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IATSE’s Labor Push Is Part of Broader Worker Struggle Across U.S.
14 Oct 2021IATSE isn’t working alone when it comes to pressing for better labor conditions.-
IATSE Sets Oct. 18 Strike Date if Contract Talks Aren’t Resolved
13 Oct 2021Unless an agreement is reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers in the coming days, 60,000 IATSE film and TV workers will go on strike on Monday, Oct. 18, at 12:01 a.m. PDT. -
Hollywood Braces for Disruption and Hardship as IATSE Sets Strike Deadline
13 Oct 2021Hollywood is starting to brace for a strike that would essentially shut down the entire industry on Monday morning. -
Hollywood Leaders Need to Hear What IATSE Is Really Asking For
11 Oct 2021When the industry came together last fall on a hard-fought agreement among multiple unions and the major studios on COVID safety protocols for production, some executives were wary of the precedent set by new limits on working hours. -
“There Is No Backup Plan”: Can the Threat of a Strike Make Hollywood Live Up to Its Ideals?
11 Oct 2021Hollywood’s workers are on the edge of their seats, waiting to hear whether they will be going on a picket line. Eight days ago, 98% of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees members who voted chose to authorize a strike if the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers doesn’t offer them a better deal. -
IATSE Readies Picket Signs In Event Of Strike As Contract Talks Continue
11 Oct 2021IATSE is gearing up for a strike if contract talks with the AMPTP fail to produce a fair deal. “We are hoping for a deal but preparing for a strike,” a union source tells Deadline. -
Opinion: Could an I.A.T.S.E Union Strike Fix The Film Industry?
09 Oct 2021In 2015, Cutter Ray Palacios, an actor from Texas, moved to Los Angeles. While auditioning for roles, he found himself working primarily as a production assistant (P.A.), a job that can entail transporting actors to and from set, moving equipment, sorting mail and running errands for producers or other members of the crew. -
IATSE Strike Vote Spotlights Bigger Job Burnout Issue
08 Oct 2021Earlier this week, union members representing more than 60,000 film and TV workers gave the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees permission to call for a strike if the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers doesn’t offer them a better deal. -
Portraits of IATSE: Medical Scares and Car Crashes — Why Members Voted Yes on Strike Authorization
08 Oct 2021An overwhelming majority of film and TV workers have given the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees permission to strike if the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers doesn’t offer them a better deal. -
Kennedy Center Management, IATSE Stagehands Reach Contract Deal Following Strike Threat
08 Oct 2021The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ management and IATSE-affiliated stagehands have reached a new three-year contract agreement, avoiding a potential strike that would have seen the union picket Hadestown and possibly other upcoming productions. 
Car Painting in the Name of Solidarity
07 Oct 2021On Saturday, October 2, 2021, Locals 600 and 700 came together for an inter-guild car painting event where IATSE members from all the Hollywood Locals had words of solidarity painted on their cars.
