IATSE
Hollywood Teamsters, IATSE Hold Solidarity Rally Ahead of AMPTP Negotiations: “F—k Around and Find Out”
A coalition of Hollywood’s below-the-line unions rallied Sunday on the eve of their latest contract negotiations. They threatened a historic strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers if their demands weren’t met. Such a work stoppage would follow a pair of strikes in 2023 by industry writers and actors which crippled the […]
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AMC Theatres’ Workers at Universal City Location Attempt to Unionize
The latest coming attraction for Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood? A union election at the National Labor Relations Board. On Feb. 20, the crew union IATSE petitioned the NLRB for an election to determine if 44 staffers at the Universal City location will decide to join their ranks. The union is attempting to represent […]
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IATSE, Low Budget Film Producers Form Working Group to Combat Harassment and Abuse on Set
Last month, Anita Hill’s Hollywood Commission released the sobering findings from its most recent survey into workplace abuse: Most of the 5,000-plus respondents said that they were now better informed on how to identify misconduct, but they had little faith in employers’ and the industry’s ability to address the behavior. At the time, Hill told […]
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Hollywood’s Influential Crew Whisperer Opens Up
In 2021, an Instagram account emerged that harnessed the frustration of crewmembers fed up with the status quo of sprawling hours on film and television sets. Debuting Aug. 1 of that year, IATSE Stories (@ia_stories) shared anonymous tales of workplace conditions from self-described crewmembers in stark black-and-white. The often-shocking stories shared on the page — ranging […]
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IATSE Puts Strike Authorization Vote On the Table As Negotiations Near
The major Hollywood crew union IATSE is planning on a potential strike authorization vote if deals on two major labor contracts are not reached around the time they expire on July 31. The union indicated that it is factoring the possible vote into its negotiations strategy in new contract campaign websites for its upcoming Basic […]
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The Next Labor Battle: IATSE and Teamsters to Begin Negotiations in Early March, Starting With Benefits
Hollywood’s top crew unions have announced that they will be bargaining their health and pension benefits together at the outset of their 2024 labor negotiations with studios and streamers. IATSE and the Hollywood Basic Crafts coalition (which includes Teamsters Local 399) announced on Wednesday that they will jointly negotiate their Motion Picture Pension and Health […]
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U.S. ‘Avatar’ Workers Vote to Unionize In Boost for VFX Organizing Effort
U.S.-based visual effects artists who help bring James Cameron’s Avatar epics to life have voted to unionize in a National Labor Relations Board election. Of an eligible 88 workers at Walt Disney Studios subsidiary TCF US Productions 27, Inc. who assist with productions for Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment, 57 voted to join the union and 19 […]
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International Cinematographers Guild Names Two New Regional Directors Ahead of 2024 Negotiations
The International Cinematographers Guild has named two new regional directors ahead of its 2024 negotiations, which are set to start in March. On Tuesday the IATSE Local announced that it had hired Michaella “Micki” Bursalyan as its new Western Region director and promoted John Amman to be its Eastern Region director. “We are fortunate to […]
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IATSE Chief: Workers “Ready to Fight” in Upcoming Contract Talks With Studios
IATSE international president Matthew Loeb did not rule out a potential 2024 crew strike when several of his union’s contracts come due this year in an appearance on Tuesday. “Nothing is off the table, and we’re not going to give up our strength and our ability because they [studios] think they sapped us and everybody’s […]
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IATSE Local 798, Reel Works Partner on Makeup Artist Training Program (Exclusive)
IATSE Local 798, a union representing film, TV, theater, and commercials makeup artists and hair stylists, teamed with the Brooklyn-based media and workforce development organization Reel Works on a new training program. Supported by Netflix, AMC Networks and the Consortium for Worker Education, the IATSE Entertainment Industry Makeup Artist Training program focuses on educating makeup […]
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Netflix Production Accountants Unionize With IATSE
A group of production accountants employed by Netflix in New York and New Jersey has unionized with IATSE. A third party certified that a majority of the group of assistant production accountants, payroll accountants and clerks supported joining IATSE Local 161 in a card count Wednesday. The move came after the group initially approached the […]
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IATSE Locals Form Contract Captain System Ahead of 2024 Negotiations
Several subsidiaries of Hollywood’s major crew union are preparing for the union’s next round of negotiations by implementing a contract captain system. Several major Locals of IATSE — The Motion Picture Editors Guild (IATSE Local 700), the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) and IATSE Local 728 — are creating these teams, which task volunteer […]
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