IATSE President: Put All Academy Awards Categories On Equal Footing
LOS ANGELES, CA — Leadership of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), the largest union representing behind-the-scenes workers in North America, expressed its disapproval of the Academy of […]
IATSE Praises Worker Organizing and Empowerment Recommendations by White House Task Force
Washington — Yesterday, the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment – led by Vice President Kamala Harris as Chair and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh as Vice-Chair – released […]
IATSE Releases Updated Federal Legislative Priorities for 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) released today its updated federal legislative priorities for the second session of the 117th United States Congress. The IATSE […]
IATSE Members Ratify Contracts with Producers, Studios and Streaming Services
Contracts between IATSE and AMPTP address quality-of-life issues such as rest and meal breaks; boost revenues from streaming; include raises for all members and lift those at the bottom to […]
Strathmore and Local 868 Reach a Tentative Agreement, Ending a Two-Year Dispute
North Bethesda, MD —Negotiators for IATSE Local 868, the Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Union, and Strathmore, Maryland’s world class performing arts center, reached a tentative agreement this week for a […]
Wardrobe workers at Hollywood Pantages Theatre demand equal treatment
Los Angeles, CA — Wardrobe workers at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre represented by IATSE Local 768 will be leafletting outside the venue starting Thursday, November 11th at 7pm PST to […]
Local 74 stagehands and College Street Music Hall reach agreement
In March 2020, twenty-one Stagehands at College Street Music Hall in New Haven, CT voted unanimously to unionize in an NLRB-supervised election. For the previous year-and-a-half, they have been fighting […]
MAMMA MIA! STRIKE AT NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE
The show will not go on at North Shore Music Theatre as dozens of stagehands walk-off job. NSMT owner Bill Hanney allegedly took over $4,000,000 in taxpayer-funded pandemic loans and […]
Schiff, Padilla and 118 Members of Congress Call for Improved Wages and Working Conditions for Behind-the-Scenes Entertainment Workers
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), along with 118 Senators and Members of the House sent a letter to the Alliance of Motion Picture […]
Statement: IATSE President Calls on Members to Authorize Strike
Dear Brothers, Sisters and Kin, I write you with a deep sense of commitment to addressing your profound concerns with respect to the wages, terms and conditions under which you […]
