Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Open Negotiations with Metropolitan Opera as Questions Continue about Executive Pay, Mismanagement

NEW YORK, NY – Members of Local 751 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IA), representing box office employees – treasurers and ticket sellers – at New York’s […]
Scenic Artists Begin Contract Talks with Metropolitan Opera Today Against a Backdrop of Questions Surrounding the Met’s Finances

NEW YORK, NY – The United Scenic Artists (USA 829), Local 829 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), begins contract talks today with management of New York’s […]
Negotiations Begin Today For Workers in the Metropolitan Opera’s Costume and Wardrobe Departments

NEW YORK, NY – This morning at Lincoln Center, the curtain will open – not on a new opera – but on contract talks between the Metropolitan Opera’s management and the […]
Grassroots Labor Campaign Saves San Diego Opera

Grassroots Labor Campaign Saves San Diego Opera Collaborations between four IATSE Locals, AGMA, AFM, and the SDO Board found creative solutions to keep opera and jobs alive in San Diego. […]
Negotiations With Local One at Metropolitan Opera Open

Negotiations open on Tues. morning, May 13, with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 1 and the management of the Metropolitan Opera. These contract talks are significant because […]
Memo to Touring Technicians: New Contract

MEMORANDUM From: Non-Broadway League Touring Bargaining Committee To: Touring Technicians Date: April 29, 2014 Re: New Contract Negotiations have concluded for new Pink Contracts covering shows produced by Non-League […]
IATSE Local 8 Certified as Bargaining Agent for Stagehands at the Bristol Riverside Theatre

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 8 has been certified as the bargaining agent for stagehands at the Bristol Riverside Theater Company. Bristol Riverside Theater Company, Inc., operates […]
D. Joseph Hartnett Appointed Assistant Director of the Stagecraft Department

As of November 1, 2013, D. Joseph Hartnett will serve as the Assistant Director to the Stagecraft Department. Joe has been an International Representative in the Stagecraft and formerly, the […]
IATSE Local One on strike against Carnegie Hall

James Claffey, Jr., president of Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees issued the following statement today: Local One has unfortunately been left with no choice but […]
After Short Strike, Six Unions, Including IATSE Local 8, Reach Agreement with the Pennsylvania Convention Center

PHILADELPHIA, PA, Aug. 2, 2013 — IATSE Local 8 and six other unions have reached an agreement for work at the Pennsylvania Convention Center after a one day strike. The […]