Today, we honor the hard-fought struggles of the labor movement and celebrate the collective solidarity of working people! #BetterInAUnion#LaborDay2024
U.S. and Canadian kin came together in Calgary, AB today for a proud moment of international solidarity as International President Matthew D. Loeb, Local 212 President Damian Petti, and Local 212 Operations Manager Dee Picciano cut the ribbon on the Local's new state-of-the-art training center!!
🚨 BREAKING: IATSE Members Overwhelmingly Ratify Hollywood Basic and Area Standards Agreements
With 85.9% of members’ votes in favor of approving the Hollywood Basic and 87.2% in favor of approving the Area Standards Agreement, all local unions voted in favor and the delegate counts in favor were unanimous for both contracts.
Turnout was historically high, with strong majorities of members participating in both votes. This represents only the second time in history that the Hollywood Basic and Area Standards agreements were negotiated and voted on concurrently.
The Hollywood Basic Agreement is an umbrella contract covering roughly 45,000 behind-the-scenes film and television workers primarily located in Los Angeles, across IATSE’s 13 West Coast Studio Locals. The Area Standards Agreement covers 23 local unions and approximately 25,000 film and television workers across the U.S., excluding Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Chicago.
IATSE International President Matthew D. Loeb said, “IATSE’s rank-and-file members have spoken, and their will is clear. Between significant wage increases, several craft-specific adjustments, bolstered health/pension benefits with new funding mechanisms, improved safety provisions, critical protections preventing misuse of artificial intelligence from displacing IATSE members, and more — The gains secured in these contracts mark a significant step forward for America’s film and tv industry and its workers. This result shows our members agree, and now we must build on what these negotiations achieved.”
With these contracts going into effect August 4, IATSE will continue to educate its members on the new terms and launch an enforcement campaign during the deal’s three year term.
Additionally, IATSE looks to continuing their support the @Teamsters_399 and the Hollywood Basic Crafts, who remain in Negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) — as well as the @animationguild as their agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) is set to expire on August 16th.
Congratulations to International VP Carlos Cota and International VP-in-Charge of the West Coast Office Mike Miller on being unanimously reelected to VP-at-large seats on the executive council of the California Labor Federation at its Biennial Convention July 16 in San Diego. Miller and Cota were reelected along with the rest of the slate including Executive Secretary-Treasurer Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher.
This summer is shaping up to be one of our busiest yet! Seize the opportunity and enroll in our Set Etiquette Course to get closer to a career in the film industry. Don't miss out on the July 12, July 31, or August 8 sessions - register now through the link provided in our bio!
As IATSE members we grind day in and day out behind the scenes to bring tv shows and movies to life for billions of viewers.
The Hollywood Studios need to show up and offer IATSE workers the contract we deserve. #IASolidarity#ManyCraftsOneFight
Thank you to all the kin who marched with us in LA and across the country to celebrate May Day. With unity and solidarity, we RISE! 🙌
📸 credit: Sean Miller + ICG Local 600 / Christina Belle
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This joint rally was electric.
We are in a new era of solidarity amongst the entertainment unions and guilds.
We are united for strong contracts that address our issues and protect our livelihoods.
See you tomorrow, AMPTP.
https://t.co/1Qbb8YpHzq speaker portion of the rally, starting around 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern - in support of the BASIC agreement negotiations starting Monday March 4th