In early 2018 EMS unwillingly entered into a conflict with SAG-AFTRA over our right to serve our clients as a third-party signatory.  At one point we scheduled a hearing with an independent arbitrator, but we ultimately decided to forego arbitration as we believed if we won in arbitration the Union would not renew our status with the 2019 Commercials Contract.  Winning the battle but losing the war made no sense to us. 

So while EMS has ended its successful 30-plus year run, we are continuing to serve the creative services industry as Production Relief.  We will continue to provide the same business affairs and production services as we always have, we’ll just be doing all of that on non-union projects.   

Thank you for your support throughout the years.  We’re more grateful than we can ever express.  Please let us know if there is anything Production Relief can do to provide value to you and your company.