Give ’em a round of Santa-plaus! Meet the winners of the Fourth Annual IATSE Holiday Photo contest.

This holiday season, the 2023 photo contest submissions were fir-sure the best yet! To our IA Kin in the U.S. and Canada, snow-body compares to the holiday cheer you spread […]
That’s a Wrap: Six Key Moments From 2023

1. VFX/Game Workers Make Historic Strides 2023 was an unprecedented year for organizing within the gaming/vfx industries. Join us as we look back on some of this year’s biggest developments: […]
Workers at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre Win Voluntary Recognition, First Union Contract

ATLANTA, GA — Approximately 32 crewmembers employed by The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, GA will be working under the protections of a union contract after winning voluntary recognition and a […]
Magnus Theatre Workers Vote to Join IATSE Local 467

THUNDER BAY, ON – Technical production staff at the Magnus Theatre have voted for representation by IATSE Local 467. Discussions between the stagehands and Local 467 started in mid-October and […]
IATSE Local 118 Organizes Stagehands at The Dance Centre

VANCOUVER, BC – In a legal decision issued by the BC Labour Relations Board on December 11, IATSE Local 118 has won the right to represent The Dance Centre stage […]
IATSE Takes Legal Action Against Nick Vallelonga and That’s Amore Movie, LLC, for Failing to Pay Crew

NEW YORK, NY — The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees’ (IATSE) local unions representing film and television workers across crafts in New York City filed a civil lawsuit against […]
‘Avatar’ VFX Artists File For Union Election as Momentum for VFX Union Movement Grows

LOS ANGELES, CA — Visual Effects (VFX) workers employed by a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Studios filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for an election to unionize […]
Tech Meets Labor: IATSE Hails AFL-CIO, Microsoft Forward-Looking AI Partnership

LOS ANGELES, CA — The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) applauds the new partnership between the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Unions (AFL-CIO) and Microsoft […]
Count Us In: Netflix Production Accountants Win Union Recognition

New York, NY – Netflix Production Accountants working in New York and New Jersey have reached an agreement with Netflix to be recognized as members of the International Alliance of […]
IATSE’s Vanessa Holtgrewe Participates in US Senate AI Insight Forum, Urges Congress to Protect Workers, Copyright

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) urged Congress to develop a comprehensive policy framework that ensures entertainment workers are protected as generative artificial intelligence technologies, […]