Arts, Entertainment, and Media Unions Launch Updated DEI Policy Priorities for the 118th Congress
WASHINGTON, DC – Unions of professionals in the arts, entertainment, and media industries affiliated with the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE) announced their updated diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) […]
2023 IATSE 21 Day Challenge
Welcome to the 2023 IATSE Racial Justice 21-Day Habit Forming Challenge. To celebrate Black History Month 2023 we present our third 21-Day Challenge collection. These challenges offer a path to […]
IATSE DEI Committee Statement on Tyre Nichols
A message from the IATSE Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee in response to the recently released police footage of the murder of Tyre Nichols by the Memphis Police: We are […]
Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Today we join in solidarity to honor the life and legacy of visionary Civil Rights and Labor Leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who famously said, “The labor movement was […]
Historic Respect for Marriage Act Passes Congress, Headed to President Biden’s Desk
December 8, 2022 WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives voted 258-169 in favor of a historic piece of legislation enshrining protections for same-sex marriage into federal law. The Respect […]
California IATSE Council Issues Statement on October 2021 LA County Fed Meeting
The California IATSE Council cannot, and will not, tolerate racism in any form. What took place at the October 2021 meeting flies in the face of everything that we stand […]
IATSE Applauds President Biden for Reestablishing the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities
WASHINGTON, DC — On September 30, President Biden released a proclamation declaring October 2022 as National Arts and Humanities Month and issued an executive order to promote the arts, humanities, museum and library services by reestablishing […]
Local One Sisters Committee, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler Accept Monumental Women ‘Moving History Forward’ Award
New York, NY – To celebrate the anniversary of Women’s Equality Day 2022 and the two-year anniversary of the unveiling of the Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument in Central Park, the […]
Pride Member Spotlight: Andy Garner-Flexner
Meet five-year Animation Guild, Local 839 member Andy Garner-Flexner. Andy is currently the Art Director for Disney TVA’s The Owl House, serves as the Chair of the QueerTAG Committee along […]
IATSE: ‘The Supreme Court is Wrong’
In its outrageous decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS has abandoned a 50-year precedent and the will of 70% of the American people to impose one of the worst […]
