The Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG; IATSE Local 700) is the guild that represents freelance and staff motion picture and television editors and other post-production professionals and story analysts throughout the United States.
The MPEG provides assistance for securing better working conditions, including but not limited to, salary, medical benefits, safety (particularly "turnaround time") and artistic (assignment of credit) concerns.
Many Society members sought to align themselves with this larger national organization, hoping for greater negotiating clout.
[3] The Leader, the quarterly bulletin of the Society of Motion Picture Film Editors, was first published January 1, 1943.
The collection includes interviews focusing on the life and career history of Motion Picture Editors Guild members.