Exactly. And that’s the big problem with harassment laws against retaliation. Those laws are mainly for ongoing jobs, but we don’t work in an industry with steady work, so not getting called back for the next season isn’t going to be considered as “retaliation.” It’s a big loophole for the film industry and works in…

They did report it. Investigations were started and they went nowhere. Reporting is only the first step, the investigation the follows usually involves an attempt to corroborate the claim, and if one grip reports something but NONE of the other grips, including the Key and Best Boy, doesn’t back him up, then that…

It can happen, especially if the Key Grip or Gaffer are complacent.  If the department head is covering for the DP then they can undercut any individual claims to the union. One show I worked on the Key Rigging Grip fired a guy on his crew he claimed was disrespectful and the guy ran to the union but nothing happened.…

I didn’t read that they were union guys. Probably a dozen PA and assistants - who are usually young women or males. The DP isn’t going so harass a bunch of Grips. 

TV crews can be fiercely loyal to DPs. The DP not only has the Camera crew under his influence, but also the Gaffer/Lighting Department, abs Grip Departments. The DP, Gaffer, Key Grip, and sometimes even the Production Designer all end up being close throughout a season. And if they are all males the. They have “boys…