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 […]
Stagehands and the Kennedy Center’s Management Reach Agreement on a New Contract
WASHINGTON – Following late-night bargaining Friday and a unanimous vote to strike earlier this week, stagehands represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 22 have reached an agreement for […]
North Shore Music Theatre Stagehands Prevail in Strike for Livable Wages
North Shore Music Theatre stage crew thrilled to return to dazzle audiences Beverly, MA – Tonight, the show will go on at North Shore Music Theatre. Experienced stage crew will […]
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 […]
Stagehands and wardrobe workers at The Wallis vote to join IATSE
After an organizing push and an election overseen by The National Labor Relations Board, stagehands and wardrobe Workers at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts have unanimously voted […]
IATSE Launches Live Events Organizing Blitz, Secures Seven Iconic Pacific Northwest Venues
Washington State — On Tuesday, IATSE Local 15 ratified area standard addendums to the existing agreement between the union’s International and Tri State Stage Labor, ensuring hundreds of Live Events workers […]
VIDEO: IATSE Local One President testifies to NYC Council regarding union busting at Metropolitan Opera
IATSE International Vice President and Local One President, James J. Claffey Jr., testified to the New York City Council about how the Metropolitan Opera’s “management” is using the Covid virus as leverage to take away conditions from workers. Instead of negotiating fairly, the Met has locked out Local One Stagehands and outsouces behind the scenes shop work to other countries and areas.
Daniel Di Tolla, Longtime Director of IATSE Stagecraft Department, Announces Retirement
NEW YORK, NY — Second generation IATSE member and 16-year lead of The IATSE Stagecraft Department, Daniel Di Tolla, announced his retirement February 8, 2021.“It has been an honor and a privilege […]
IATSE Statement on Met’s Lockout of Local One Stagehands
NEW YORK, NY — On Monday, Metropolitan Opera management announced that it plans to lock out union stagehands represented by IATSE Local One at midnight. These workers have been furloughed since […]
