union can help.Refreshments will be provided.
UK VFX Professionals Join BECTU today

• The BECTU meeting last night was very positive (facebook comment on VFXSI by John Hardwick) - Apr 4, 2013 @ 1:40 pm
• Union Seeks to Organize U.K. VFX Workers (hollywoodreporter.com) - Apr 4, 2013 @ 12:41 pm
• London VFX Forum backs union organization (bectu.org.uk) - Apr 4, 2013 in the am
• London Visual Effects artists unionize overnight! (facebook comment on VFXSI by Joe Pavlo) - Apr 4, 2013 @ 9:53 am
• Comments from VFX Soldier's blog posting "BECTU VFX Meeting Today" (vfxsoldier.wordpress.com) - Apr 4, 2013 @ 1:47 am
• VFX Forum Facebook Event Page 
• Found on Twitter...

@scott_squires it was disappointing, those bectu old bureaucrats that dont know anything about the industry and industry's issues at all.
— Roberto Clochiatti (@TheBlobEffect) April 4, 2013

@teaguechrystie hey just got back from VFX Forum in London, seems London has voted overwhelmingly to form a VFX union under the BECTU banner
— Farhan Qureshi (@farhanq_uk) April 3, 2013

My takeaway from @vfxunionuk forum: ppl want change. I'm still not convinced they hv the stomach for what it will take. #vfx
— Juan-Luis (@juanluissays) April 3, 2013

#vfx ppl need to know the union can't provide list of 'here's how we'll fix your problems'. Up to us to do that but within the union org
— Juan-Luis (@juanluissays) April 3, 2013

Lastly, I think @vfxunionuk needs to know how to speak #vfx language, and how artists are employed presently.
— Juan-Luis (@juanluissays) April 3, 2013