The document is a newsletter from the IATSE that discusses upcoming midterm elections in the United States on November 4th. It emphasizes the importance of union members getting politically involved to support candidates who will advocate for policies helping working families. The newsletter urges members to register and vote, volunteer for campaigns, and make political contributions to protect labor rights and values.
The document is a newsletter from the IATSE that discusses upcoming midterm elections in the United States on November 4th. It emphasizes the importance of union members getting politically involved to support candidates who will advocate for policies helping working families. The newsletter urges members to register and vote, volunteer for campaigns, and make political contributions to protect labor rights and values.
The document is a newsletter from the IATSE that discusses upcoming midterm elections in the United States on November 4th. It emphasizes the importance of union members getting politically involved to support candidates who will advocate for policies helping working families. The newsletter urges members to register and vote, volunteer for campaigns, and make political contributions to protect labor rights and values.
The document is a newsletter from the IATSE that discusses upcoming midterm elections in the United States on November 4th. It emphasizes the importance of union members getting politically involved to support candidates who will advocate for policies helping working families. The newsletter urges members to register and vote, volunteer for campaigns, and make political contributions to protect labor rights and values.
Wrigley Field for Comcast Sports Net in Chicago. Join The Stand Up, Fight Back Campaign! IATSE Political Action Committee Voucher for Credit/Debit Card Deductions I hereby authorize the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States Political Action Committee, hereinafter called the IATSE-PAC to initiate a deduction from my credit card. This authorization is to remain in full force and effect until the IATSE-PAC has received written notification from me of its termination in such time and in such manner as to afford the parties a reasonable opportunity to act on it. Check one: Presidents Club ($40.00/month) Leaders Club ($20.00/month) Activists Club ($10.00/month) Choose one: Or authorize a monthly contribution of $________ Mastercard Discover Authorize a one-time contribution of $________($10.00 minimum) VISA American Express Card #: _____________________________________ Expiration Date (MM/YY): ____/____ Card Security Code: ______ Employee Signature_______________________________ Date________________ Last 4 Digits of SSN___________ Local Number_____________ Print Name_____________________________________Email______________________________________ Phone Number________________________ Home Address_______________________________________ City ____________________________ State/Zip Code _____________________________ Billing Address_________________________ City_________________ State/Zip Code______________ Occupation/Employer_____________________ This Authorization is voluntarily made based on my specific understanding that: The signing of this authorization card and the making of contributions to the IATSE-PAC are not conditions of membership in the union nor of employment with the Company and that I may refuse to do so without fear of reprisal. I am making a contribution to fund-raising efforts sponsored by IATSE-PAC and that the IATSE-PAC will use my contributions for political purposes, including but not limited to, the making of contributions to or expenditures on behalf of candidates for federal, and addressing political issues of public importance. Federal law requires the IATSE-PAC to use its best efforts to collect and report the name, mailing address, occupation and the name of employer of individuals whose contributions exceed $200 in a calendar year. Contributions or gifts to the IATSE-PAC are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Any contribution guideline is merely a suggestion and I may contribute more, less or nothing at all without favor or disadvantage from IATSE. The IATSE-PAC is unable to accept monies from Canadian members of the IATSE. 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I A T S E . N E T W W W . I A T S E . N E T James B. Wood Editor MaryAnn Kelly Assistant to the Editor The OFFICIAL BULLETIN (ISSN-0020-5885) is published quarterly by the General Secretary-Treasurer of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, (IATSE), 207 West 25th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001. Telephone: (212) 730-1770. FAX (212) 730-7809. Email: [email protected] Material for publication must be received before the rst day of January, April, July, and October, to meet deadlines, respectively, for the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Quarter issues. POSTMASTER: Send address change to the OFFICIAL BULLETIN, 207 West 25th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001. Entered as periodical postage paid matter at the Post Ofce at New York, NY and additional locations. Canadian Publications Mail Agreement No.: 40845543. Return Undeliverable Canadian Addresses To: 2835 Kew Dr., Windsor, ON N8T 3B7 Subscriptions: IATSE members receive the OFFICIAL BULLETIN as part of their IATSE membership services. Nonmembers may subscribe for $10.00 per year. E X E C U T I V E O F F I C E R S T R U S T E E S Matthew D. Loeb International President James B. Wood General SecretaryTreasurer Thomas J. Cleary C. Faye Harper Patricia A. White C L C D E L E G A T E Kelly Moon G E N E R A L O F F I C E 207 West 25th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10001 Tele: (212) 730-1770 FAX: (212) 730-7809 W E S T C O A S T O F F I C E 10045 Riverside Drive Toluca Lake, CA 91602 Tele: (818) 980-3499 FAX: (818) 980-3496 C A N A D I A N O F F I C E 22 St. Joseph St. Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4Y 1J9 Tele: (416) 362-3569 FAX: (416) 362-3483 W E S T E R N C A N A D I A N O F F I C E 1000-355 Burrard St. Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 2G8 Tele: (604) 608-6158 FAX: (778) 331-8841 CANADI AN E NT E RTAI N ME NT I N DUST RY R ET I R E ME NT PL AN 22 St. Joseph St. Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4Y 1J9 Tele: (416) 362-2665 FAX: (416) 362-2351 www.ceirp.ca I . A . T . S . E . N AT I O N A L B E N E F I T F U N D S O F F I C E 417 Fifth Avenue, Third Floor New York, NY 10016 Tele: (212) 580-9092 Toll free: (800) 456-FUND FAX: (212) 787-3607 www.iatsenbf.org Michael Barnes 1st Vice President
J. Walter Cahill 2nd Vice President Thom Davis 3rd Vice President
Anthony M. DePaulo 4th Vice President Damian Petti 5th Vice President Michael F. Miller, Jr. 6th Vice President John T. Beckman, Jr. 7th Vice President
Daniel Di Tolla 8th Vice President John Ford 9th Vice President
John M. Lewis 10th Vice President Craig Carlson 11th Vice President William E. Gearns, Jr. 12th Vice President Thomas C. Short International President Emeritus Michael W. Proscia General Secretary Treasurer Emeritus Edward C. Powell International Vice President Emeritus Phil S. LoCicero 13th Vice President The rst telecast football game in history was made at Triborough Stadium, Ran- dalls Island, on Saturday, September 30 (1939), when National Broadcasting Com- panys television cameras covered the seasons opener between Fordham University and Waynseburg College. Two cameras were used, the one shown above on the sidelines for closeups, and another in the press box for broader perspectives. As the electronic eyes of the two cameras scanned action for these two points, view- ers within 50 miles of NBCs Manhattan transmitter followed the action without the slightest difculty. The telecast was relayed from the eld by ultra short wave radio to the main transmitter of Station W2XBS before radiated over a 50 mile area. The television images were said to be of newsreel quality (NBC photo, 10/4/39). 4 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N D I D Y O U K N O W ? F I ND US ONL I NE Visit us on the Web: www.iatse.net IATSE Training Trust Fund: www.iatsetrainingtrust.org our Flickr stream: www.fickr.com/groups/iatse IATSE: @iatse IATSE canada: @iatsecanada Young Workers: @iatseywc IATSE: www.facebook.com/iatse IATSE canada: www.facebook.com/iatsecanada Young Workers: www.facebook.com/groups/iatse S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 5 PRESI DENT S NEWSL ET TER M A T T H E W
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L O E B @matthewloeb Get Political Step Up, Be Accountable and Be Counted! The midterm elections this year in the United States are scheduled for Tuesday, November 4. All 435 members of the House of Representatives and 33 Senate seats will be contested. W W W . I A T S E . N E T Also in this years race are 38 gubernatorial seats, and seats in 46 state legislatures, along with numerous other state, coun- ty, and city contests. In creating the 24/7 news cycle, modern technology and social media have encouraged legislators to keep their names in front of the public. It seems now that too many of them are more concerned with getting re-elected than with governing for the greater good, especially governing for the good of the working families of this country. As the last few election cycles have demonstrated, it is crucial for us to become and stay involved in local, state, and national elections. Among the hot button issues this summer and fall will be, among others, the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), climate change, and the income gap. Everywhere we look there is evidence that these issues surround us on a daily basis. We are all troubled by the alarming rise in health care costs, but many of our legislators are beholden to large insurance companies and huge pharmaceutical rms for campaign sup- port. We need to know who they are and hold them account- able to the working men and women who elect them. Climate change is an undeniable fact. The western part of the country is in the midst of a crippling drought, while the south and east suffer from torrential ooding and the failure of our cities in- frastructures. But many in Congress label those who feel we need legislation to protect the environment as alarmists. The income gap is more pronounced every day. The Pew Research Center has reported that 65% of Americans think the income gap between rich and poor is growing and that its a bad thing for the country. President Obama has said that there is a dan- gerous and growing inequality in the nation that now stands as the dening challenge of our time. Continuing mergers and the consolidation of corporate power frequently have a direct bearing on our own industry. We watch carefully to see how Comcasts proposed $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable will change the landscape of production and distribution. A recent Supreme Court ruling striking down the limits that wealthy donors can contribute to political candidates and cam- paigns will guarantee that the onslaught of political advertising we have been forced to endure will only escalate. What can we do? We need to dene our own positions on the issues so we can argue convincingly for our values. We can educate ourselves and our families and friends about those candidates who support a labor-friendly agenda. We can learn where candidates get their biggest contributions, so we can know where their loyalties are. We can attend rallies and help get out the vote. We can work for local candidates and the local ofces of state and national candidates. Most of all, we can join with our union brothers and sisters to ensure that the 114th Congress will have the best interests of labor up front and center. Since this is not a Presidential election year in the U.S. we must make sure we urge people to get to the polls in November and participate in the midterm federal, and their state and local elections. Getting out the vote will be extremely critical to en- suring that those who are helping us remain in ofce and those who are not are replaced by candidates who will. While the Canadian federal elections wont be held until Oc- tober 2015, the political landscape of Canada nds working men and women regularly facing challenges that are essentially the same as those facing workers in the U.S. The Canadian electoral calendar over the last year has al- Continued on page 6 This is to advise that the regular Mid-Summer Meeting of the General Executive Board is scheduled to be held at The Westin Seattle, 1900 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101 at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 4, 2014, and will remain in session through and including Friday, August 8, 2014. All business to come before the Board must be submitted to the General Ofce no later than f- teen (15) days prior to the meeting. Local Union representatives planning to attend the meeting must make hotel reservations with The Westin Seattle by calling (206) 728-1000. Guest room rate for the IATSE is $209.00, plus applicable taxes, for both single and double occupancy. In order to ensure that you receive the preferred room rate established for our meeting, you must identify your afliation with the IATSE. Cut-off date: July 3, 2014 The Stage Caucus will be held at The Westin Seattle on Sunday, August 3, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in the Cascade II Room. Representatives of Stage, Wardrobe and Mixed local unions are welcome. O F F I C I A L N O T I C E B U L L E T I N A N D P H O T O S U B MI S S I O N G U I D E L I N E S Please send your Bulletin submissions to [email protected]. All digital photos should be taken with a camera that is at least 3 megapixels or higher, and set on the highest quality/resolution setting. JPEG or TIFF le formats only please. Please do not crop or otherwise modify photos - the original version usually has the highest quality. W W W . I A T S E . N E T 6 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N downloadable versions of The offcial Bulletin are posted on our website: www.iatse.net. Permission must be granted by the IATSE before reprinting or distributing any portions. ready seen three provincial elections held, some with less than favourable results for the labour community. As of this writing, Ontario is in the middle of its provincial election, scheduled for June 12. And, from September through December of this year, the calendar continues with the New Brunswick provincial elec- tion as well as hundreds of municipal elections in BC, Ontario, Manitoba and PEI. Legislative proposals put forth in Canada threaten labour and all Canadian workers. Ontario, the nations largest province, could serve as a template for provinces across the country if vot- ers allow the province to fall to the Conservatives, who have been quite vocal about their intent to hobble the labour movement, if elected. To help combat the challenges they face, a coalition of labour unions, Working Families, was established over 10 years ago. The coalition, however, is not without challenges itself as the Tories have gone as far as the court system to ght the pro- labour organizations mere existence. While the Tories lost their battle in court, they are leaving options open to take their ght to yet a higher court. This is one example of how far our adversaries are willing to go to decimate the labour movement and the rights of working men and women. In both the United States and Canada, we must remain ac- tive participants in the political and legislative process and con- tinue to step up, be accountable, and be counted. Presidents Newsletter Continued from page 5 S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 7 GENERAL SECRETARY-TREASURER S MESSAGE J A M E S
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W O O D The following is a list of publications available from the General Ofce that you may nd helpful in the performance of your duties. Some are minimally priced and many are available free of charge. INTERNATIONAL CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS Delegates to International Conventions approve changes to this document and therefore new editions are printed every four years. The present 67th edition was adopted July 26, 2013 in Boston, MA and is orange in color. For the rst time, this document contains a Table of Contents and a completely reworked Index. International Constitutions and Bylaws are available to local unions at a cost of $3.00 per copy. SAMPLE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS FOR LOCAL UNIONS The original purpose of this booklet was to assist newly chartered local unions with the development of their initial Constitution and Bylaws. However, because of its simplic- ity, many older local unions use this document as a starting point when re-writing their Constitution and Bylaws. This document can also be delivered to a local union in electron- ic format if they wish to use it as the starting point for their new Constitution and Bylaws and avoid the necessity of typ- ing in all the content. LOCAL UNION SECRETARY AND TREASURER HANDBOOK This booklet is designed to familiarize these ofcers with the necessary procedures and overall duties and responsi- bilities related to their positions and how they interact with the International. ADVICE TO MEMBERS OF TRIAL BOARDS OF LOCAL UNIONS IN THE CONDUCT OF TRIALS This booklet should be used in conjunction with Articles Sixteen and Seventeen of the International Constitution and Bylaws. The information contained in the booklet is intend- ed to answer many of the questions that arise before, during and after trials are completed. WE ARE THE IA PAMPHLET This pamphlet is newly designed and replaces the former Welcome to the IATSE pamphlet that was previously in use. Further information can be found on page 11 of this issue of the Ofcial Bulletin. Local unions may receive up to twenty-ve copies at no charge and thereafter the cost is $0.30 per pamphlet. These are a great organizing tool as well as a useful handout at tradeshows and other events where we interact with the public. On an unrelated note, I would like to thank the numer- ous people that have called, spoken to me personally or sent an email to say how much they appreciate the new look of the Ofcial Bulletin. We appreciate you taking the time to say so. Resources Available For Local Union Officers In many cases, elected officers begin their terms with mentoring from previous officers, but in some instances, information as it relates to the relationship between a local union and the International is not adequately passed on. W W W . I A T S E . N E T W W W . I A T S E . N E T I AT S E & L A B O R M O V E M E N T N E WS The Juno Awards Protest: Solidarity in Action! T he MTS Centre has a long history with Winnipeg Local 63 and, un- fortunately, much of it has not been good. Despite negotiating in good faith for close to twenty-three months before the Centre opened its doors in 2004, Local 63 was informed by the MTS that they had decided to go with third-party temp rm NASCO, which charges venues union rates, but pays its workers much lower wages in order to make higher prots at the expense of those workers. To protest this, Local 63 has picket- ed shows at the MTS Centre for the last ten years. Due to the impasse between the parties, the Provincial Minister of Labour eventually intervened and as- signed a Conciliator. Repeatedly, Local 63 has met with the MTS to exchange and receive proposals, but when close to agreeing, the MTS refuses to con- tinue and/or sign. Worst of all, the MTS Centre even refused the Locals offer to match, word-for-word, the rates and conditions being offered by the out-of- province rm. When the Juno Awards announced it would be holding its broadcast gala at the MTS Centre on March 30th, Local 63 knew it would have to act. An infor- mational picket was planned for the red carpet and a social media protest was de- signed. On-the-ground efforts were co- ordinated by International Representa- tive Barny Haines, while the social media protest was run by Krista Hurdon, Nate Richmond and Julia Neville from the Canadian Department, with help from Emily Tao and Molly Katchpole from the Communications Department. The social media protest was un- leashed in the week leading up to the event, and IATSE members from all across the United States and Canada got behind it. Members shared, re-tweeted, and posted and continued to post on the MTS and Juno Awards Facebook pages, even as their posts were being deleted. Over 50,000 social media accounts were reached in this campaign. The Canadian Musicians Guild (CMG) and ACTRA both expressed support for IATSE mem- bers through the issuing of press releases. Across the IATSE and beyond to our sis- ters and brothers in other organizations, it was great to watch solidarity in action. Next years Juno Awards are being held in Hamilton, Ontario, at an IATSE Local 129 house. We hope the Junos will continue to be held at union venues. But if theyre notwere ready. The IATSE was well-represented at the 2014 Canadian Labour Congress Convention with 20 delegates to witness the election of a new president in Hassan Yussuff. And not only did the IA have representation from across the country, but members of IATSE Local 56 were behind the scenes all week, making the magic happen. PHOTO CREDIT: KRIS DURLEN 2 01 4 CL C CONVE NT I ON International Representative Barny Haines protesting with Local 63 members outside the MTS Centre during the Juno Awards red carpet. 8 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N I A T S E
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N E W S UnFair Elections Act You like Democracy? Not so fast! C anadas Fair Elections Act is the latest slam to democracy and fair- ness, despite its misleading name. Its proposed changes will touch on con- tribution limits, third party advertising and election expenses and, like the an- tithetical Help America Vote Act, will implement more stringent voter ID regu- lations that will do exactly the opposite of helping anyone below a certain income level (i.e. anyone who would not sup- port the Conservatives.) Unsurprisingly, it also dictates how and what unions can communicate to members during elec- tion periods. More specically, some of the more abhorrent measures of Bill C-23 would further erode the integrity of the federal electoral process by: 4 Eliminating vouching and the use of Voter Information Cards (VIC) dur- ing elections, effectively disenfranchis- ing hundreds of thousands of voters, especially Aboriginal peoples, youth and students, seniors and rural voters; 4 Removing the investigative capac- ity of Elections Canada to monitor and prevent election fraud, placing it instead under the authority of the Director of Public Prosecutions, a Cabinet appointee who is in turn answerable to Cabinet and the Prime Ministers Ofce, not to Parliament; 4 Forbidding Elections Canada from promoting democratic participation through Get Out The Vote cam- paigns, and essentially placing a gag order on its leading ofcial, the Chief Electoral Ofcer of Canada; and 4 Removing fundraising from expens- es monitored under election cam- paign spending limits, an extremely partisan move which would benet only the largest parties, and especially the Conservatives; Opposition to Bill C-23 is almost universal, condemned by national and international election ofcials and ex- perts on democracy and elections. For- mer B.C. elections chief Harry Neufelds has said that, unless the Fair Elections Act is amended before it comes to a vote, it will likely end up before the courts. Bill C-23 is supported only by Conservative politicians who hope to benet from its worst provisions. The bill helps people commit election fraud and get away with it; encourages mayhem, confusion, and long delays on Election Day; and de- prives hundreds of thousands of Canadi- ans of their right to vote. The NDP and the Liberals and even some Conservative Senators are work- ing hard to eliminate some of the more egregious aspects of the bill. The IATSE will continue to work to stop the Conser- vatives, and to protect every Canadians right to vote in a fair and honest election that is free of voter suppression schemes, of election fraud, of the denial of funda- mental rights, and that will be watched over by an independent and effective Elections Canada. The IATSE stands in solidarity with our brothers and sisters of BECTU in the U.K. seen here during their dis- pute with Picturehouse/Cineworld at the Ritzy Cinema in London. The ght continues for BECTU members who are seeking payment of Londons Living Wage to those working at the Ritzy. I AT S E S UPPOR T S BE CT U S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 9 C O N TAC T U S IATSE GENERAL OFFICE 207 West 25th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10001 Phone: 212-730-1770 Fax: 212-730-7809 WEST COAST OFFICE 10045 Riverside Drive, Toluca Lake, CA 91602 Phone: 818-980-3499 Fax: 818-980-3496 CANADIAN OFFICE 22 St. Joseph Street Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 1J9 Phone: 416-362-3569 Fax: 416-362-3483 WESTERN CANADIAN OFFICE 1000-355 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC V6C 2G8 Phone: 604-608-6158 Fax: 778-331-8841 www.iatse.net Email: [email protected] IATSE: www.facebook.com/iatse IATSE CANADA: www.facebook.com/iatsecananda YOUNG WORKERS: facebook.com/groups/iatse IATSE: @iatse IATSE CANADA: @iatsecanada YOUNG WORKERS: @iatseywc W elcom e to
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The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada (IATSE) was origi- nally chartered by the American Federation of Labor as the National Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes in 1893. In 1898 we welcomed our rst Canadian local union and replaced the National in our name with International. Since then we have experienced geographic and craft expansion as well as technological advancement, and our name has continued to evolve. The current title more accu- rately reects the full scope of our activities in the enter- tainment industry. In the IATSE we have always understood that our bar- gaining strength comes from our complete representation of all the crafts involved in the production of theatrical, motion picture and television production, tradeshow and television broadcast employees. Our members are involved in every phase of entertainment, from its conception through every aspect of execution. The principle of com- plete coverage and unanimity of purpose has been applied by the IATSE with ever-increasing success to each new form of entertainment. The IATSE is the largest entertainment labor organiza- tion in the world and through our combined strength we have been able to achieve some of the highest wages and best working conditions to be found among skilled crafts- persons anywhere. In terms of focus, at our most recent Quadrennial Convention, the IATSE adopted the theme of the Four Pillars of Success: Leadership, Skills and Safety, Activism, and Communication. I rmly believe that it is through these pillars that we will continue to strengthen our infrastructure, thereby ensuring the success of this great union.
Sincerely,
Matthew D. Loeb
International President W W W . I A T S E . N E T I AT S E & L A B O R M O V E M E N T N E WS I AT S E PAR T I CI PAT E S I N T HE F I R ST ANNUAL PR OGR E S S S UMMI T T he Broadbent Institute held its rst annual Progress Summit, from March 28th 30th, in Ottawa. Kris- ta Hurdon, Operations Manager for the IATSEs Canadian Ofce, represented the IATSE, which is also a sponsor of the In- stitute. The summit featured an optional full-day training and education session, which was attended by roughly 200 del- egates. The main instructor was Mitch Stewart, who is the founder of 270 Strat- egies and was the Battleground States Director for President Obamas 2012 re- election campaign. He mapped out how to set up successful organizing strategies and made very clear not only what a tight ship was necessary for Obamas cam- paign, but for any organizing campaign to be successful. The summit proper saw 600 del- egates, with a huge turnout from the labour movement. The keynote speaker was former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who addressed delegates on the core challenges facing progressive governments. Another highlight was An- astasia Khoo, Marketing Director for the Human Rights Campaign, who spoke on Winning Hearts, Minds, and Clicks. Ms. Khoo discussed the Human Rights Campaigns viral marriage equality ini- tiative that she spearheaded last year, and how she created the red equal sign logo that saw Facebook turn red and broke Twitters record for highest engagement on a Tweet. The Progress Summit also featured experts conducting panel discussions that covered topics from A New Deal for Young People and Lessons from Winning Progressive Campaigns in the U.S. and Canada to Good Jobs and Fair Wages: Solving Income In- equality. This marked the rst time that Can- ada has seen a gathering of progressives of this scale. It is clear that, with the suc- cess that marked this inaugural event, the Progress Summit will become a must- attend event for unions and progressives in Canada. T HE I AT S E I S A WOR KE R S AR T S AND HE R I TAGE CE NT R E S UPPOR T E R The concept of Workers Arts and Heritage came about in the late 1980s, through discussions by a group of labour historians, artists, and union and community activists who got together to discuss the need for a place where the history of workers could be celebrated. Years of volunteer work followed, and in 1996, the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre purchased its historic home. Appropriately, the building stands in the heart of a working-class neighbourhood in the proud union town of Hamilton, Ontario. The goal of the Workers Arts and Heritage Centre is to pre- serve, honour, and promote the culture and history of all work- ing people. It is important to learn lessons from the past, but the WAHC is far more than a museum. The contributions of working people not only in Canadian history but worldwide are show- cased in art, exhibits, and performances. The IATSE recognizes the hard work done by the WAHC and makes an annual dona- tion to assist the Centre in continuing this valuable and important work. If you would like to donate or would like more info on the WAHC, please visit their website at: www.wahc-museum.ca. Siobhan Vipond, Secretary-Treasurer of the Alberta Federation of Labour & IATSE Local 210 Member, and Krista Hurdon, Canadian Ofce Operations Manager at the 2014 Progress Summit. 1 0 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N The IATSE introduces the new We Are the IA. pamphlet, which is a redesign of the Welcome to the IATSE brochure. The pamphlet is available in English, Spanish and French. All of the pamphlets contain a welcome message from International President Matthew Loeb, a concise description of the IATSE both past and present, and contact information for all the IATSE Ofces. There is also a space on the back panel for your local union contact information. This pamphlet has proven to be a great organizing tool and for welcoming new members into the Alliance. Locals may order these pamphlets through the General Ofce. C O N T A C T E Z -N O U S BUREAU CENTRAL DE LA.I.E.S.T. 207 West 25th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10001 Tlphone : 212-730-1770 Tlcopieur : 212-730-7809 BUREAU DE LA CTE OUEST 10045 Riverside Drive, Toluca Lake, CA 91602 Tlphone : 818-980-3499 Tlcopieur : 818-980-3496 BUREAU CANADIEN 22 St. Joseph Street Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 1J9 Tlphone : 416-362-3569 Tlcopieur : 416-362-3483 BUREAU DE LOUEST CANADIEN 1000-355 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC V6C 2G8 Tlphone : 604-608-6158 Tlcopieur : 778-331-8841 www.iatse.net Courriel : [email protected] A.I.E.S.T. : www.facebook.com/iatse A.I.E.S.T. CANADA : www.facebook.com/iatsecananda JEUNES TRAVAILLEURS : facebook.com/groups/iatse A.I.E.S.T. : @iatse A.I.E.S.T. CANADA : @iatsecanada JEUNES TRAVAILLEURS : @iatseywc B ie n v e n u e
lA .I.E .S .T . En 1893, la Fdration amricaine du travail a accord ses premiers statuts lAlliance internationale des employs de scne, de thtre et de cinma des Etats-Unis, de ses territoires et du Canada (A.E.I.S.T.), alors nomme Alliance nationale des employs de scne. En 1898, nous avons accueilli notre premire section locale canadienne, et avons remplac ladjectif national par international dans notre nom. Celui-ci a continu voluer mesure que nous avons inclus de nouveaux mtiers, de nouvelles rgions, et que les technologies ont progress. Notre titre actuel rete de manire plus prcise ltendue complte de nos activits au sein de lindustrie du divertissement. LA.I.E.S.T. a compris depuis longtemps que sa force de ngociation provient de sa reprsentation exhaustive des mtiers de la production scnique, cinmatographique et tlvisuelle, et des professionnels de salons et de la tldiffusion. Nos membres sont impliqus dans tous les aspects de lindustrie du divertissement, de la conception lexcution sous toutes ses formes. Pour chaque nouvelle forme de divertissement, lA.I.E.S.T. offre une couverture complte tout en gardant un objectif unanime, et ce avec un succs grandissant. Dans lIndustrie du divertissement, lA.I.E.S.T. est la plus grande organisation syndicale au monde. En unissant nos forces, nous avons t capables dobtenir des rmunrations et des conditions de travail parmi les plus avantageuses dans le monde pour des artisans qualis. Lors du dernier congrs quadriennal, l A.I.E.S.T. sest concentre sur ladoption des Quatre piliers de la russite : Leadership, Comptence et scurit, Activisme et Communication. Je suis intimement convaincu quen nous appuyant sur ces piliers nous pourrons continuer renforcer notre infrastructure, garantissant ainsi le succs de notre grand syndicat.
Sincres salutations,
Matthew D. Loeb
Prsident international COMUNQUESE CON NOSOTROS IATSE OFICINA GENERAL 207 West 25th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10001 Telfono: 212-730-1770 Fax: 212-730-7809 OFICINA COSTA OESTE 10045 Riverside Drive Toluca Lake, CA 91602 Telfono: 818-980-3499 Fax: 818-980-3496 OFICINA CANADIENSE 22 St. Joseph Street Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 1J9 Telfono: 416-362-3569 Fax: 416-362-3483 OFICINA OESTE DEL CANAD 1000-355 Burrand Street Vancouver, BC V6C 2G8 Telfono: 604-608-6158 Fax : 778-331-8841 www.iatse.net Email: [email protected] IATSE: www.facebook.com/iatse IATSE CANADA: www.facebook.com/iatsecananda TRABAJADORES JVENES: facebook.com/groups/iatse IATSE: @iatse IATSE CANADA: @iatsecanada TRABAJADORES JVENES: @iatseywc Bienvenidos a la IATSE La Alianza Internacional de Empleados de Escenario Teatral, Tcnicos de Pelculas Mviles, Artistas y Destrezas Aliadas de los Estados Unidos, sus Territorios y Canad (IATSE) fue constituida originalmente por la Federacin Americana de Trabajo como la Alianza Nacional de Empleados de Escenario Teatral en el 1893. En el 1898 le dimos la bienvenida a nuestra primera unin local canadiense, y reemplazamos la palabra Nacional en nuestro nombre por la de Internacional. Desde entonces hemos experimentado una expansin geogrca y en destrezas, al igual que desarrollos tecnolgicos, y nuestro nombre ha seguido evolucionando. Nuestro ttulo actual reeja en forma ms el la gama completa de nuestras actividades en la industria del entretenimiento. En la IATSE siempre hemos entendido que nuestra fuerza al negociar proviene de nuestra representacin entera de todas las destrezas envueltas en la produccin de obras de teatro, produccin de pelculas de cine y televisin, y empleados de shows de comercio y locutores de televisin. Nuestros miembros estn envueltos en cada fase de la industria del entretenimiento, desde su concepcin hasta todo aspecto de su ejecucin. El principio de cobertura total y la unanimidad de propsito han sido aplicados por la IATSE con un xito cada da mayor en toda nueva forma de entretenimiento. La IATSE es la organizacin laboral ms grande en el campo del entretenimiento, y a travs de nuestras fuerzas combinadas, hemos podido lograr los salarios ms altos y las mejores condiciones de trabajo que se encuentran entre los artesanos diestros no importa donde se encuentren. En trminos de enfoque, durante nuestra ltima Convencin Cuatrienal, la IATSE adopt el tema de los Cuatro Pilares del xito: Liderazgo, Destrezas y Seguridad, Activismo y Comunicacin. Creo rmemente que es a travs de estos pilares que seguiremos fortaleciendo nuestra infraestructura, y as asegurando el xito de esta gran unin. Atentamente, Sincerely, Matthew D. Loeb Presidente Internacional C O N TAC T U S IATSE GENERAL OFFICE 207 West 25th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY 10001 Phone: 212-730-1770 Fax: 212-730-7809 WEST COAST OFFICE 10045 Riverside Drive, Toluca Lake, CA 91602 Phone: 818-980-3499 Fax: 818-980-3496 CANADIAN OFFICE 22 St. Joseph Street Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 1J9 Phone: 416-362-3569 Fax: 416-362-3483 WESTERN CANADIAN OFFICE 1000-355 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC V6C 2G8 Phone: 604-608-6158 Fax: 778-331-8841 www.iatse.net Email: [email protected] IATSE: www.facebook.com/iatse IATSE CANADA: www.facebook.com/iatsecananda YOUNG WORKERS: facebook.com/groups/iatse IATSE: @iatse IATSE CANADA: @iatsecanada YOUNG WORKERS: @iatseywc W elcom e to
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The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada (IATSE) was origi- nally chartered by the American Federation of Labor as the National Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes in 1893. In 1898 we welcomed our rst Canadian local union and replaced the National in our name with International. Since then we have experienced geographic and craft expansion as well as technological advancement, and our name has continued to evolve. The current title more accu- rately reects the full scope of our activities in the enter- tainment industry. In the IATSE we have always understood that our bar- gaining strength comes from our complete representation of all the crafts involved in the production of theatrical, motion picture and television production, tradeshow and television broadcast employees. Our members are involved in every phase of entertainment, from its conception through every aspect of execution. The principle of com- plete coverage and unanimity of purpose has been applied by the IATSE with ever-increasing success to each new form of entertainment. The IATSE is the largest entertainment labor organiza- tion in the world and through our combined strength we have been able to achieve some of the highest wages and best working conditions to be found among skilled crafts- persons anywhere. In terms of focus, at our most recent Quadrennial Convention, the IATSE adopted the theme of the Four Pillars of Success: Leadership, Skills and Safety, Activism, and Communication. I rmly believe that it is through these pillars that we will continue to strengthen our infrastructure, thereby ensuring the success of this great union.
Sincerely,
Matthew D. Loeb
International President S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 1 1 W W W . I A T S E . N E T Y O U N G WO R K E R S At 27 years old, I am the chair of the newly-formed Local 16 Young Workers Committee. Here are the 3 most valuable things Ive learned during this process: 1) Just start. 2) Reach out to and rely upon both older and younger members who are excited to help. 3) Be sincere. Starting is really the hardest part. With how changeable a stagehands schedule can be, it is a real struggle to g- ure out which day and time will maximize turn out for your group. All too often, it turns out that all days are as equally bad as they are good. We decided to be con- sistent, picking every second Monday of the month at 1:00 p.m., the normal lunch time if you start at 8:00 a.m. Location is also a tough decision - you want to in- clude young workers under 21, so bars are out, but you need a space big enough for your group without knowing an exact number that will show up, so most restau- rants are out. Since we became an ofcial committee we have discussed with our of- cers potentially using the union hall as a future meeting space. I recommend pro- moting the time and location of the event for at least a week prior to each meeting. Spreading the word is the next big step after deciding where and when that rst (and the next and the next) meeting is going to be. We set up Facebook, Twit- ter and Gmail accounts right away all with the same name (e.g. Local 16 Young Workers, or L16 Young Workers). Using the same name makes it easier for people to nd your group and to promote mul- tiple platforms at once. Also, sharing the passwords for these accounts within the core group, or among committee board members, makes it easier for different people to share the burden of generating content. We make a Facebook event for our meet ups, post reminders, and post pictures of young workers who come. We have started collecting emails to start our own mailing list. Our rst email included a summary of what was discussed at the meet up, the time and location of the next meeting, and how to spread the word and stay in contact with the group. We are starting to build our own web- site which will include social media links, pages for education, mentors, photo gal- lery, upcoming events, and forums. With all this online activity, its a given that trolls will eventually pop up, and thats why it is important to have a public so- cial media policy in place from the be- Starting a Young Workers Committee B rothers and Sisters, my name is Katie Ryan. I am an apprentice member of Local 16 (stagehands) in San Francisco. My father is a journeyman in Local 16. I started working during college breaks in 2005 and then full time in 2008. Im primarily an electrician, but through the apprentice program and other edu- cational opportunities I am also certied SPRAT level 1 rope access technician, and am learning audio, rigging, and basic video projection. Ive had great opportunities to work everything from opera to concerts to theatre to conventions. On days off I like to take care of my many orchids and do Irish step dancing. By Katie Ryan, Local 16 member. From left to right: Local 16 members Katie Ryan, Melanie Murray, Jeremiah Grim, Nicholas Gerry and Kate Russell. 1 2 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N P H O T O
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C A R R O L L IATSE New York Young Workers (and young workers alumni) rallied at the Workers Memorial Day march organized by the NYC Central Labor Council and New York Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, on April 28, 2014. They carried Safety for Sarah signs in memory of Local 600 Camera Operator Sarah Jones. WOR KE R S ME MOR I AL DAY Left to right: top row; Leah Okin, Local 764, Patrick Langevin, Local USA 829, Mike Smith, Local USA 829. Bottom row: Dan Dashman, Locals One/798, Caitlin McConnell, Local USA 829, Cynthia ORourke, Local 798, Sarah Baker, Local 798 Intern, Patrick Landers, Local USA 829, Stephanie Wise, Local 798, and Cindy Gardner Local 798. Y O U N G
W O R K E R S ginning. The IA has already published a guide that is a great starting place. We also designed and printed quar- ter-page yers that includes our mission statement and contact info. These can be handed out to young workers at the meet up to hand out, placed by the sign- in sheet for a job, or distributed at the union hall. Since there is a wide range of ages in our Local, we wanted to nd a way to include older members in the group in a way that would benet young workers. In addition to technical skill and experience, older workers also offer advice on how to deal with the personal side of work. Our mentorship program seeks to pair a senior journeyman with a young worker, helping facilitate the initial meeting which can be intimidating for most. Just as the young workers committee looks to build stron- ger relationships between the next gen- eration, it is our hope that the mentorship program will also build stronger relation- ships throughout the entire Local. We also want to build stronger re- lationships with the communities that work and live in. To that end we have dis- cussed plans to host a clothing drive or to volunteer at a local soup kitchen. Other ideas included helping out at school the- aters, care packages for the troops, and raising money for Behind the Scenes, an organization that provides nancial sup- port to entertainment technology indus- try professionals after injury or illness. Because the young workers group is also for the long term benet of the entire Local, focus on a project that will help the whole union. For example, does your Locals website look like its from 1995? Offering to have the young work- ers committee build and maintain a new website is a great way to show that the group wants to be active in support of the whole Local. Focus on new solutions to old problems. Well isnt that ageist? What about an old guys group? Why have an age limit at all? One of the biggest concerns you might encounter are complaints of ageism from older members. It's best to use facts. Often, members dont realize what the average age is of their Locals membership. Point out how many mem- bers can actually be part of a young work- ers group and how important it is for the future and health of the Local to strength- en the young workers. Starting a young workers commit- tee or group for your Local will be a lot of work, but it is certainly well worth it. There is so much we can do for the future of our union, and this is a great way to empower people to take action. From left to right: Chad Janusch, Melanie Murray, Krissy Kenny (Local 919), Sophie Landau and Katie Ryan. S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 1 3 1 4 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N Theres an old clich any sports fans knows that the game is never played on paper. But in one recent example, 32-year sports broadcasting veteran turned IATSE International Representative John Culleeny says he was glad the paper stacked up his way last year while anxiously waiting for an aflia- tion vote from employees at the Florida-based Golf Channel. I was at the NLRB in Los Angeles in March 2013 with [IATSE Broadcast Department Director] Sandy England, waiting for the counting of the Yes and No votes, the former video control engineer remembers. I had been polling for weeks and thought I had enough Yes votes. The popularity of live TV sports is booming, with a workforce that is 90 percent freelance. No other union is better suited to represent these diverse crafts of daily hires than the IATSE. BY DAVI D GEFFNER PHOTO CREDITS: KRISTOPHER J. KETTNER, LOCAL 762 AND SARAH SHATZ, LOCAL 600 John Dickinson (Local 762), Center Field Camera, Chicago White Sox game at U.S. Cellular Field for CSN Chicago. But I wasnt sure how many No votes would come in, as there were about 10 staffers who were still in question, he adds. The administrative assistants began stacking pa- perwork as the votes came in, and they reeled off 68 No votes in a row. I was losing the color in my face as I watched the other side begin to happily text the results. Moments later, they called off 89 straight Yes votes, and thats when I realized each stack of paper represented the vote totals coming in. I asked Sandy and she said in all her years, shed never seen it separated that way before. As the Yes pile continued to grow, (and the tenor in the opposition camp changed) both Culleeny and Eng- land knew a major victory in the history of IATSEs Sports Broadcasting organizing effort was close at hand. I have never been so low and so high in the span of ve minutes, Culleeny adds. It was an unbelievable, yet exhilarating feeling. Such emotions are common for the tens of thousands of professional and student athletes whose competitive ef- forts are broadcast on regional and national TV networks around America every day. Their highs and lows make for stories so compelling, viewers still tune in the old-fash- ioned way as a captive live audience willing to sit through commercials. That fact is not lost on TV advertisers (or net- works), who funnel billions of dollars into the live sports sector every year. But each athletic performance is only as compelling as the quality of the broadcast, which is wholly reliant on the technical and creative skills of an industry comprised of 90 percent daily hire employees. Nearly everyone in this industry holds three [union] cards, explains England, who was appointed to the posi- tion of Director of the newly created IATSE Broadcasting Department in June 2012, and spearheaded the formation of the rst IATSE Broadcast Local [Local 793 in Washing- ton State] more than a dozen years ago. Thats because until the IA started organizing, this was an industry that had absolutely no concept how to represent a freelance workforce. In fact, IATSEs rst meaningful entrance into sports broadcasting came 15 years ago in Seattle, when England was approached by a handful of technicians working for a regional sports network [RSN]. They came to me seek- ing protection and satisfaction, because the contracts held under their other two unions did not provide for basic is- sues like health and retirement benets, England contin- ues. I was not eager to be the third union to the table but it was apparent that no one else was willing to represent them herding cats was the phrase everyone used. Every employer and union I talked to said it would be a waste of time to try and organize, especially in the South. Not from Englands perspective, who successfully set about collecting cards in Seattle, and then made the case to daily hire workers at RSNs in Arizona and Texas, where (not without a struggle), two new Broadcast Locals were chartered (Local 748 and Local 796 respectively). Every- one knows the IA is the union for daily hire workers, and that our role is to constantly urge employers to do the right thing and offer decent working conditions, job security, health benets and pension for freelancers, England adds. That concept is grounded in every other sector of this union motion picture and television production, stage- craft, trade shows, etc. Yet its been non-existent in sports broadcasting. Its our role to change that. England references the rst wave of sports broadcast- ing technicians who, after toiling for decades and are now of retirement age, have no health or pension benets to lean on. Culleeny, himself, is one such classic example. He bristles when he recalls that, after twenty-ve years in this That concept is grounded in every other sector of this union motion picture and television production, stagecraft, trade shows, etc. Yet its been non-existent in sports broadcasting. Its our role to change that. SANDY ENGLAND IATSE BROADCAST DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 1 5 industry, and holding other union cards, I had zero contri- butions put into a health and pension plan. My feeling is that we need to do for the next generation what the previ- ous generation did not do for us; thats why I continue to work so hard on behalf of the IATSE, which is a union that understands how to give freelancers equal access to wages, working conditions, health benets and retirement. International Representative Francis OHern says free- lance sports broadcasting technicians in Chicago, who were organized in 2004 and chartered as Local 762 two years later, approached the IATSE for the same reasons England and Culleeny outline above. I was working at Trio Video, a mobile production company that did home cable broadcasts for the Bulls, Blackhawks, White Sox and Cubs, OHern, who is also Local 762s President, recalls, and it was clear clients there did not understand how the needs of daily hires. We currently have 65 members covering more than a dozen crafts audio mixers and assistants, technical di- rectors, video capture/playback and graphics operators, robotic camera operators and many more, OHern contin- ues. But its always a balancing act in such a fragmented market, where our members hold three union cards and bounce back and forth among different contracts. What is clear is that the IATSE was the rst union [in sports broad- casting in Chicago] to the table to present a meaningful benet contribution plan. And thats something that daily hires have wanted for a long time. Building and maintaining a muscular framework has been the key to IATSEs success in Northern Cali- fornia where Business Agent Daniel Nicholson oversees the interests of some 200 freelance sports workers who help create more than 700 live [remote] broadcasts each year. Local 119 [Bay Area Freelance Workers] covers all What is clear is that the IATSE was the rst union [in sports broadcasting in Chicago] to the table to present a meaningful benet contribution plan. And thats something that daily hires have wanted for a long time. FRANCIS OHERN INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE 1 6 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N Doug Bullard (Local 762), A1/ Sr. Audio during a Chicago Bulls broadcast for CSN Chicago. broadcast crafts - Audio, Camera, Editors, Graphics, Stage Managers, Statisticians, Utilities and more and works with many regional and national providers, like Comcast, ESPN, Fox Sports, CNN, NBA, MLB, NFL, and Time Warner. One reason Nicholson and his membership have been able to capture a large portion of the Bay Area freelance broadcast market (their jurisdiction extends to Sacramento), is the exibility to partner with other local unions, most notably the stagehands of IATSE Local 16, and, occasionally, with Stage Locals 107 (Oakland) and 134 (San Jose). Recently we were approached by a client to send a re- mote broadcast truck to a concert venue in San Francisco, Nicholson explains. That venue has an existing contract in place with Local 16 and Local 16 Business Agent Steve Lutge has been a great partner. In that example, IA stage- hands handle the bulk of the work and whatever crafts do not overlap we will pick up the rest. The most important thing from my perspective is to make sure the employer is not successful in pitting two IA local unions into a compet- itive landscape, which is more likely to occur when there is no existing contract or jurisdiction. The way to be success- ful in this market is to be level-headed and united when we team up with another IATSE craft. Local 119 became an IATSE afliate in 2001, but its union origins came eight years earlier (11/9/93) on the heels of a one-day strike by a handful of remote sports broadcast- ing veterans seeking representation. The strike was with National Mobile Television over different pay rates and treatment for freelancers, Nicholson recounts, and it was successful because the client had to y people in, which be- came cost-prohibitive. Flash forward twenty-one years and the issues are different; there are now so many freelancers doing remote broadcasts in this region, it can be difcult to track union versus non-union work on a daily basis. Nicholson describes the sports broadcasting world as an onion with many layers. He says some national cli- ents have been outstanding partners over the years, while others, have varied in their amount of union love. Some networks will y in a broadcast team and put them up in a hotel, Nicholson continues, and we have no issues with that. But when they also hire locals for that remote broad- cast, and pay them straight 1099 [no IA bargained health benets or pension], thats not right for our members. The IATSE organizing model for an industry that has proven every bit as competitive as the action that unfolds on the eld, has been to afliate regional network employ- ees before approaching national players. Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Texas, Northern California, the guys in L.A. go into the ve existing production Locals, San Diego, Minnesota, and then we spent over half-a-million dollars in New York City just to get an election, England shares. We won that battle and now Local 100 [Television Broad- cast Technicians] controls freelance broadcast television in the Tri-State area. Working with [8th International Vice President and Co-Department Director of Stagecraft] Dan Di Tolla, the goal has been to organize freelancers at RSNs and let them run their own Locals, while we provide help with bargaining issues. And its worked. Case in point is Local 100, which was chartered in 2004 with around 80 employees and a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with MSG Network for the New Jersey Devils, the New York Islanders and New York Mets. Busi- ness Agent Greg Calvin notes that Local 100 entered into a S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 1 7 Local 762 member Dennis Gates (foreground), Brian Unverzagt (background), Capture/Playback Operators and Live Editors for a Chicago Cubs broadcast on CSN Chicago. CBA with the YES Network for Yankees and Nets in 2005, and then later acquired the Centerstage show with YES. It was difcult at rst to organize freelance workers, Calvin reects. But through emails and staying in contact with everyone in the New York market we were able to ex- plain the benet contributions, working conditions and rate increases to show how benecial the union could be. In 2007, Local 100 organized local crewers who worked visiting feeds at all New York area venues, as well as college and high school events. These consisted of Barry Fialk Inc, HJZ Productions, LDM Worldwide and Program Produc- tions, Calvin adds. That was also accomplished because we had an existing CBA with LDM and could enter into an agreement with FOX Regional Networks, who send visiting feeds back to their cities. Currently, we have jurisdiction for all events in the N.Y. metro area that air on FS1 or FS2 except those events that are at Madison Square Garden, which has been done by another union Calvin says. No doubt a major highlight in Local 100s short but productive history was the XLVIII Super Bowl, at Met Life Stadium last February, which included multiple venues for the many events (including Times Square) leading up to the game. We had coverage from FOX, NFL Network, and Turner, and utilities for ESPN, says Calvin. They were on Broadway, Rose Theater, Prudential Center, Sheraton NY and 6 concerts airing on VH1 in six days throughout the city. Since they bookend both coasts, Local 119 and Local 100 have formed a cross-nation alliance that is mutually benecial. We know the San Francisco Giants will go to New York to play the Mets at least once a year, and vice- versa, Nicholson observes. So its our responsibility to inform Local 100 beforehand about any issues. Whether its a national client like ESPN or a regional entity like our baseball or basketball teams, we have to communicate with other IA Broadcast Locals so clients hold to the same work- ing conditions and contracts weve fought for. Calvin, who says Local 100s membership has grown by 500 percent since inception, typically negotiates CBAs every three years with each employer, and then shares those contracts with other IATSE Sports Broadcast Lo- cals. It is extremely helpful to see how the wording is in other contracts that address the same issues, Calvin describes of the reciprocal arrangements with Local 119, and it is also helpful to see what gains the other Locals have achieved. Together as a union spread out around the country we are stronger and more powerful in negotiat- ing and creating better working conditions and rates for sports broadcasting. The important thing the IATSE has brought to freelancers in sports broadcasting, Calvin continues, is the security of knowing that every day you work for an employer you get health, annuity and pension contribu- tions paid for by the employer, just like staff workers. Its a pretax contribution and it also affords you a group plan with group rates for health insurance. Just the savings in benet amounts alone can add up to thousands of dollars a year. One reason the popularity of live sports is booming is advances in new digital technologies. Cameras on the bench during basketball timeouts with coaches miked for sound, and robotic systems soaring over football elds now place viewers in the middle of the action. According to Nicholson, the impact from new technologies has had pluses and minuses. Computers have taken over the inside of the TV truck, Nicholson relates, and thats been great for our younger members who have grown up with digital [software]. Robotic cameras, GoPro systems and smaller prosumer cameras have all made the game more exciting for fans at home to watch, and thats encouraged broadcast- ers to spend more on the remote side. But things like dual feeds, which have been around for seven years and allow one truck [and crew] to send out a single feed to more than one market have shown the po- tential to cut back on labor, continues Nicholson, whose background is in replay editing. Of course now that the re- cession has stabilized, and live sports is generating so much money, networks seem to be scaling back on dual feeds and spending more on the product. This 2014 baseball season will see both the San Francisco Giants and Oakland As doing full broadcast shows at home and on the road. That will mean two to six more employees per broadcast, which doesnt sound like a lot, until you realize thats over the course of a [seven month] season. Nicholson says member-to-member communica- tion helps foster a professional camaraderie that results 1 8 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N in new information, technology training, and safety issues passed freely amongst IATSE job sites. Local 119 does have a training fund that provides for employers to pay seven cents for every hour worked, and allows to pay for some training classes, he continues. But my feeling is that noth- ing can replace hands-on training at the jobsite, where the pace and challenges of a live broadcast are much different than a classroom. Safety issues in live sports are ever-present, and no more so than in venues that are not equipped for a remote broadcast. At some of these college or high school games, there may be no scaffolding for the cameras, wiring, or even a parking lot for the TV truck, explains Nicholson, who en- tered the industry as an intern with the Golden State War- riors in 1997. For a high school football game, for exam- ple, we may have to bring in a scissor lift, and ensure those [IA members working] have certication for that piece of equipment. Being properly harnessed on camera platforms is a hot rigging issue now, so were adding training for that. Its so important for our members to take the lead when we work at a nontraditional site thats not equipped for a TV broadcast; it often ends up falling on us to red ag safety issues to the client. OHern, who worked on audio mixing/set-up until 2010, just before the Chicago Blackhawks made their his- toric Stanley Cup run, says the main technology disruption in his craft was the introduction of digital mixing boards, and the shift to surround sound. The switch to digital added a new level of complexity as we began mixing in ve channels, which increases the amount of microphones to set up, lines to run, and patching needed, he explains. The audio engineer has to balance more sources of ambient sound against the main portion of the broadcast - the announcers, he continues. First and foremost, viewers want to hear the game being called, but they also want to feel they are in the arena. Adding more ambient sources in surround sound tends to compete with the announcer so the craft from the audio side has become a great deal more challenging and technical. Of course, one benet of these new technologies and that also includes robotic and re- mote cameras, digital graphics, etc. - is that the added com- plexity afforded us the opportunity to bargain for higher rates. OHern says new technologies have also proved prob- lematic, as some regional networks look for new ways to shave labor costs. Guys who would normally be in the S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 1 9 Local 762 member Danielle Denning, Score Box Operator, baseball broadcast on CSN Chicago. Billy Steinberg (Local 100)in the fore- ground and Oliver Bosill (Local 100) in the background during the broadcast of the 2014 Super Bowl for Fox Sports. truck, OHern explains, like tape operators, audio mix- ers, technical directors and graphic operators, are kept back in the studio, allowing the broadcaster to double-dip i.e., use one studio and small remote crew to do several broad- casts, which we rst saw in the Midwest with the Big Ten Network. Nicholson says such new technology-enabled trends are troubling, pointing to West Coast collegiate broad- caster, Pac-12 Networks, as a prime driver. The Pac-12 Networks has done broadcasts where they keep the tech director, replay editor, and audio back in the studio, and then send out just the bare minimum of crew camera operators and one audio mixer at an hourly rate, he re- counts. That type of bunker approach is pure cost-cut- ting, and, in my opinion, compromises the quality of the broadcast for viewers. Although trying to send broadcasts back to the studio may eliminate the high costs associated with remote truck work, experts say the tactic may be offset by having to shell out for new infrastructure expenditures, like running ber optic lines from each venue back to the studio. New tech advances like 4K broadcasts (four times the resolution and quality of current HD TVs) have yet to nd their way into viewers homes, and may ultimately prove cost-prohibitive for broadcasters who have already spent millions in mobile television units. Still, the sheer amount of content RSNs now require to satisfy their viewers has resulted in corners being cut. Its been a long struggle trying to organize [a broadcaster] like Pac-12, Nicholson reects. Weve done bannering, so- cial media and work actions up and down the West Coast. They just dont seem to care about the level of quality in the broadcast crafts. All they want to do is ll airtime. While challenges still abound in an industry with no history of unionized freelance labor, England says time, trends and economics are on labors side. Everyone knows college sports is driven by massive [television] rights deals that bring in billions to broadcasters, without a fair model of compensation to the people who create the product - the players and the technicians, she states. Weve seen that in the recent NLRB decision at Northwestern, with their foot- ball team. [In a landmark March 26 decision, a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board ruled schol- arship football players at Northwestern are employees of that university and thus have a right to unionize and ght for better health care coverage, larger scholarship funds and other benets.] Sports fuel a distribution model that continues to en- rich broadcasters at the expense of those on the eld, and in the truck, England continues. People want to watch sports live, which means they will watch the commercials. That has allowed college networks, like Pac-12 and others, to create their own channels with subscription and ad revenues. They might have one channel with a sport everyone wants to see college basketball or football and a bunch of others people dont care about on another channel. They package both channels to the providers the DirectTVs and Comcasts of the world and double their distribution. The added costs in this leveraged model are passed on to the consumer. What holds it all together are live sports. England says the current distribution model is only compelling from what can be gained at the bargaining 2 0 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N table. As long as we have strong contracts, with relevant local unions where our members have a voice, [broadcast technicians] will come to the IATSE for representation. The current distribution model will not sustain itself, but that doesnt matter if we control the workforce. Its all about the quality of representation in a freelance market, and we are, by far, the most capable union to provide that service. Thats not hyperbole. The IATSE covers sporting events for Fox Sports Media Group to the tune of 6,000 each year, half are union. Of those 3,000 union broadcasts, the IATSE does 2,700. In fact, the bulk of sports seen on television is regionally driven cable broadcasts, where the IATSE has had the most organizational success. Other unions longer in the game typically have less comprehensive contracts tied to national network [over-the-air] broadcasts, an area that many experts predict will undergo dramatic change in the next ve years. Culleeny says the shift in sports broad- casting to a permanent freelance market permalancers, favors the IA, a union ideally suited to advancing and pro- tecting the interests of such workers. So what keeps a camera operator, replay editor, audio mixer, technical director or any of the other crafts that comprise sports broadcasting, in the game day-in and day- out? Culleeny says its being inside a sports venue for mo- ments so memorable, the professional pride lasts forever. He points to swimmer Michael Phelps winning eight Gold Medals at the 2008 Olympics in China as one such oppor- tunity. To underscore how essential union technicians are to his industry, Culleeny relates an episode, moments be- fore Phelps history breaking win in the 4 x 100 meter med- ley relay, which nearly could have drowned the broadcast altogether. My son was working with me, and I remember telling him that morning how we all need to bring our absolute A-game today because the entire world was watching, Culleeny begins. Then, just before we went on the air, all our cameras started hiccupping, burping and breaking up, and we could not gure out the problem. Everyone was so keyed up by that time - the producer and director did not want to hear any excuses about delays and they were just screaming at us to get it xed before we went to air. After many moments of equal parts sweat and terror, the broadcast team nally located the source of the inter- ference. It was coming from the still photographers, who were standing on our junction box, where all of the ber optic cable was, Culleeny smiles. We asked to have them removed, and seven of the biggest [Chinese] soldiers Id ever seen in my life came to the pool to escort the still pho- tographers out. The cameras nally settled down, and the coverage went off perfectly. Its amazing to be a part of his- tory in that sort of way. History is what the IATSE Broadcast Locals (backed by the leadership and support of President Matthew Loeb) is being made every day in the improvements for daily hire workers in live sports television. I am proud of the work being done by the IATSE in addressing the needs of those employed in the broadcast sector of our industry Loeb observes. Our local unions continue to work together with the leadership of this relatively new Department of the IATSE and through its success, demonstrates the need to give focus on this ever increasing area of employment. This union is uniquely suited to change the lives of working families in sports broadcast television; our growing popularity and accep- tance by this freelance workforce bears that out. S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 2 1 Nothing can replace hands-on training at the jobsite, where the pace and challenges of a live broadcast are much diferent than a classroom. DANIEL NICHOLSON LOCAL 119 BUSINESS AGENT W W W . I A T S E . N E T S T A G E C R A F T Save the Met! An epic tragedy is unfolding at the Metropolitan Opera, but the drama isnt onstage. Caught in a vortex of uncon- trolled management spending, the Met faces a nancial crisis of operatic mag- nitude. As the realization of the economic meltdown at this great cultural treasure becomes increasingly evident, the Mets leadership has begun pointing ngers, blaming the cost overruns of its untested new business model on the craftspeople, artists and technicians who make the Met productions sing. This is specically aimed at the Brothers and Sisters in Locals One (S), 751 (T&T), 764 (TWU), 794 (TBSE), 798 (MAHS), and USA 829 and nine other local unions, including AGMA, AFM 802, SEIU 32BJ, etc. All of these contracts expire July 31, 2014. Instead of seeking collaborative so- lutions, management is pointing the nger of blame at the Mets backstage stars, many of whom have made the Opera their lifes work. THE FAULT LIES NOT IN THE STARS BACKSTAGE Truth is, the average wages of the Mets world-class experts in stagecraft range from $46,000 to $65,000 not a lot for people who work and live in New York City, and a far cry from the $1.4 million that the Mets man-in-charge got in 2012. In fact, labor costs for IATSE mem- bers since 2007 have only increased by 2.91 percent. Meanwhile the Mets bud- get has increased a staggering 60 per- cent, from $190 million to $311 million! In other words, the Met doesnt have a labor-cost problem; its got a manage- ment-spending problem. Much of the increased cost in the Mets budget comes from an ever- expanding number of expensive new shows that the Opera is producing each year, many of which dont generate large audiences. In simple terms, while the leader- ship of the Met wants to build the Rolls Royce of Opera, it can only really afford a Cadillac. O pera companies across the nation have been facing tough challenges over the past few years. Regretfully many have closed their doors. This situation has had a direct affect on the members of the various crafts in the Stagecraft Department. Sadly, this is now coming to a head at the most famous opera company in the United States. 2 2 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N S T A G E C R A F T A BRAVE NEW OPERA WORLD Opera has changed more in the past dozen years than during the previous 300, and today, world-class stagecraft plays a more signicant role than ever in producing quality performances. As in all industries, technology has had a major impact on both the opera product and its cost, challenging the people behind the curtain to nd cre- ative ways to make it all work, despite increased production demands and ex- panded workloads. The Mets own transition over the past few years exemplies these sweep- ing technological changes: translated dialogue scrolling digitally; HD cameras broadcasting productions; and satel- lites transmitting programming far and wide. Each of these new approaches requires changes in staging, set design, costuming and makeup to bring it all to life on far-off movie screens as well as on the New York stage. Rather than value the innova- tions and creative solutions that these world-class artisans are prepared to offer in bargaining to help solve the self-imposed problems of the new pro- duction model, the man who makes over a million dollars a year running the Opera is pushing these gifted back- stage artists to accept drastic changes to their compensation. Its a management melodrama un- worthy of the Mets great tradition of collaboration throughout the ranks. Everyone who performs backstage at the Met understands the nancial re- alities facing the Opera and in the past has provided economic relief to the or- ganization in a number of ways, includ- ing wage freezes. These hard-working, dedicated peo- ple also understand the need to grow the audience. Indeed, the stars of backstage have helped facilitate the radical changes created by the Mets untested new busi- ness model in order to keep this great tradition alive. Moreover, decades of experience empowers them to understand better than anyone how the sweeping produc- tion changes initiated by the man-in- charge are radically altering the scope and cost of operations, effectively put- ting the Met on the proverbial road to a hellish nancial crisis, albeit with good intentions. So, as collective bargaining begins, scapegoating the hard-working men and women that have dedicated their lives to this art form wont x the Met- ropolitan Operas problems. Unless something is done soon to rein in managements wildly costly new vision, the nal curtain may fall at the Met, through no fault of those whove kept it thriving for generations. Sadly, if this does occur it is more than just a New York City and New York IA Locals problem, it is a problem for every stagecraft Local in this Alliance! If North Americas premiere Opera com- pany falls, where does that leave Opera as a cultural art form for every other city in the US and Canada? How will it effect other non-prot arts organiza- tions across the country? This is why all Stagecraft Department Local members need to stand in solidarity with their six sister Locals in New York City as this de- velops. If you want to hel p Save the Met, please sign our petition at savethemetopera.com. To stay informed on new develop- ments, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook. From left to right, Dan Galloon (Local One), Pat Landers (Local USA 829), Tefere Gebre (Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO), and Angela Johnson (Local 798). Vice President Gebre met with union organizers from a variety of unions and representatives from the New York City Central Labor Council on May 12, 2014 for a multi-union conver- sation about organizing in NYC. After the meeting, the group posed for this photo, sporting their Save the Met buttons. Vice President Gebre pledged the full support of the AFL-CIO in the campaign at the opera. S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 2 3 W W W . I A T S E . N E T S T A G E C R A F T Local Union Responsibilities Under The International Constitution Article Nineteen Powers and Du- ties of Local Unions Section Nine, Accident Reports All local unions shall immedi- ately notify the General Office of any and all accidents sustained by persons while employed at their craft under pink contract while under the jurisdiction of the local union. Local Unions are the eyes and ears for the Stagecraft Department to en- sure our Brothers and Sisters touring under Pink Contract are safe while on the road. Just like Local Ofcers need to be notied of workplace injuries for the members they represent, the Stage- craft Department in the General Of- ce also needs to know in order to best represent the members on the road under Pink Contract. Ultimately, the employers are re- sponsible for workplace safety, but we also must remain vigilant. A traveling Pink Contract worker recently had an accident involving a poorly designed piece of equipment while on tour. After the accident, in which the touring member was severely injured, the Stagecraft Department in the General Ofce was notied of the incident, new equipment was built and was with the tour within four days after the incident. This is the proper proce- dure when accidents involving Pink Contract workers occur, and is outlined in the International Constitution: At the IATSE Stage Caucus in Seattle there will be a presentation about two new programs being offered by the IATSE Educa- tion Department in association with InfoComm. AV Essentials for Stagehands is a program jointly developed by the IA and InfoComm and is a 4-day class that empha- sizes a hands-on approach to learning Audiovisual skills. During the presentation you will learn about how to request the class, Local requirements and responsibilities as well as a presentation by InfoComm about the online component that is required for a member to achieve a certicate in AV Essentials. Essentials of IT is a turnkey course for our members who wish to have a basic knowledge of computer networks, networking and using computer technologies in our workplaces. IT is already a part of our everyday job experience and in order for our members to keep up they need to have this training. A representative from InfoComm will explain the course structure and an IATSE representative will also tell you about how to arrange for this class for your Local or District. SAvE ThE dATE STAGE CAUCUS AUGUST 3, 201 4 2 4 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N C R E W S H O T S W W W . I A T S E . N E T Americas Got Talent returned to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark for a week of auditions for the upcoming show to be aired this summer. Pictured here are the crew members of Local 21. Pictured here is the Cast, Crew and Orchestra from the Village Theatres presentation of The Tutor. Here is a photo of the crew from Local 6, St. Louis, with Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak at Powell Hall in St. Louis. Left to right: Back Row - Mike McDaniel, Dave Greer, Rick McKenna, Josh Jackson, Joe Beck; Front Row - Joe Clapper, Steve Wozniak. S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 2 5 W W W . I A T S E . N E T MOT I ON P I CT U R E & T E L E V I S I ON P R ODU CT I ON Using Social Media Wisely N owadays when on set, many crew members have a smart phone with them and the high-resolution cam- era and wi that comes with it. Weve embraced online forums such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr and participate on a regular basis. As our comfort with digital communities grows, there are ever-changing rules about what employees can and cannot legally share online. The laws are evolving in this arena, and the line is shifting constantly. Ul- timately, you are solely responsible for what you post online. Thus, think before you post; consider the risks and rewards of any post. Its a good rule of thumb to maintain the condentiality of your em- ployers trade secrets and private or con- dential information. For example, new products on a commercial shoot, impres- sive sets for an upcoming lm, the outra- geous outt the main character is wear- ing that day should not be posted. Many shows require a non-disclosure Agreement (NDA) be signed by each crew member at the start of production. NDAs should be vetted by the Union, but once approved, are binding. Again, if youre working on a production with a bonade NDA, it is better to be safe than sorry when posting information about work online. And, some NDAs may even limit what can be posted after the production has wrapped so read them before signing. Seles with your co-workers may con- tain an image of a contestant or set piece in the background that breaks the rules of the NDA. Also, Local 600 represents still pho- tographers, and you should be respectful of their role on the set. Posting behind- the-scene photos may be taking work away from them and, as such, should be care- fully considered before posting. If youre working for a studio, pub- lically sharing information (negative or positive) about another production on the lot can also get you in trouble, so if it gives you pause, and youre not sure if its allowed, dont hit send. Shar- ing condential infor- mation, such as trade secrets, private infor- mation, and internal reports online can lead to discipline and possi- bly termination. If you post to the web a workplace issue that has been discussed amongst the crew, then it is probably a facet of protected speech. However, what is and is not protected online is a grey area, and its best to pick up the phone and call your Business Agent or speak with your Shop Steward if you have a concern about your workplace. Direct communication with your union is always allowed, no matter what paperwork you have signed for a production. So what is safe for sharing? Pictures and statements that dont identify the specic project are generally okay. How- ever, calling out the projects name or stars with such posts may not be allowed; some new projects love having online buzz, and others are ercely protective of their privacy. When in doubt, ask your Business Agent. For those who are just beginning to become familiar with navigating the on- line world, the social media kit and ne- tiquette guide that the IATSE published on its website is a good place to start, whether youre a full-time representa- tive of your Local or an IATSE member working on set. Learn more at iatse.net/ member-resources/social-media-guide. 2 6 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N M O T I O N
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P R O D U C T I O N SAF E T Y ON S E T WE I NGAR T E N R I GHT S We work an often dynamic, physical job, generally out- side the connes of an ofce, and many of us prefer it that way. It can be exciting, with new experiences and challenges. Every day might be different, but one element should never change: we should lay our head on a pillow safely at the end of the day. Safety begins on a personal level. If you feel unsafe or believe a situation is unsafe, follow your chain-of-command. Discuss it with your Department Head. If that doesnt lead to a satisfactory resolution, if you have one on set, talk to the Shop Steward. If you still have concerns, the next call should be to your Business Agent. Dont second guess yourself. If you feel uncomfortable, speak up and gather support from others, or make a phone call. Also, be aware of your physical state. Are you feeling too numb from the cold or woozy from the heat? Are you too tired to drive home at the end of a long day? When weather is extreme, liq- uids and a break from the elements should be available to you on a regular basis. We are all part of the crew, and much in the way a lm set is run, safety is a collaborative effort. It requires not just individ- ual awareness but communication and cooperation with others. Keep an eye out for those around you. At a time when you have a moment to rest, one of your coworkers may be so completely focused on the task at hand, that they dont see an unsafe situ- ation developing. Its not always crystal clear what is safe on an ever-moving, dynamic set. Preparation, communication, and taking the time to do things right should be guiding principles for all involved. There may be warning signs that alert you to a potentially unsafe situa- tion. Examples include: scheduled stunt work with weapons yet there isnt a morning safety meeting; shooting in a potentially haz- ardous location, such as alongside a busy road or at a function- ing factory, yet there are no on-site representatives or possibly police escorts present; prepping for a car chase or explosion, there are not multiple run-throughs and people are confused about what is happening, and when. These are all warning signs of a poorly planned event. Be safe by speaking with one voice as a crew and slowing down to assess the situation. Again, if you feel pressured to continue working and feel unsafe and unsupported, immediately call your Locals Business Agent. The union enforces the contract and advocates for the crew as a whole so no one feels singled out. We are all in this together, and we all deserve to return home safe and sound at the end of the job. Did you know that on a union job, you have certain rights to representation if you are called into a meeting with your employ- er to be questioned in a way that may lead to discipline or ring? As members of the IATSE, whenever we work under a col- lective bargaining agreement, we are entitled to a set of rights called our Weingarten Rights. Protected by the National Labor Relations Act, Weingarten Rights gives union-represented em- ployees the right to request representation by a union steward or union ofcer when called into an investigatory interview with management that may result in disciplinary action. When you make a clear request for union representation either before such an interview or during, then the employer legally has three options to chose from: 1) grant the request and delay ques- tioning until the union representative arrives and has a chance to consult privately with the employee; 2) deny the request and end the interview immediately; 3) give the employee a choice of having the interview without representation or ending the interview. An employee cannot be pun- ished for making this request. If the employer continues the interview, this is an Unfair Labor Practice and the employee has a right to refuse to answer any questions. There can be no discipline against an em- ployee for such a refusal. Many Locals provide this information in a convenient and compact form for keeping with you on the job but it is best to familiarize yourself with these rights ahead of time. Also, be aware that it is not Managements responsibility to inform you of these rights; its up to you to take advantage of this benet of being a union member working under a union contract. Having a union representative at the meeting may help safeguard against unfair treatment so dont hesitate to reach out to your Job Steward or Business Agent. Weingarten Rights The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that The National Labor Relations Act gives workers the right to request union representation during investigatory interviews by supervisors, security personnel, and other managerial staff. These are called Weingarten Rights. An investigatory interview occurs if 1) management questions you to obtain information; and 2) you have a reasonable apprehension that your answers could be used as a basis for discipline or other adverse action. You must ask for union representation either at the beginning of or during the interview. Management does not have to remind you of this right. If your request is refused and management continues asking questions, you may refuse to answer. Your employer is guilty of an unfair labor practice and charges may be filed. Card 2/11/14 2:10 PM Page 2 Local unions can obtain Weingarten cards from the General Ofce. S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 2 7 W W W . I A T S E . N E T T R A D E S H O W I n each jurisdiction, local union leaders work to secure jobs for the crafts they represent. While its important to promote skills develop- ment through training, Locals should not lose sight of entry level work thats often done by temporary or non-union crews. This takes on more signicance in smaller markets. Work may be less frequent but there are occasions that require stafng beyond the Locals normal capacity. It is only a matter of time before shows overlap or the big show comes to town, and having a skilled crew of extras is essential to meeting an employers needs. While attracting and retaining new workers can be challenging in the small- er markets, some IA Locals are using different tactics to develop a deeper list to meet the demands of the tradeshow industry. Albuquerque Local 423 has embraced a practice used by Phoenix Local 336. During its recent bargaining with a local employer, Local 423 nego- tiated a warehouse wage with a corre- sponding description of work in their new agreement. This will capture several jobs that include maintenance of mate- rials and equipment formerly done by a non-union temporary service. For new referents, this is an excellent point of entry into the tradeshow industry. The work will keep them employed during slow periods when they would normally have to nd work outside of the indus- try. Language was also added for skilled warehouse work generally performed by journeymen to ensure they will not see a reduction of wages when called. The employer representative comment- ed that this just makes good sense for both parties. In addition to these changes, the employer agreed to contrib- ute to the Internationals Training Trust Fund, demonstrating a commitment to skills development. Salt Lake City Local 838 has used their improved relationship with SMG at the Salt Palace Convention Center and South- towne Exposition Center in Sandy, Utah to capture work previously performed by a non-union temporary labor provider. The work includes set up and turnover of the bleacher systems as well as tables and chairs. This will represent an increase of nearly half a million dollars in payroll for the Local during the next year. Most of the set up work is performed by individuals who are working toward journeyman sta- tus in the Local. Keeping them employed is an important part of building member- ship. By all accounts, everyone is pleased with the new relationship. The support of a Locals member- ship is critical to the success of these strategies. In both of the above cases, members reported the potential work opportunities to their local leadership. In turn, Local leaders were able to trans- late this information into sound contract proposals. Having a deeper bench and a more skilled workforce is essential to developing bargaining strength. Whether through a contractor or the facility, both of these Locals are demonstrating that every job matters! Every Job Matters T HE E CONOMI CS OF WHY E VE R Y J OB MAT T E R S n The union wage premiumthe percentage-higher wage earned by those covered by a collective bargaining contractis 13.6 percent overall (17.3 percent for men and 9.1 percent for women). n Unionized workers are 28.2 percent more likely to be covered by employer-provided health insurance and 53.9 percent more likely to have employer-provided pensions. (Source: Economic Policy Institute, The Legislative Attack on American Wages and Labor Standards, 2011-2012, Gordon Lafer, October 31, 2013) 2 8 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N COAL I T I ON OF L ABOR UNI ON WOME N CE L E BR AT E S 4 0 Y E AR S OF E MPOWE R I NG WOME N CLUW convened its National Execu- tive Board meeting at the Palmer House Hilton-Chicago on March 26th. This years theme, Celebrating our Past Securing Our Future covered an agenda that included a three-day Womens Lead- ership Conference including topics like Common Sense Economics, Mentoring Future Leaders, Human Rights, Social Media for Organizing, and Reproductive Justice. The events attracted more than 300 women and men from throughout the country. The highlight of the weeks activities was the 40th Anniversary Celebration held on the evening of March 27th. The program included an awards presentation honoring women whose contributions have emulated and promoted CLUWs goals. Among the award recipients was Elizabeth Shuler, the rst woman and youngest person elected to serve as the AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer. Ms. Shul- er served as the keynote speaker while accepting an award presented to the AFL- CIO for its unwavering support of CLUW. The IATSE and its Chicago Locals 2, 110, 476, 750 and 769 helped to sponsor the events. Members of Local 110 were on hand throughout the week providing audio visual services under the Locals contract with the vendor. International Representative Joanne M. Sanders repre- sents the IATSE as a National Vice Presi- dent on the CLUW National Ofcers Council. T R A D E S H O W From left to right: Melanie Barnett-Stubbereld, Margaret Gettings, International Representative Joanne Sanders, Angela Schapiro and Laura Murray. I n March 1974, 3,200 women union members gathered in Chicago to address issues affecting all women in the workplace. Their slogan: We didnt come here to swap recipes. The result of their efforts was a grassroots organization which became the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW). CLUW members and other working women returned to the site of their humble beginnings to celebrate founders and current members and to educate and empower activists and young women workers. S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 2 9 W W W . I A T S E . N E T E D U C AT I O N A N D T R A I N I N G O n Tuesday, April 8, 2014, the In- ternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, as part of our ongoing partnership with the Education Department of the Roundabout The- atres in New York City hosted a Hid- den Career Path Day about the Electrics departments on Broadway. Thirty-ve students (16 from Brooklyn School for Music and Theatre, 7 from Repertory Company High School, 4 from Curtis High School, 3 from FDR High School, and 5 from Bronx Theatre High School) had the opportunity to learn about a va- riety of backstage careers. The day began with a workshop led by Roundabout teaching artists, where students were exposed to a sampling of roles and responsibilities of lighting and sound departments including designers, engineers, and operators. Collaborating in role, four small groups designed and performed visual and aural environ- ments based on prompts like crisp fall evening in New York. The students then engaged in a Q&A discussion with Josh Weitzman (Head Electrician, Stephen Sondheim Theatre), Jimmy Fedigan (Production Electrician, The Velocity of Autumn, Les Miserables, and many others) and Peter Donovan (Head Electrician, Ambassador Theatre). These industry professionals spoke about their career paths, entry into the union, current job responsibilities, and shared some insight on how to be successful in the eld. After lunch, Josh, Jimmy, and Peter conducted really exceptional all-access tours of three Broadway theatres (Ste- phen Sondheim Theatre (Beautiful), The Booth Theatre (The Velocity of Autumn), and The Imperial Theatre), giving stu- dents a hands-on experience and real life context for how electricians greatly con- tribute to the magic of live theatre. The next day, Angela Johnson from Local 798 spoke to a group at Reper- tory Company High School for Theatre Arts in Manhattan at the schools College and Career Day. Angela gave all of the students in attendance plenty of infor- mation about becoming a professional makeup artist, and was a big hit with the group. Our last event of the school year was on April 25, when Bronx Theatre High School hosted a Career Day for all students at their school, in which rep- resentatives from Locals 798 and 764 spoke about careers in Wardrobe and Hair and Makeup. Thanks goes to Angela Johnson (Makeup, Local 798), Shannon Koger (Treasurer, Local 764 Wardrobe), Thelma Pollard (Makeup Phantom of the Opera, Local 798), and Keith Shaw (Wardrobe Rocky, Local 764) who par- ticipated on behalf of the IATSE. When members reach into the com- munity in this way, connecting with the IATSE workers of the future, students learn not only about our crafts, but that the Union is a way for a person working in the entertainment industry to lead a secure, middle-class life. Thanks also goes to all of the IATSE participants, to IATSE Communications Director Emily Tao and International Vice President An- thony DePaulo, who assisted Education and Training Director Patricia White in organizing the events, all of the partici- pating local unions, and our partners at Roundabout Theatres. Special thanks goes to Paul Brewster, Education Pro- gram Manager at the Roundabout for his kind assistance to all IATSE members participating in these programs. Hidden Career Path Day Local One members Jimmy Fedigan, Peter Donovan and Josh Weitzman, with Paul Brewster (standing) at Roundabout Theatre Hidden Career Path Day: Electrics. 3 0 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N E D U C A T I O N
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T R A I N I N G Joe Aldridge graduated from the National Labor College on April 26, 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Labor Studies. His major was Workplace Health and Safety. Joe is a member of Local 720 and serves the IATSE as a member of the ICAP. Congratulations Joe! P H O T O
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P H O T O G R A P H Y International Trustee/Department Director of Education and Training Pat White with Brother Aldridge at the nal Commencement for the NLC. The following local unions have bargained for employer con- tributions into the Training Trust. Congratulations and we look forward to seeing this list grow in future issues of the Ofcial Bulletin. 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 17 25 27 28 30 39 42 46 53 55 58 60 62 63 66 67 69 76 85 87 99 105 115 127 151 168 190 195 200 205 210 212 229 232 251 285 306 321 347 357 363 399 412 415 423 461 470 488 500 631 665 675 690 720 751 764 798 822 835 838 887 924 USA829 L OCAL UNI ONS PAR T I CI PAT E I N I AT S E T R AI NI NG T R UST ATTENTI ON ALL I ATSE LOCALS! If you have bargained the Training Trust Fund into your Local agreements, please remember to send a signed copy of that agreement to the Training Trust Fund along with a contact name, number and email for the Employer. The agreement and contact information should be sent via email, if possible. There is new Model Language. If you need a copy of the new Model Language, please contact the Training Trust Fund. Contact us at: IATSE Training Trust Fund 10045 Riverside Drive Toluca Lake, CA 91602 818-980-3499 phone 818-980-3496 fax [email protected] Local 500 members participated in the second ever AV Essentials for Stagehands class at the Broward Conven- tion Center. The class was designed by Infocomm and IATSE exclusively for IATSE members who want to work in the AV Industry. This four-day class trains members in the essentials of set-up for hotel and convention cen- ter breakout rooms. After going through the hands-on instruction and passing a practical test the participants have six months to complete and pass three on-line classes in order to receive a certicate of completion. More information about this course and how you can bring it to your Local may be obtained by contacting the IATSE Training Trust Fund at lcampos@ iatsetrainingtrust.org. A presentation about the Info- Comm program will also be given at the Stage Caucus at the Mid-Summer General Executive Board meeting in Seattle. S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 3 1 W W W . I A T S E . N E T IATSE Offcer Institute Launches With First Session In Philadelphia O n May 4th through 9th the rst session of the IATSE Ofcer Insti- tute took place at the ofces of Local 8 in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania. Thirty-nine IATSE local union ofcers, from twenty-nine different local unions attended the ve-day intensive training session, to hone their skills in a variety of areas, including Strategic Planning, Collective Bargaining, Labor Law, Organizing, Activism, Fraud Preven- tion and Financial Reporting. Also featured were sessions on Time Management, Running Effective Meet- ings, Communications, Social Media, Resources of the IATSE, the IATSE Train- ing Trust Fund, and the duties of specic union ofcers. The recently-updated IATSE Road Show, which teaches Labor and Economic history, drawing links between our past, our present, and our future was also shown, and every day provided time for group discussion and networking among the participants. The result of months of planning and input from every level of our union, the training was a hit with attendees, gar- nering rave reviews. Local 487 President Wade Tyree said, Its cool to see how you guys are taking suggestions from Locals and members at all of the other trainings and have really geared and focused all the sections to the individual crafts. In some of the exercises, I saw language directly from our contract, and the information is really pertinent to our lives. This is great. I forgot how much fun it can be to be a student. This should be a mandatory thing for any and all ofcers. I am blown away by the content and all the info that is getting shared. The discussions are as strong and just as revealing as the class sessions themselves. This is truly an eye opening experience. As the primary Host Local, Local 8 did a spectacular job of providing not just meeting space, but sparkling hospital- ity. International Vice President Michael Barnes, who is also the President and Busi- ness Agent of Local 8, along with Local 8 Vice President Anthony Tortorice, Local 8 Secretary-Treasurer Jonathan Tortorice, and many Local 8 members, including Joe Perri, Richie Cordisio, and Mark Ka- plan worked hard to make the week run smoothly, and garnered the heartfelt ap- preciation of all. Anthonys Catering of Philadelphia provided the refreshments, courtesy of Local 8 for breakfast, coffee breaks and lunch. A very enjoyable open- ing night reception was sponsored by Philadelphia Treasurer and Ticket Sellers Local 752, and Studio Mechanics Local 52 sponsored the graduation lunch. International President Matthew Loeb has made Leadership Education one of our Unions four pillars, and in April attended a special session of the IATSE Ofcer Institute himself, along with General Secretary-Treasurer Wood and the entire General Executive Board, International Representatives and top staff. Their input put the nishing touch- es on the curriculum, making sure that it would be useful to ofcers from every craft and level of experience. Leah Okin, Business Agent of Local E D U C AT I O N A N D T R A I N I N G 3 2 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N E D U C A T I O N
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T R A I N I N G 764 in New York, who attended the class, mentioned how much she enjoyed the mixture of union ofcers from small Locals and big Locals; studio mechanics and stagehands, broadcast employees, hair stylists and makeup artists, design- ers, wardrobe workers, ticket sellers, and ushers. Says Okin, Theres a big variety, so perspectives are diverse but the situa- tions we face show that we have a lot in common. We should all thank President Loeb for creating this program. The faculty has been assembled from top labor-education programs, and in Philadelphia included Diane Thomas- Holladay, Grainger Ledbetter, Meredith Stepp and Randy Wright from the Uni- versity of Arkansas Labor Education Program; Ken Margolies from Cornell University, Robyn Cavanagh, currently the Assistant Director of Education and Training for the IATSE and formerly of the National Labor College, and James Heinzman and Peter Murray from the accounting rm of Schultheis and Panet- tieri. Vice President Barnes presented a talk regarding the structure of the IATSE and IATSE Education and Training Direc- tor Patricia White, who is also a trustee of the IATSE Training Trust Fund, gave a brief talk about resources available to local unions through the Fund. Pat then updat- ed the class regarding the dozens of ways the IATSE International can give local unions support in solving their problems and reaching their individual goals. Labor Law instructor Randy Wright complimented attendees at the Of- cer Institute as a very good group of students--not only smart, but easy to engage. As I watch the groups work on the exercises at their tables, I see great listening and good interactions-no one person tries to dominate. Its really been pretty exciting. His colleague, instructor Grainger Ledbetter agrees. This is excit- ing, he said. We have a really commit- ted group, and they seem to be extremely engaged with whats happening. At graduation, held on the nal day of the training, each participant received a unique IATSE Ofcer Institute jacket, and was presented with their diploma by President Loeb at a special luncheon. Pres- ident Loeb told the graduates his personal story of extended college study, which re- inforced his belief that all of us must con- tinue to learn new things throughout our careers, in order to give our members the best representation possible. Students seemed to agree. Andrew Oyaas of Local 491 wrote, in an email fol- lowing the training, Even though I am an experienced leader, I still brought away a lot of useful tools and knowledge. Madeline Baer, recently elected Secretary- Treasurer of Local 919 went even further in her thanks, writing, I feel downright blessed to have become an ofcer in the union during this time when there are great resources to support us. Local 200 President Michael Kist observed, I am proud to have been a part of the rst class offered by the Ofcers InstituteI know I will take days to reect and sort my thoughts, which is what, I suspect, you had in mind all the time. Well done! While the praise was generous, the students also reected on their experi- ence and made suggestions to the teach- ing team, so that the program will be even stronger when presented this fall. Applications are now being accepted for future sessions of the IATSE Ofcer Institute: October 6-10 in Chicago, Oc- tober 20-24 in Los Angeles, and Novem- ber 17-21 in Calgary. Details regarding registration may be found on the IATSE website at http://iatse.net/member- education/iatse-ofcer-institute. S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 3 3 W W W . I A T S E . N E T E D U C AT I O N A N D T R A I N I N G Perhaps the most unexpected benet for all who attended was the increased solidarity, friendship, and fun they dis- covered during the week, as they stud- ied hard together. John Gates, District 3 Secretary and President of Local 481 conveyed it best, in a letter to President Loeb after the training, when he wrote, I understand well the sacrices that our smaller locals have to make to be able to participate in our Ofcer Institute. In most cases, in addition to the expense of travel and housing, they have to forego a week of work/pay to attenddedicated union leaders, to be sureIt was par- ticularly heartening for me to meet and work with District 3 members Madeline Baer from Local 919, Rod Williams from Local 114, and Jim Shea from Local 74 during the past few days in Philadelphia. Ofcers from around the Alliance agreed that getting to know their fellow ofcer- students better was a giant benet. The graduates of Group One of the IATSE Ofcer Institute are a great ex- ample to all of their IATSE brothers and sisters. They are: Michael Akins, Local 479 Joshua Aldridge, Local 417 Peter Attanasio, Jr. Local 751 Madeline Baer, Local 919 Joseph Baliski, Local 8 Win Bernfeld, Local 100 Sam Bowers, Local 504 John Brasseux, Local 22 Rose Chatterton, Local 798 Chuck Clay, Local 22 Charles Eccles, Local 489 John Gates, Local 481 Deborah Glover, Local 868 Scott Harrington, Local 764 Michael Harrington, Local 284 Constance Holley, Local B29 Frank Infrate, Local 200 Angela Johnson, Local 798 Clare Jordan, Local 783 Chaim Kantor, Local 600 Jerry Kelly, Local 752 Michael Kist, Local 200 Caitlin McConnell, Local USA 829 Robert McIntire, Local 417 Richard Montgomery, Local B29 Whit Norris, Local 479 Leah Okin, Local 764 Andrew Oyaas, Local 491 Myra Pettigrew, Local B29 John Pierce, Local 504 Sal Ponce, Local 15 David Rial, Local USA 829 Anthony Sacks, Local 33 Martha Schermerhorn, Local 858 James Shea, Local 74 Tara Suppa, Local 752 Wade Tyree, Local 478 Anne Vantine, Local 868 Roderic Williams, Local 114 IATSE Ofcers, Representatives and Staff attended a three-day educational training session held at the Conference Center at the Mari- time Institute in Linthicum Heights, Maryland from April 21-24, 2014. 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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT USE LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE INITIAL STREET ADDRESS HOME PHONE __ __ __ - __ __ __- __ __ __ __ CITY STATE/PROVINCE ZIP/POSTAL CODE WORK PHONE: __ __ __ - __ __ __- __ __ __ __ CELL PHONE EMAIL ADDRESS (please print) __ __ __ - __ __ __- __ __ __ __ LOCAL NUMBER LOCAL UNION ADDRESS POSITION AT LOCAL APPLICATION RECEIVED STATUS AND NOTIFICATION INITIALS I certify that all of the information on this form is true and complete to the best of my knowledge. I agree that the I.A.T.S.E. can share my name with its General Executive Board and with any local union. SIGNED DATE I certify that I.A.T.S.E. LOCAL ________ endorses the enrollment of the above named applicant in the I.A.T.S.E Ofcer Institute. SIGNED DATE TITLE Chicago, IL October 6 10, 2014 Los Angeles, CA October 20 24, 2014 Calgary, AB November 17 21, 2014 S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 3 5 W W W . I A T S E . N E T S A F E T Y Z O N E T here are many challenges trying to improve the safety in the places where IATSE members work. One challenge is the expectations of the equipment we use. Todays shows and exhibition work often require the use of heavy construction equipment. Forklifts, boom and scissors lifts, cranes, and hoists are just some of the equipment members operate. Not all of this equipment is new to our industry. Personnel Lifts (Genie Lifts) have a long history in theaters. As applications and budgets allow, useful technology always nds a way on to our sets, stages, and show oors. Any of these pieces of equipment can make work eas- ier and faster. But, they can also increase the risk that workers are exposed to. Our employers should be providing proper, reputable equipment, in good condition, for the intended task. Safety begins with the planning of the job, and getting the right tools to do it. Using the wrong tool can greatly increase the risk. For instance, narrow Scissors Lifts are usually meant to be used on a substan- tial, level surface indoors, and are not the appropriate equipment for outside use, even if they cost less. The equipment needs to be inspected. No equipment should be malfunctioning. The inspection should also include the area in which the equipment will be used. Can the oor carry the load? Some of the Lifts weigh tons. Will a boom be operated near high voltage wires? Too many people dont know the Minimum Safe Approach Distance allowable for safety. The equipment should only have manufacturer or manufacturer-approved parts or accessories. There have been Personnel Lifts showing up on jobs with wheels on the outriggers put on by who knows who. Some of you may have one of these devices at your workplace. Un- less the changes are part of the design of the equipment, they should not be used. There are usually specic procedures or instructions to use this equipment. These can come from standards enti- ties, the manufacturers, or from employ- ers. Those who are asked to operate the equipment should be qualied and have necessary training. There are ways equip- ment is used from days past that have changed. Pushing a single Personnel Lift with someone in it while elevated is usu- ally not acceptable. These lifts are to be el- evated when all outriggers are in place, the lift is level, and the load in the basket is at or under the manufacturers load. Putting a side load on the basket or working in too great a wind can cause the lift to go over. Another challenge in using equip- ment is operating them safely with other workers in the area. One of the major ways workers are hurt or killed is being hit by equipment being used near them. Wearing a high visibility vest is an OSHA requirement if youre working in place where vehicles are moving. A change in the work culture around safety is needed to reduce the risks work- ers are exposed to, and get everyone home at the end of the day. This means expect- ing the right equipment, informing em- ployers about hazards, reporting prob- lems to the union, and supporting fellow workers with their efforts to be safe. The changes cant just come from the top. With solidarity we can make the change. Equipment Challenges in Safety By Kent Jorgensen, Chairman, Safety Committee UPCOMI NG I ATSE TRAI NI NG TRUST FUND COURSES! OSHA 10/ENTERTAINMENT SAFETY IN: BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - AUGUST 23-24, 2014 SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA - AUGUST 24-25, 2014 FT. LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 6-7, 2014 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA - OCTOBER 18-19, 2014 Locations for the Entertainment Safety Tour are still being scheduled. Visit the IATSE Training Trust Fund website at http://www.iatsetrainingtrust.org for additional course information and to apply. 3 6 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N S A F E T Y
Z O N E By Alan Rowe, Chairman, ICAP Committee High prole tragedies have brought the entertainment industry under scru- tiny in terms of safety. We have all heard the expression safety regulations are written in blood. This statement is an indictment of how poorly our business culture views hazards in the workplace. The reality is that in many industries, hazards are often not addressed until it costs less money to x the problem than to ignore. Statements like this one indicate a belief that safety is something to be taken seriously only after an acci- dent has happened. We, however, have the power to change this attitude in our industry. We are professionals and it is impor- tant that we never fall into this pattern of thinking. Instead of reacting, we must al- ways be proactive and identify hazards before they become accidents. The ef- fect of an accident on those close to it are devastating and traumatic. Family members, friends, and co-workers of the victim experience shock, emotional injury, and nancial devastation that may never go away. The closer you are to the accident or victim, the more traumatiz- ing the effect. There are other effects of these inci- dents that occur over a longer time and can affect people who were unaware of the tragedy. While these effects are not as primary as the effects to the vic- tim and their family and friends, they can signicantly impact our work and our industry. In the aftermath of an ac- cident, everyone understandably has the desire to ensure it never happens again. The long-term problem occurs when people who are not familiar with the work rush in to x the problem and overeact creating regulations and guidelines that are draconian and often unnecessary. The entertainment indus- try is unique in many ways and we are particularly vulnerable to this happen- ing. Due to the nature of our work we are afforded the ability to utilize many practices that are safe, legal, and ac- cepted, but vary from the industrial norm. The ability to continue to work us- ing these legal safe practices could be taken from us after a tragic incident in the name of safety when the practice itself was never unsafe. We must stand together and pre- vent injury to our fellow crew members as well as our industry by identifying hazards, avoiding accidents, and be- ing seen as professionals by regulatory agencies. The unfortunate reality is that accidents will happen in our industry. When they do, the regulatory agencies need to be coming to us for the solution and not seeing us as the problem. The way to protect ourselves, our families, and our industry is accom- plished through training and establish- ing ourselves as the recognized experts. A professional is always learning some- thing new about their craft and always has safety in the forefront of their mind. We speak often of the ETCP Certica- tion for Riggers and Electricians and I cannot stress enough the importance of this and similar certications for your own professional development and the protection of our industry. There are a lot of people out there who would like to do our work and some hold licenses and certications from other industries. To the employer who is unfamiliar with our crafts, those qualications can ap- pear impressive. We must ght back by holding the certications that are de- signed specically for our work. To the authority having jurisdiction who may not understand our practices, certica- tions such as ETCP tells them that you are an expert and knowledgeable about your craft. The IATSE Training Trust is now of- fering regional OSHA 10 classes. These two-day classes are an excellent way to familiarize yourself with the safety rights that you are afforded under law, rec- ognize hazards, and how to seek relief from those hazards. In this class we look at different crafts and raise awareness of how the actions of other crew mem- bers can directly affect your health and safety and vice versa. People often ask me why they should take safety classes for crafts in which they will never be em- ployed. The answer is simple: we may work in several small groups by craft but ultimately, we are one crew and we all have to look out for each other. As with bargaining for better conditions, we must always work together not only for our own safety but the safety of us all. Be smart, identify and report haz- ards as well as near misses, dont let anyone take foolish chances, if you are uncomfortable with something say so, and above all be safe. DON T TAKE F OOL I S H CHANCE S S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 3 7 W W W . I A T S E . N E T S A F E T Y Z O N E The Event Safety Guide is a valuable resource designed to make live events safer for all parties involved, including our members. Culled from existing life safe- ty standards and the insight of top professionals within the event industry, The Event Safety Guide compiles the best operational practices currently available in the live event industry in a single easily-referenced manual. The guide address a broad range of subjects relevant to our members, including structures, electrical, and rigging. Locals who perform these types of work are encouraged to own a copy and educate their workers about its contents. The guide is the work of the Event Safety Alliance (ESA), a non-prot safety trade association dedicated to promoting the concept of life safety rst during all phases of event production. The ESA strives to eliminate the knowledge barrier that often contributes to unsafe conditions and behaviors through the promotion of best practices and the development of training and planning resources. The Event Safety Guide is available directly from the Event Safety Alliance at a cost of $49.95. However, by special arrangement with the ESA, IATSE members will receive a 20% discount on the purchase price of each guide. To take advan- tage of this special offer, please visit http://www.eventsafetyalliance.org. Links to the ESA's online store can be found on the main menu at the top of the page. Prior to submitting your Event Safety Guide order, enter the promotional coupon code IATSE in the appropriate box. Your discount will be immediately deducted from the nal purchase price. In addition, the ESA has extended their discount offer to IATSE members interested in joining the groups professional trade association. Members may use the same promotional code (IATSE) to receive a 20% discount off the cost of enrollment. To learn more, visit http://www.eventsafetyalliance.org. FREE no-obligation budget and debt counseling Another Union Plus beneft exclusively for I.A.T.S.E. members! To speak to a counselor call 1-877-833-1745 or visit UnionPlus.org/CreditCounseling D ebt and credit problems can happen to anyone at anytime. Luckily, The Union Plus Credit Counseling program can help you regain your fnancial footing by helping you better manage your fnances. Get free credit counseling from certifed counselors. l FREE budget analysis and credit review l Customized DEBT MANAGE- MENT PLAN if needed l 1st year fees are reimbursed by Union Privilege after one year in the plan. l HELP with creditors to stop collection calls l A written ACTION PLAN that summarizes your fnancial situation, provides a budget, creates a spending plan and reviews options to repay debt IATSE Credit Counseling Ad.indd 1 6/9/14 3:12 PM 3 8 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N C R E W S H O T S W W W . I A T S E . N E T International President Matthew Loeb and his wife, Paula (center) with Representatives of Local 33 and the crew from the 86th Academy Awards held on March 2, 2014 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Crew of the production "Beauty and the Beast" at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California. Crew members from Locals 504, 720, 285, 635 and ACT. S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 3 9 W W W . I A T S E . N E T L O C A L U N I O N N E WS N ew Orleans Local 39 has negotiated an agreement with Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts and the Saenger Theatre, which includes Broadway shows, Louisiana Philharmonic, Concerts, and Dance Recitals. The agreement is in effect from September 1, 2013 to August 31, 2017, and includes wage and benet increases in each of the 4 years. Contract Milestone for New Orleans Local CA L I F OR NI A STAGE L OCA L HONOR S L ONG- T I ME ME MB E R S Alan Arthur, Business Agent of Local 39 and David Skinner, General Manager, Arts Center Enterprises. Sacramento Local 50 honored its long-time members at a luncheon, presenting Brothers Robert Kern and Dennis Gallagher with their Gold Card and acknowledging members with 30 or more years of service. Photo caption: From left to right: Back row; Michael Hunter, Michael Perry, Mark Mauricio, Robert Kern, Dennis Gallagher, Dennis Cox and Mark Haney. Middle row; John Cox, Charles Kohler, Jim Pisano, Ted Kimura and Alan Turner. Front row; Steve Odehnal, Tim Gallagher, Ray French, John Kelly and Jimmy Loveless. 4 0 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N L O C A L
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N E W S SAN F R ANCI S CO L OCAL HONOR S GOL D CAR D ME MBE R On February 8, 2014, Local 16 Vice President Ed Raymond had the honor to present George Van Buren with his Gold Card from the IATSE. George was a pioneer in the industry - the rst to mechanize stage scenery. He was the creator of one of the rst computer lighting consoles the Sweet 16. He was THE road electrician for producer David Merrick for many years. George suffered a very strange brain virus sev- eral years ago, but aside from the fact that he cant remember nouns, he hasnt lost a thing. He is one of the great story tellers in an industry full of story tellers. He still designs electronic circuits for arcade shooting galleries. Congratulations George! NE W HAMPS HI R E L OCAL OF F I CE R ME E T S VI CE PR E S I DE NT BI DE N NE W OF F I CE R S F OR T R E AS UR E R AND T I CKE T S E L L E R S L OCAL O n March 25, 2014, during a speaking engagement at the New Hampshire Works Development, Vice President Biden took time out of his schedule for a photo opportunity with supporters of the NH Works. Pictured here with the Vice President is Joyce Cordoza, Business Agent of Local 195. On Thursday, March 27, 2014, IATSE President Matthew D. Loeb and International Vice President Anthony DePaulo attended the monthly mem- bership meeting of New York City Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Union Local 751. At that meeting, President Loeb paid tribute to retiring Local 751 Presi- dent Gene McElwain. President Loeb also swore in the recently elected Ofcers, Trustees and Executive Council Members including President Lawrence Paone, Vice President Matthew Fearon and Secretary-Treasurer/ Business Agent Peter Attanasio, Jr. Brother Van Buren receiving his Gold Card, with his wife Myrna. International President Matthew D. Loeb with Retired Local 751 President Gene McElwain. S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 4 1 I n late April, the Quebec Labour Board issued a certication to IATSE Local 56 for stagehands at Thtre du Vieux- Terrebonne Thtre du Vieux-Terrebon- nein Montreal. Local 56 worked diligently toward this goal and the new members are looking forward to working under a collective agreement. The International supported the Local through the hiring of an organizer for the campaign and through nancial assistance from the Internationals Defence Fund. Thtre du Vieux-Terrebonne, bet- ter known as TVT, is one of the largest multidisciplinary presenters in Quebec. It boasts two separate theatres, the 656-seat Salle Desjardins for more traditional the- atrical productions, and the Salle du Mou- linet, a 110-seat caf-bistro style venue used for innovative and more intimate productions. Recent successes such as this one, along with Odyscne in Sainte-Thrse and the City of Chateauguay, which in- volved more focus on organizing younger workers, come on the heels of a spate of more traditional organizing victories with the Orchestre symphonique de Montral, the Salle Pierre-Mercure and the Montreal Canadiens. The victories were important to Local 56 as, for years, it had been involved in a dispute with Place des Arts over organiz- ing. Place des Arts tried every tactic avail- able to prevent its workers from being organized including, eventually, shutting its doors. Despite an unfavourable legal decision, Local 56 eventually got an agree- ment with PDA that covers in-house pro- ductions only, but was a little battle-weary. The Local knew it would have to re- invent itself in order to achieve more suc- cess at organizing, and it did so. It started with smaller venues and targeted younger workers. After nally building some con- dence through these successes, the major organizing victories with the Thtre du Vieux-Terrebonne and the City of Ch- teauguay seem that much sweeter and are certainly well-deserved. W W W . I A T S E . N E T L O C A L U N I O N N E WS 4 2 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N Another Organizing Success for Local 56! MI L E STONE F OR CHAR L OT T E L OCAL On May 19, 2014 members of Charlotte Local 322 held a gala at Ovens Auditorium to celebrate its 100th anniversary. International Vice President Walter Cahill, International Representative Dave Garretson and many delegates from District 7 Locals were in attendance, in addition to special dignitaries from Local 322s illustrious past. P.W. Mickey Jenkins, former President of Local 322, bestowed the highest honor of the Alliance on former business agent Bruce Grier, a Gold Card. Grier served the Local for two decades, bringing growth to the Local and continues to provide guidance and leadership. Local 322 signed their charter on February 13, 1914, with 21 members. The Local began as a group of projectionists, working in movie theaters across the Char- lotte region. In its 100 year history, IATSE Local 322 has provided backstage and behind-the-scenes support for events as diverse as the 2012 Democratic National Convention, major concert tours, and movies such as Days of Thunder. Today, in 2014, Local 322 boasts nearly 100 members who represent the skilled trades required by the entertainment industry. Members are found locally in nearly every professional theater and entertainment venue in Charlotte, providing backstage support for concerts, opera, ballet, family and musical theater entertainment. State of Hawaii Local 665 held its second ETCP Electrical Training Class. This class was held over a two-day period (February 11-12, 2014) in Maui with Instructor Rick Crum, a Local 665 member. L O C A L
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N E W S S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 4 3 NE W L OCAT I ON, CONT I NUI NG E DUCAT I ON On November 9, 2013, Studio Mechanics Local 52 held a one day seminar GFCI (Ground Fault Cur- rent Interrupter) Wet Rigging and Balloon Lights for members and applicants in its new facility in Asto- ria, New York. The Local continues to hold seminars at its new location including moving lights, fork lift, and aerial work platforms. 4 4 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N GENERAL EXECUTI VE BOARD SPECI AL MEETI NG R E P OR T OF T H E CALL TO ORDER In accordance with Article Seven, Sec- tion 3 of the International Constitution, a Special meeting of the General Execu- tive Board of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada, convened at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute in Lin- thicum Heights, Maryland. ROLL CALL General Secretary-Treasurer James B. Wood called the roll and recorded the fol- lowing members present: MATTHEW D. LOEB, International President JAMES B. WOOD, General Secretary-Treasurer MICHAEL BARNES, First Vice President J. WALTER CAHILL, Second Vice President THOM DAVIS, Third Vice President ANTHONY DEPAULO, Fourth Vice President and Co-Director of Stagecraft DAMIAN PETTI, Fifth Vice President MICHAEL F. MILLER, JR., Sixth Vice President and Director of Motion Picture and Television Production JOHN T. BECKMAN, JR., Seventh Vice President DANIEL E. DI TOLLA, Eighth Vice President and Co-Director of Stagecraft JOHN R. FORD, Ninth Vice President JOHN M. LEWIS, Tenth Vice President and Director of Canadian Affairs CRAIG P. CARLSON, Eleventh Vice President WILLIAM E. GEARNS, Jr., Twelfth Vice President and Director of Tradeshow and Display Work PHIL LOCICERO, Thirteenth Vice President In addition to the members of the Board, also in attendance at this meet- ing were International Trustees C. Faye Harper and Thomas Cleary, International Trustee and Director of Education and Training Patricia A. White, CLC Delegate Kelly Moon, Assistants to the President Deborah A. Reid and Sean McGuire, and Assistant Director of Education and Training Robyn Cavanagh. IATSE OFFICER INSTITUTE At the onset of the meeting President Loeb gave an overview of his educational intiative for local union ofcers. He re- ferred to the General Executive Board meeting held in San Antonio in January 2014 at which the educational session allowed local union representatives to express to the International ofcers and representatives their concerns, needs and suggestions in terms of the assistance they would hope to receive by attending the IATSE Ofcer Institute. President Loeb advised the Board that the feedback from those present in San Antonio was care- fully analyzed by the Education Depart- ment and a curriculum was established to move forward with the Institute. He noted that it was quite clear that local union representatives want to be good ofcers and leaders and that it is his in- tent to assist in their need to be trained properly. President Loeb stated that as a result of the training provided at the Of- cer Institute, local union ofcers will en- hance their skills and will have the ability and potential to achieve greater success as leaders. If this program is successful, this generation of union leaders will build on the IATSEs successes of the past and make it even stronger and better for fu- ture generations. Director Patricia White advised the Board that there are currently four Insti- tute training sessions scheduled, the rst of which will be held in May 2014, hosted by Stage Local No. 8 in Philadelphia and as of this Board meeting 40 local union ofcers have been approved and are reg- istered to attend the classes. The Institute is held over a period of ve days and ad- ditional sessions have been scheduled for Chicago, Los Angeles and Calgary. Direc- tor White reminded the Board that the application process for the Institute may be made online via the IATSE website. Assistant Director Robyn Cavanagh added that the IATSE Ofcer Institute is a continuation of Internationals LEAP (Labor Education Assistance Program) and that by providing education and training to the local union leadership, the Internationals intent to provide a culture of education will come to fruition. President Loeb noted that in the 2014 IATSE Staff Training, all ofcers and rep- resentatives of the International would in effect participate in the Ofcer Institute. APPEAL OF ANDY ROVINS (LOCAL NO. 695) By his letter dated March 20, 2014, Brother Andy Rovins appealed to the General Executive Board from the Deci- sion and Order of the International Pres- ident dated February 20, 2014. Brother Rovins appealed his suspension from the Board of Directors of Local 695 and the Imposition of Trusteeship on Local 695. S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 4 5 hEld AT ThE coNFERENcE cENTER AT ThE MARITI ME I NSTITUTE lI NThI cUM hEI ghTS, MARYlANd APRI l 22, 2014 On January 7, 2014 a hearing was held on charges preferred against Local 695 by the Secretary-Treasurer of Studio Mechanics Local 478, New Orleans, Loui- siana based on violations of Article Twen- ty, Section 1 as well as Article Nineteen, Section 26 of the International Constitu- tion. The specic violations are enumer- ated in the Decision and Order of the International President After Hearing In The Matter Of Local No. 478 V. Local No. 695, dated February 20, 2014. After complete and thorough re- view of the entire record in this case, the International President issued a Deci- sion and Order imposing trusteeship on Local 695 in accordance with Article Twenty, Section 1 of the International Constitution. By letter dated February 24, 2014 Brother Rovins and all other Ofcers and Board of Directors of Local 695 received a copy of the Decision and Order suspending them from ofce in the Local. Brother Rovins listed ten (10) reasons in his appeal to the Board that effectually contended that his suspension from ofce is arbitrary and capricious and abrogates the democratic and constitutional fair election process and that the trusteeship was imposed in a devious, capricious and arbitrary manner Due to the nature of Brother Rovins appeal, it was noted that the following members of the General Executive Board recused themselves from the meeting and did not participate in the deliberations nor did they cast a vote on the nal deci- sion of the Board: Matthew D. Loeb, International President Michael F. Miller, Jr., International Vice President John M. Lewis, International Vice President William E. Gearns, Jr., International Vice President Phil LoCicero, International Vice President Also noted was that well in advance of this Special Board meeting, on April 5, 2014, a copy of the entire record of Brother Rovins appeal was provided to each remaining member of the General Executive Board, namely: General Secre- tary-Treasurer James B. Wood and Inter- national Vice Presidents Michael Barnes, J. Walter Cahill, Thom Davis, Anthony DePaulo, Damian Petti, John T. Beckman, Jr., Daniel E. Di Tolla, John R. Ford and Craig P. Carlson, in order that each Board member would have ample time to thor- oughly review each appeal in its entirety and render a fair and equitable decision regarding the appeal of Brother Andy Rovins. Included in the entire record on Brother Rovins appeal were the follow- ing documents: 4 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT AFTER HEARING IN THE MAT- TER OF LOCAL NO. 478 V. LOCAL NO. 695 4 CHARGES AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 4 SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE 4 Copies of CHARGES 1, 2, 3, 4 (pre- ferred by Local 478 against Local 695) 4 ORDER 4 Recommendations To The Interna- tional President After Hearing (Ex- hibit A) 4 Letter dated June 10, 2011 from Local 695 to Local 478 Re: Thomas E. Con- rad (Exhibit B) 4 Letter dated February 24, 2014 from International President to Andy Rovins 4 Cover letter and Appeal to the Gener- al Executive Board from Andy Rovins dated March 20, 2014 The General Executive Board voted to uphold the decision of the International President and thereby denied the appeal of Brother Andy Rovins. The Boards decision addressing each of the grounds for his appeal has been sent to Brother Rovins. APPEAL OF JAMES A. OSBURN (LOCAL NO. 695) By his letter dated March 25, 2014, Brother James A. Osburn appealed to the General Executive Board from the Deci- sion and Order of the International Presi- dent dated February 20, 2014. Brother Osburn appealed his suspension from ofce in Local 695 and the Imposition of Trusteeship on Local 695. On January 7, 2014, a hearing was held on charges preferred against Local 695 by the Secretary-Treasurer of Studio Mechanics Local 478, New Orleans, Loui- siana based on violations of Article Twen- ty, Section 1 as well as Article Nineteen, Section 26 of the International Constitu- tion. The specic violations are enumer- ated in the attached Decision and Order of the International President After Hear- ing In The Matter Of Local No. 478 V. Local No. 695, dated February 20, 2014. After complete and thorough review of the entire record in this case, the Inter- national President issued a Decision and Order imposing trusteeship on Local 695 in accordance with Article Twenty, Sec- tion 1 of the International Constitution. By letter dated February 24, 2014, Brother Osburn and all other Ofcers and Board of Directors of Local 695 received a copy of the Decision and Order suspending them from ofce in the Local. Brother Osburns appeal contended that a) he was prevented from ling an 4 6 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N appeal to the Gandolini Recommen- dations [International Representative Don Gandolini was the hearing ofcer at the January 7, 2014 hearing referenced above], b) the International President did not have prior consent of the General Executive Board to suspend Local 695 of- cers and terminate its employees, c) he was deprived of his fair trial rights and the International President circumvented the Fair Trial rights under the International Constitution. Brother Osburn further demands that he be reinstated to his duly elected Ofce Due to the nature of Brother Osburns appeal, it was noted that the following members of the General Executive Board recused themselves from the meeting and did not participate in the deliberations nor did they cast a vote on the nal deci- sion of the Board: Matthew D. Loeb, International President Michael F. Miller, Jr., International Vice President John M. Lewis, International Vice President William E. Gearns, Jr., International Vice President Phil LoCicero, International Vice President Also noted was that well in advance of this Special Board meeting, on April 5, 2014, a copy of the entire record of Brother Osburns appeal was provided to each remaining member of the General Executive Board, namely: General Secre- tary-Treasurer James B. Wood and Inter- national Vice Presidents Michael Barnes, J. Walter Cahill, Thom Davis, Anthony DePaulo, Damian Petti, John T. Beckman, Jr., Daniel E. Di Tolla, John R. Ford and Craig P. Carlson, in order that each Board member would have ample time to thor- oughly review each appeal in its entirety and render a fair and equitable decision regarding the appeal of Brother James A. Osburn. Included in the entire record of Brother Osburns appeal to the Board were the following documents: 4 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT AFTER HEARING IN THE MAT- TER OF LOCAL NO. 478 V. LOCAL NO. 695 4 CHARGES AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 4 SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE 4 Copies of CHARGES 1, 2, 3, 4 (pre- ferred by Local 478 against Local 695) 4 ORDER 4 Recommendations To The Interna- tional President After Hearing (Ex- hibit A) 4 Letter dated June 10, 2011 from Local 695 to Local 478 Re: Thomas E. Con- rad (Exhibit B) 4 Letter dated February 24, 2014 from International President to James A. Osburn 4 Cover letter and Appeal to the Gen- eral Executive Board from James A. Osburn dated March 25, 2014 The General Executive Board voted to uphold the decision of the International President and thereby denied the appeal of Brother James A. Osburn. Brother Osburn has been sent the Boards decision address- ing each of the grounds for his appeal. APPEAL OF JEFFREY WEXLER (LOCAL NO. 695) By his letter dated March 20, 2014, Brother Jeffrey S. Wexler appealed to the General Executive Board from the Deci- sion and Order of the International Presi- dent dated February 20, 2014. Brother- Wexler appealed his suspension from the Board of Directors of Local 695 and the Imposition of Trusteeship on Local 695. On January 7, 2014, a hearing was held on charges preferred against Local 695 by the Secretary-Treasurer of Stu- dio Mechanics Local 478, New Orleans, Louisiana based on violations of Ar- ticle Twenty, Section 1 as well as Article Nineteen, Section 26 of the International Constitution. The specic violations are enumerated in the attached Decision and Order of the International President After Hearing In The Matter Of Local No. 478 V. Local No. 695, dated Febru- ary 20, 2014. After complete and thorough review of the entire record in this case, the Inter- national President issued a Decision and Order imposing trusteeship on Local 695 in accordance with Article Twenty, Sec- tion 1 of the International Constitution. By letter dated February 24, 2014, Brother Wexler and all other Ofcers and Board of Directors of Local 695 received a copy of the Decision and Order suspending them from ofce in the Local. Brother Wexler listed eight (8) rea- sons in his appeal to the Board that ef- fectually contended that his suspension from ofce is arbitrary and capricious and abrogates the democratic and consti- tutional fair election process and that the trusteeship was illegally imposed and in a devious, capricious and arbitrary man- ner Due to the nature of Brother Wexlers appeal, it was noted that the following members of the General Executive Board recused themselves from the meeting and did not participate in the deliberations nor did they cast a vote on the nal deci- sion of the Board: Matthew D. Loeb, International President Michael F. Miller, Jr., International Vice President S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 4 7 John M. Lewis, International Vice President William E. Gearns, Jr., International Vice President Phil LoCicero, International Vice President Also noted was that well in advance of this Special Board meeting, on April 5, 2014, a copy of the entire record of Brother Wexlers appeal was provided to each remaining member of the General Executive Board, namely: General Secre- tary-Treasurer James B. Wood and Inter- national Vice Presidents Michael Barnes, J. Walter Cahill, Thom Davis, Anthony De- Paulo, Damian Petti, John T. Beckman, Jr., Daniel E. Di Tolla, John R. Ford and Craig P. Carlson, in order that each Board mem- ber would have ample time to thoroughly review each appeal in its entirety and ren- der a fair and equitable decision regarding the appeal of Brother Jeffrey Wexler. Included in the entire record of Brother Wexlers appeal were the follow- ing documents: 4 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT AFTER HEARING IN THE MAT- TER OF LOCAL NO. 478 V. LOCAL NO. 695 4 CHARGES AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 4 SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE 4 Copies of CHARGES 1, 2, 3, 4 (pre- ferred by Local 478 against Local 695) 4 ORDER 4 Recommendations To The Interna- tional President After Hearing (Ex- hibit A) 4 Letter dated June 10, 2011 from Local 695 to Local 478 Re: Thomas E. Con- rad (Exhibit B) 4 Letter dated February 24, 2014 from International President to Jeffrey S. Wexler 4 Cover letter and Appeal to the Gen- eral Executive Board from Jeffrey S. Wexler dated March 20, 2014 The General Executive Board voted to uphold the decision of the International President and thereby denied the appeal of Brother Jeffrey Wexler. Brother Wex- ler has been sent the Boards decision ad- dressing each of the grounds for his ap- peal. APPEAL OF RICHARD LIGHTSTONE (LOCAL NO. 695) By his letter dated March 20, 2014, Brother Richard Lightstone appealed to the General Executive Board from the Decision and Order of the International President dated February 20, 2014. Brother Lightstone appealed his suspension from the Board of Directors of Local 695 and the Imposition of Trusteeship on Local 695. On January 7, 2014, a hearing was held on charges preferred against Local 695 by the Secretary-Treasurer of Stu- dio Mechanics Local 478, New Orleans, Louisiana based on violations of Ar- ticle Twenty, Section 1 as well as Article Nineteen, Section 26 of the International Constitution. The specic violations are enumerated in the attached Decision and Order of the International President After Hearing In The Matter Of Local No. 478 V. Local No. 695, dated Febru- ary 20, 2014. After complete and thorough review of the entire record in this case, the Inter- national President issued a Decision and Order imposing trusteeship on Local 695 in accordance with Article Twenty, Sec- tion 1 of the International Constitution. By letter dated February 24, 2014, Brother Lightstone and all other Ofcers and Board of Directors of Local 695 received a copy of the Decision and Order suspend- ing them from ofce in the Local. Brother Lightstone listed eight (8) reasons in his appeal to the Board that effectually contended that his suspension from ofce is arbitrary and capricious and abrogates the democratic and consti- tutional fair election process and that the trusteeship was illegally imposed and in a devious, capricious and arbitrary man- ner Due to the nature of Brother Light- stones appeal, it was noted that the fol- lowing members of the General Executive Board recused themselves from the meet- ing and did not participate in the delib- erations nor did they cast a vote on the nal decision of the Board: Matthew D. Loeb, International President Michael F. Miller, Jr., International Vice President John M. Lewis, International Vice President William E. Gearns, Jr., International Vice President Phil LoCicero, International Vice President Also noted was that well in advance of this Special Board meeting, on April 5, 2014, a copy of the entire record of Brother Lightstones appeal was provided to each remaining member of the General Executive Board, namely: General Secre- tary-Treasurer James B. Wood and Inter- national Vice Presidents Michael Barnes, J. Walter Cahill, Thom Davis, Anthony De- Paulo, Damian Petti, John T. Beckman, Jr., Daniel E. Di Tolla, John R. Ford and Craig P. Carlson, in order that each Board mem- ber would have ample time to thoroughly review each appeal in its entirety and ren- der a fair and equitable decision regarding the appeal of Brother Richard Lightstone. Included in the entire record of Brother Lightstones appeal were the fol- lowing documents: 4 8 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N 4 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT AFTER HEARING IN THE MAT- TER OF LOCAL NO. 478 V. LOCAL NO. 695 4 CHARGES AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 4 SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE 4 Copies of CHARGES 1, 2, 3, 4 (pre- ferred by Local 478 against Local 695) 4 ORDER 4 Recommendations To The Interna- tional President After Hearing (Ex- hibit A) 4 Letter dated June 10, 2011 from Local 695 to Local 478 Re: Thomas E. Con- rad (Exhibit B) 4 Letter dated February 24, 2014 from International President to Richard Lightstone 4 Cover letter and Appeal to the Gen- eral Executive Board from Richard Lightstone dated March 20, 2014 The General Executive Board voted to uphold the decision of the International President and thereby denied the appeal of Brother Richard Lightstone. Brother Lightstone has been sent the Boards deci- sion addressing each of the grounds for his appeal. APPEAL OF ELIZABETH ALVAREZ (LOCAL NO. 695) By her letter dated March 25, 2014, Sister Elizabeth Alvarez appealed to the General Executive Board from the De- cision and Order of the International President dated February 20, 2014. Sister Alvarez appealed her suspension from the Board of Directors of Local 695 and the Imposition of Trusteeship on Local 695. On January 7, 2014, a hearing was held on charges preferred against Local 695 by the Secretary-Treasurer of Studio Mechanics Local 478, New Orleans, Loui- siana based on violations of Article Twen- ty, Section 1 as well as Article Nineteen, Section 26 of the International Constitu- tion. The specic violations are enumer- ated in the attached Decision and Order of the International President After Hear- ing In The Matter Of Local No. 478 V. Local No. 695, dated February 20, 2014. After complete and thorough review of the entire record in this case, the Inter- national President issued a Decision and Order imposing trusteeship on Local 695 in accordance with Article Twenty, Sec- tion 1 of the International Constitution. By letter dated February 24, 2014, Sister Alvarez and all other Ofcers and Board of Directors of Local 695 received a copy of the Decision and Order suspending them from ofce in the Local. Sister Alvarez appeal effectually con- tended that she has not been charged with any unlawful crime or with any specic violation(s) of the Constitutions of the International or the Local, and that she has not been properly charged with any misconduct and/or misfeasance as an Ofcer of the Local and/or as a Special Representative employed at the Local 695 business ofce Sister Alvarez further demands that she be reinstated to her duly elected Ofce of Recording Secre- tary Due to the nature of Sister Alvarez appeal, it was noted that the following members of the General Executive Board recused themselves from the meeting and did not participate in the deliberations nor did they cast a vote on the nal deci- sion of the Board: Matthew D. Loeb, International President Michael F. Miller, Jr., International Vice President John M. Lewis, International Vice President William E. Gearns, Jr., International Vice President Phil LoCicero, International Vice President Also noted was that well in advance of this Special Board meeting, on April 5, 2014, a copy of the entire record of Sis- ter Alvarez appeal was provided to each remaining member of the General Ex- ecutive Board, namely: General Secre- tary-Treasurer James B. Wood and Inter- national Vice Presidents Michael Barnes, J. Walter Cahill, Thom Davis, Anthony DePaulo, Damian Petti, John T. Beckman, Jr., Daniel E. Di Tolla, John R. Ford and Craig P. Carlson, in order that each Board member would have ample time to thor- oughly review each appeal in its entirety and render a fair and equitable decision regarding the appeal of Sister Elizabeth Alvarez. Included in the entire record of Sister Alvarez appeal were the following docu- ments: 4 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT AFTER HEARING IN THE MAT- TER OF LOCAL NO. 478 V. LOCAL NO. 695 4 CHARGES AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 4 SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE 4 Copies of CHARGES 1, 2, 3, 4 (pre- ferred by Local 478 against Local 695) 4 ORDER 4 Recommendations To The Interna- tional President After Hearing (Ex- hibit A) 4 Letter dated June 10, 2011 from Local 695 to Local 478 Re: Thomas E. Con- rad (Exhibit B) 4 Letter dated February 24, 2014 from International President to Elizabeth Alvarez 4 Cover letter and Appeal to the Gen- S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 4 9 eral Executive Board from Elizabeth Alvarez dated March 25, 2014 The General Executive Board voted to uphold the decision of the International President and thereby denied the appeal of Sister Elizabeth Alvarez. Sister Alvarez has been sent the Boards decision addressing each of the grounds for her appeal. APPEAL OF SHAWN HOLDEN (LOCAL NO. 695) By her letter dated March 20, 2014, Sister Shawn Holden appealed to the General Executive Board from the De- cision and Order of the International President dated February 20, 2014. Sister Holden appealed her suspension from the Board of Directors of Local 695. On January 7, 2014, a hearing was held on charges preferred against Local 695 by the Secretary-Treasurer of Studio Mechanics Local 478, New Orleans, Loui- siana based on violations of Article Twen- ty, Section 1 as well as Article Nineteen, Section 26 of the International Constitu- tion. The specic violations are enumer- ated in the attached Decision and Order of the International President After Hear- ing In The Matter Of Local No. 478 V. Local No. 695, dated February 20, 2014. After complete and thorough review of the entire record in this case, the Inter- national President issued a Decision and Order imposing trusteeship on Local 695 in accordance with Article Twenty, Sec- tion 1 of the International Constitution. By letter dated February 24, 2014, Sister Holden and all other Ofcers and Board of Directors of Local 695 received a copy of the Decision and Order suspending them from ofce in the Local. The basis of Sister Holdens appeal was that she was newly elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Local and effectually had no involvement in the violations leading up to the hearing and trusteeship. Due to the nature of Sister Holdens appeal, it was noted that the following members of the General Executive Board recused themselves from the meeting and did not participate in the deliberations nor did they cast a vote on the nal deci- sion of the Board: Matthew D. Loeb, International President Michael F. Miller, Jr., International Vice President John M. Lewis, International Vice President William E. Gearns, Jr., International Vice President Phil LoCicero, International Vice President Also noted was that well in advance of this Special Board meeting, on April 5, 2014, a copy of the entire record of Sister Holdens appeal was provided to each remaining member of the General Executive Board, namely: General Secre- tary-Treasurer James B. Wood and Inter- national Vice Presidents Michael Barnes, J. Walter Cahill, Thom Davis, Anthony DePaulo, Damian Petti, John T. Beck- man, Jr., Daniel E. Di Tolla, John R. Ford and Craig P. Carlson, in order that each Board member would have ample time to thoroughly review each appeal in its entirety and render a fair and equitable decision regarding the appeal of Sister Shawn Holden. Included in the entire record of Sister Holdens appeal were the following docu- ments: 4 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT AFTER HEARING IN THE MAT- TER OF LOCAL NO. 478 V. LOCAL NO. 695 4 CHARGES AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 4 SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE 4 Copies of CHARGES 1, 2, 3, 4 (pre- ferred by Local 478 against Local 695) 4 ORDER 4 Recommendations To The Interna- tional President After Hearing (Ex- hibit A) 4 Letter dated June 10, 2011 from Local 695 to Local 478 Re: Thomas E. Con- rad (Exhibit B) 4 Letter dated February 24, 2014 from International President to Shawn Holden 4 Cover letter and Appeal to the Gen- eral Executive Board from Shawn Holden dated March 20, 2014 The General Executive Board voted to uphold the decision of the International President and thereby denied the appeal of Sister Shawn Holden. Sister Holden has been sent the Boards decision ad- dressing each of the grounds for her ap- peal. ADOURNMENT Having completed all business prop- erly brought before it and after motion duly made and carried, the General Ex- ecutive Board meeting was adjourned at 8:25 a.m. 5 0 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N 44th Annual Scholarship Winners 5 0 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N T he Trustees of the Richard F. Walsh/Alfred W. Di Tolla/Harold P. Spivak Foundation have announced the winners of the annual scholarship offered to children of IATSE members. They are: Alois Cerbu, Jennifer Wildi and Tess McGuinness. Alois is the son of Jill Berta Biskin of Local USA829 (United Scenic Artists, United States). Jennifer is the daughter of Grant Wildi of Local 891 (Motion Picture Studio Production Techni- cians, British Columbia/Yukon Territory, Canada) and Tess is the daughter of William F. McGuinness of Local One (Stage Employees, New York, NY). Alois is a talented and pleasant young man. His academic credentials are impeccable. He has manifested his interest in the creative arts through his study of music and participation in a variety of summer music programs. Alois will be part of the 2018 graduation class at Yale University, with an interest in Mathematics. Jennifer is a quiet and conscientious young woman. She is an excellent role model for her peers and a truly inspirational com- munity leader. She is on the path toward a degree in Occupa- tional Therapy at the University of British Columbia. Her goal is to work with disabled youth, promoting access to opportunities for an improved quality of life. Tess has received high academic honors, completed loads of community service, and participated in outside theatre and dance opportunities to better herself as an artist, scholar, and person. She has decided to attend Dartmouth College, with a major in Biology and a minor in Theater. The IATSE congratulates Alois, Jennifer and Tess on their im- pressive careers to date, and wishes them every success in college. Good luck! Those IA members with children now attending their senior year of High School should review the scholarship information on the following page. We encourage you to become candidates for the 45th Annual Awards. Jennifer Wildi Tess McGuinness Alois Cerbu F I R S T Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 5 1 45th Annual Scholarship Awards of the Richard F. Walsh/Alfred W. Di Tolla/ Harold P. Spivak Foundation T he Trustees of the Richard F. Walsh/Alfred W. Di Tolla/Harold P. Spivak Foundation are pleased to offer three scholarship awards this year in the amount of $2,250.00 totaling $9,000 over a four year period. Counting the year 2014 awards, the Foundation will have had 62 scholarship recipients. This years awards will be granted to three high school students graduating in 2015 . ELIGIBILITY The rules of eligibility for the 45th Annual Scholarship Awards of the Richard F. Walsh/Alfred W. Di Tolla/Harold P. Spi- vak Foundation state that an applicant must: a) Be the son/daughter of a member in good standing of the IATSE; b) Be a high school senior at the time of application; and c) Have applied, or about to apply for admission to an accredit- ed college or university as a fully matriculated student, which will lead to a bachelors degree. HOW TO APPLY 1. An application is to be requested by completing the coupon below and forwarding same to the Foundation at the address below or go to the IATSEs website (www.iatse.net/member- benets/scholarship-foundation) and download the application. 2. The application is then to be completed and returned to the Foundation Ofce. 3. A complete copy of the applicants high school transcript is also to be submitted to the Foundation. 4. The record of scores achieved by the applicant on the Scho- lastic Aptitude Test, College Entrance Examination, or other equivalent examinations may also be submitted, either by the student or by the testing organization. 5. Letter(s) of recommendation may also be submitted for in- clusion in an applicants le and will be accepted from any of the following: Teachers, Counselors, Clergy, Community Service Organizations, employers, etc. Please send me an application for the 45th Annual Scholarship Awards. I understand that this request itself is not an applica- tion and that the application must be completed by me and led with the Foundation. Name:______________________________________________________________________________________________ Address:_____________________________________________________________________________________________ City:________________________________________________________________________________________________ State:___________________________________________________________ Zip:_________________________________ Parent(s) Name/Local Union No.:_________________________________________________________________________ Mail to: IATSE, 207 West 25th Street, 4th foor, New York, NY 10001 Telephone: 212-730-1770 R I C H A R D F . WA L S H / A L F R E D W. D I T O L L A / H A R O L D P. S P I V A K F O U N D AT I O N R E QUE ST F OR APPL I CAT I ON S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 5 1 DEADLINE The deadline for ling all of the above required ma- terials with the Foundation is December 31, 2014. The winners of the scholarship awards will be notied by the Foundation in June, 2015, and will be announced in a future issue of The Ofcial Bulletin. C R E W S H O T S Members of North East Wisconsin Local 470 with the Wizard on the set of `Wicked at the Fox Cities PAC, February 2014. IATSE Local 63 crew members celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Pantages Playhouse in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Top row, left to right: Doug Kiddell - Head Carp, Gary Plouffe - Head Audio, Bernie Rondoue - Head LX; Bottom row, left to right: Raymond Lemieux, John Durica and Greg Wood. W W W . I A T S E . N E T President Loeb (center) with President of Local 720 Danl Cook (second from left) and the crew from The Venetian in Las Vegas. The photo was taken in front of a projector showing grid patterns on a screen during set-up. 5 2 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N W W W . I A T S E . N E T A C T I V I S T S C O R N E R M I K E
S U L L I V A N Mike retired in 2004 but has remained active in the IATSE and now assists the IATSE-PAC Committee in its outreach to retirees of the IATSE. He recalls that Not long ago during the IATSE-PAC report at a General Executive Board meeting, Presi- dent Loeb spoke at length about the PAC and the importance of getting involved with politics, said Mr. Sullivan. After the meeting I asked President Loeb, What about the retirees? Mike attends the Connecticut AFL-CIOs COPE (Commit- tee on Political Education) meetings, where they focus on edu- cating and mobilizing union members around electoral politics. He reaches out to retired IA members and urges them to con- tribute to the IATSE-PAC, reminding them that a $20 monthly charge on a credit card bill is easy and something that is barely noticeable. Mike says that his family has been in the IATSE for more than 100 years, and that he remembers a time when union meetings were all about members arguing with the Local lead- ership about benets. When I rst became a roadie and got my rst Pink contract in 1957, there were zero benets, said Mike. Now we have insurance, pensions, and benets but all you have to do is read the newspaper to know that there are people out there trying to take them all away. Mike says that his own political action is important to him and he is hopeful that by being politically aware and active will help to secure the future for younger people and our members children including his own, so they may maintain the benets that so many before them fought so hard to attain. Im glad that the IA is focusing on politics, said Mike. Its not the most popular topic, but if we just stand by and take things for granted and dont get involved, those benets will go away. Mike Sullivan has had a long history with the IATSE. He estimates he spent 20 years on the road, and another 20 years as the Business Agent of Local 84 (Stagecraft, Hartford, CT). In 1988 Mike was elected as an International Trustee and in July of 1997, was elected as an International Vice President. His work for the International took him to the General Ofce in New York where, in 1998, he was appointed to serve as the rst Director of the IATSE Stagecraft Department. Mr. Sullivan, speaking on behalf of the retirees, at the Vancouver General Executive Board meeting during the PAC Report. For more information on IATSE-PAC, visit the IATSEs website; see the contribution form on the inside front cover or contact the General Ofce. S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 5 3 W W W . I A T S E . N E T I N M E M O R I A M NAME LOCAL NAME LOCAL NAME LOCAL NAME LOCAL Fredrick H. Bremer 1 January 16, 2014 Ignatius Catanzaro 1 March 27, 2014 Charles J. Colon 1 January 22, 2014 Reuben H. Glickman 1 February 23, 2014 Clyde F. Holton, Jr. 1 January 19, 2014 Bruce D. Katzmann 1 March 15, 2014 Stanley Noped 1 February 25, 2014 Walter J. Rapp Jr 1 February 21, 2014 Gerard J. Smith 1 February 16, 2014 Curtis M. Sweeney 1 January 16, 2014 Richard F. Zottarelli 1 February 17, 2014 Donald R. Esposito 3 March 25, 2014 Munro Gabler 4 February 3, 2014 Jason Daines 7 April 14, 2014 Howard Duncan 7 April 6, 2014 Hector Elliot 7 April 1, 2014 Howard Miller 7 January 26, 2014 Daniel R. Goodwin 15 January 31, 2014 Paul J. Stenzel 18 January 7, 2014 Charles Lewin 22 March 27, 2014 Richard L. Schreiner 28 December 19, 2013 Stephen Baker 30 December 10, 2013 Ruben Vital 33 March 7, 2014 Lloyd D. Dalton 38 May 17, 2014 Lester J. Hamilton 38 March 6, 2014 Dennis T. Braverman 44 January 23, 2014 Clara Friaglia 44 January 9, 2014 Sharry K. Friel 44 January 13, 2014 Bob Henderson 44 January 20, 2014 John E. Karlsson 44 December 13, 2013 George A. Lind 44 December 7, 2013 Joseph A. Longo 44 January 5, 2014 Todd H. McKibben 44 January 23, 2014 Shirley A. Moore 44 January 15, 2014 Terry R. Nagel 44 January 28, 2014 Donald Skarsten 44 December 29, 2013 Buddy R. Steele 44 March 25, 2014 Philip D. Tubach 44 February 7, 2014 Robert J. Vinson 44 March 7, 2014 Dennis A. Yeager, Sr. 44 February 26, 2014 Charles J. Colon, Jr. 52 January 22, 2014 Ronald Favelet 52 January 12, 2014 Allan E. Mader 52 January 17, 2014 Addison O. Tice 52 February 10, 2014 Loretta Tolleson 54 March 31, 2014 Brian Parker 56 January 5, 2014 Bernard T. Hayward 58 February 21, 2014 William Kip Wright 59 March 2, 2014 Leonard Lemesany 62 January 5, 2014 Michael A. Marques 62 February 16, 2014 Curtis Puher 77 January 18, 2014 Christina Hershey-Escobosa 80 March 13, 2014 Grant L. Olson 80 February 19, 2014 Gregg P. Gioulos 110 March 24, 2014 Lee S. Owens, Jr. 110 October 10, 2013 Graeme Nicol 118 February 14, 2014 Gene Kohr 122 February 21, 2014 James H. Laird 127 January 12, 2014 Carl Wong 127 January 10, 2014 Ronnie O. Waltman 142 December 8, 2013 Leonard R. Nehman 160 March 26, 2014 Gary E. Veverka 160 February 21, 2014 Robert S. Maurer 200 August 26, 2013 Kate S. Bagnall 210 January 13, 2014 Dave Mc Bean 212 March 31, 2014 Anthony Ruksys 212 March 10, 2014 Patricia Pricipie 306 February 26, 2014 Kenneth L. Gagnon, Sr. 476 January 4, 2014 David Bird 480 February 14, 2014 Debra R. Clair 480 January 26, 2014 James Alfano 500 February 20, 2014 Richard L. Trice, III 500 January 17, 2014 Richard W. Nelson 504 January 14, 2014 Kristin Plummer 504 January 1, 2014 Cira Felina Bolla 600 March 25, 2014 Glen Deitell 600 February 9, 2014 Angelo J. Dellutri 600 March 21, 2014 Fred Hoffman 600 January 24, 2014 Sarah Jones 600 February 20, 2014 Dan M. Kuleto 600 January 30, 2014 Tibor Nagy 600 January 31, 2014 Richard W. Nelson 614 January 30, 2014 Michael Spagnoli 631 February 23, 2014 Douglas E. Whitaker 647 January 9, 2014 Gary Theard 695 January 7, 2014 Pierre P. Jalbert 700 January 22, 2014 John Lettis 700 December 22, 2013 Rocco A. Moriana 700 February 5, 2014 J. Jay Pierce 700 December 27, 2013 George W. Daniel 707 March 3, 2008 Charles P. Belian 720 March 12, 2014 Cynthia R. Chandler 720 January 2, 2014 Helen DAngelo 720 August 16, 2011 Garry S. Foy 720 February 27, 2014 Melvin L. Reed 720 January 19, 2014 Dale D. Woodrum 720 February 16, 2013 Frank A. Sontag, Jr. 728 March 30, 2014 Elliott S. Valderrama 728 February 6, 2014 OShana Walker 728 February 17, 2014 Mark S. Turner 729 March 14, 2014 5 4 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N R E ME MBE R I NG PAUL WI L LY S CHAE F E R May 1, 1969 - November 10, 2013 Locals 129 and 828 lost a true friend too soon with the passing of Paul Schaefer this last year. In his career Paul worked in a number of shops and the- atres across Ontario and around the world. An extremely skilled carpenter and welder, Paul was respected by those he worked with for his expertise, dedication, and his willingness to share his knowledge. But it was his easy laugh and kind nature that earned him the friendship and love of those that knew him. Paul wasnt just easy to work with, he made work easy. Schaefer was passionate about his career, but he was perhaps more passionate about his love of the outdoors. An avid hunter and sherman, Paul would take long hunting and trips in the Northern On- tario wilderness, hours from civilization. His easy smile was at its widest in the pictures of him holding up his catch of the day. Paul passed away peacefully at home, after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by family and loved ones. He will be greatly missed by his wife Lee-Ann, his family and friends, and his brothers and sisters in IATSE. I N
M E M O R I A M T HANK YOU The Trustees of the Richard F. Walsh/Alfred W. Di Tolla/ Harold P. Spivak Foundation would like to take this opportunity to thank all the friends, colleagues, members and ofcers that have made donations in memory of their dearly departed. For those who would like to make a donation, please send your check to the IATSE General Ofce to the attention of the Richard F. Walsh/Alfred W. Di Tolla/ Harold P. Spivak Foundation. Contributor In Memory Of American Income Life Fund Contribution FX Crowley Terry Mahoney Greg Kasper Terry Mahoney Mark Kiracofe Sarah Elizabeth Jones Orange County Musicians Assn. Fund Contribution Karen Pizzuto-Sharp Kay Di Tolla NAME LOCAL NAME LOCAL NAME LOCAL NAME LOCAL Bobby G. Buchanan 751 February 11, 2014 Robert Burke 751 February 24, 2014 Shirley Hastings 769 January 25, 2004 Roger D. Thompson 777 February 27, 2014 Elizabeth Goughler Hutsler 787 February 18, 2014 Steve Tennison 796 March 25, 2014 Mark Turner 800 March 14, 2014 Evans R. Webb 800 March 3, 2014 Suzanne S. Carroll 820 January 17, 2014 Jerry H. Thomas 834 January 13, 2014 Harry Howe 873 January 6, 2014 Jennifer OHalloran 873 March 31, 2014 David G. Oldroyd 873 March 20, 2014 Jacques Veilleux 873 March 16, 2014 Ian D. Downey 891 January 11, 2014 Graeme Nicol 891 February 14, 2014 Elizabeth Stillwell USA829 February 26, 2014 Joseph Moreno B18 January 1, 2014 S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 5 5 W W W . I A T S E . N E T I N M E M O R I A M L OCAL 2 5 1 R E ME MBE R S J OS E PH MCWI L L I AMS ST. L OUI S L OCAL 6 R E ME MBE R S TOM WOODAR D Joseph F. McWilliams, member of Local 251, Madison, Wis- consin, passed away on November 20, 2013. He was 70 years old. Joe served his country, attended Queen of Apostles Seminary and followed a course of studies at the UW-Madison. He was a lifelong learner, reading everything just for fun and in many respects was considered an intellectual. Upon becoming a member in 1967, Joes projection career found him working in the booths of the Majestic Theater, the familys Portage Theater and the 51 Drive-In before settling down to a long stint with General Cinema Corporations West Towne Cinema Multiplex. Joe served as President of the Local from 1975 1991, dur- ing which time the Local participated in an 18-month infor- mational picket line, saving union projectionist positions at the AMC University Square 4 Theater Complex in 1976. After General Cinema sold the Multiplex, Joe left the booth and became more in- volved as a working stagehand in the props department. I t wasnt hard identifying Joe to the visiting road crews. He could always be found wear- ing his trademark dark blue coveralls. When it came to the Union, Joes membership remained im- portant during his illness. He kept a retired membership status. Local 251 is honored to have had Joe as member, President and friend for 46 years. The members of Local 6, St. Louis, were deeply saddened by the passing of Brother Tom Wood Dog Woodard on December 14, 2013 after a brief battle with cancer. Brother Woodard was a 20-year member of Local 6 spending many of those years working with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra both at their home at Powell Hall and on tour. Tom also spent several summers at the Muny as a member of the scenic construction crew and at other venues as well. Wood Dog, as he was named, loved to ride his Harley through the backroads of Southern Illinois and Eastern Mis- souri taking in the scenery and enjoying the ride. In fact his Harley was on the stage at Powell Hall for a memorial service on January 2, 2014. Tom was a hard worker and a loyal friend and brother to us all. He will be dearly missed by his union brothers and sisters as well as his friends, family and the members of the Sym- phony, one of whom wrote of Tom, I will deeply miss his pres- ence, as I know the orchestra will miss him, yet never forget his contribution to making our lives and the St. Louis Symphony a far better place. 5 6 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N LOCAL SECRETARIES AND BUSINESS AGENTS Reference Letters: AAE Amusement Area Employees ADG Art Directors Guild AE Arena Employees AFE Arena Facility Employees AG&AOE&GA Animation Guild and Afliated Optical Electronic and Graphic Arts AMTS Admissions, Mutual Ticket Sellers APC Afliated Property Craftspersons ATPAM Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers BPTS Ball Park Ticket Sellers C Camerapersons CDG Costume Designers Guild CHE Casino Hotel Employees E,S&CST Electronic, Sound & Computer Service Technicians EE Exhibition Employees EE/BPBD Exhibition Employees/Bill Posters, Billers and Distributors ICG International Cinematographers Guild M Mixed MAHS Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists MAHSG Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild MPC Motion Picture Costumers MPEG Motion Picture Editors Guild (inclusive of Editors and Story Analysts) MPP,AVE&CT Motion Picture Projectionists, Audio Visual Engineers and Computer Technicians MPP,O&VT Motion Picture Projectionists, Operators and Video Technicians MPP,O,VT&AC Motion Picture Projectionists, Operators, Video Technicians & Allied Crafts MPP,VT&CT Motion Picture Projectionists, Video and Computer Technicians MPSELT Motion Picture Studio Electrical Lighting Technicians MPSG/CS Motion Picture Studio Grips/Crafts Service MPSP&SW Motion Picture Set Painters & Sign Writers MPSPT Motion Picture Studio Production Technicians MPST Motion Picture Studio Teachers and Welfare Workers MPVT/LT/AC&GE Motion Picture Videotape Technicians/ Laboratory Technicians/Allied Crafts and Government Employees MT Mail Telephone Order Clerks O Operators PC,CP&HO Production Coordinators, Craftservice Providers and Honeywagon Operators PST,TE,VAT&SP Production Sound Technicians, Television Engineers, Video Assist Technicians and Studio Projectionists S Stage Employees S&FMT Sound & Figure Maintenance Technicians SA&P Scenic Artists and Propmakers SM Studio Mechanics SM&BT Studio Mechanics & Broadcast Technicians SS,CC,A&APSG Script Supervisors, Continuity Coordinators, Accountants and Allied Production Specialists Guild SS,PC,CC&PA Script Supervisors, Production Coordinators, Continuity Coordinators and Production Accountants T Theatre Employees T&T Treasurers & Ticket Sellers TBR&SE Television Broadcasting Remote & Studio Employees TBSE Television Broadcasting Studio Employees TSA Ticket Sales Agents TW,MA&HS Theatrical Wardrobe, Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists TWU Theatrical Wardrobe Union USA United Scenic Artists CANADA ALBERTA S 210 EDMONTON, AB-Tara Gale, secretary@iatse210. com; 10428-123 Street, Edmonton, AB, T5N 1N7. (780-423-1863) (Fax: 780-426-0307) Bus. Agt.: Peter Gerrie, iaba210@iatse210. com. S 212 CALGARY, AB- Albert Seibert, secretarytreasurer@ iatse212.com; 201-208 57th Avenue S.W., Calgary, AB, T2H 2K8. (403-250-2199) (Fax: 403-250-9769) Bus. Agts.: (Mot. Pic.) Michael Gibney, [email protected]; (Stage) Ian Wilson, [email protected]. BRITISH COLUMBIA S 118 VANCOUVER, BC-Masha Birkby, Suite #202 - 601 Cambie Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B 2P1. (604-685-9553) Bus. Agt.: Joe Sawan. S 168 VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC-Laurie Edmundson, P.O. Box 5312, Station B, Victoria, BC, V8R 6S4. (250-381-3168) (Fax: 866-618-3848). Bus. Agt.: Rebekah Johnson. C 669 WESTERN CANADA- Simon Jori, simonjori@shaw. ca; 3823 Henning Drive, Suite 217, Burnaby, BC, V5C 6P3. (778- 330-1669) (Fax: 778-330-1670) Bus. Agt.: Marcus Handman, [email protected]. MPSPT 891 BRITISH COLUMBIA/YUKON TERR.-Ana Sebal, 1640 Boundary Road, Burnaby, BC, V5K 4V4. (604-664-8910) (Fax: 604-298-3456) Bus. Agt.: Paul Klassen, [email protected]. MANITOBA M 063 WINNIPEG, MB-Stuart Aikman, 2nd Floor 175 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 0S1. (204-944-0511) (Fax: 204-944-0528) Bus. Agt.: Robert Mravnik. MPSPT 856 PROVINCE OF MANITOBA- Jeremiah Milmine, 454 Edmonton St., Winnipeg, MB, R3B 2M3. (204-953- 1100) (Fax: 204-953-1109) Bus. Agt.: Robert Rowan, busines- [email protected]. NEW BRUNSWICK M 680 HALIFAX/DARTMOUTH, NS/SAINT JOHN/ MONCTON/FREDERICTON, NB-Colin Richardson, P.O. Box 711, Halifax, NS, B3J 2T3. (902-455-5016) (Fax: 902-455-0398) Bus. Agt.: Colin P. Richardson, [email protected]. NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR ICG 671 NEWFOUNDLAND/LABRADORDavid Rumley, P.O. Box 13075, Topsail Stn. Main, Conception Bay South, NL A1W 2K1 (416-368-0072). Bus. Rep.: David Rumley. M 709 NEWFOUNDLAND/LABRADOR Debbie Vatcher, [email protected]; 15 McQuade Lake Cres., 2nd oor, Halifax, NS B3S 1C4. (902-425-2739) (Fax: 902-425- 7696). Bus Rep.: Gary Vemeir. T B898 ST. JOHNS, NL-Todd Leawood, P.O. Box 947, Mt. Pearl, NL, A1N 2X3. (709-745-8653) (Fax: 709-745-7374) Bus. Agt.: Todd Leawood. NOVA SCOTIA M 680 HALIFAX/DARTMOUTH, NS/SAINT JOHN/ MONCTON/FREDERICTON, NB-Colin Richardson, P.O. Box 711, Halifax, NS, B3J 2T3. (902-455-5016) (Fax: 902-455-0398) Bus. Agt.: Colin P. Richardson, [email protected]. M 848 SYDNEY/GLACE BAY, NS-David Bailey, 28 Nor- wood Street, Glace Bay, NS, B1A 3M5. (902-849-4957) Bus. Agt.: David Bailey. MPSPT 849 MARITIME PROVINCES- Raymond Mac- Donald, 15 McQuade Lake Crescent, 2nd r., Halifax, NS, B3S 1C4. (902-425-2739) (Fax: 902-425-7696) Bus. Agt.: Gary Vermeir. T B848 GLACE BAY, NS-David Bailey, 28 Norwood Street, Glace Bay, NS, B1A 3M5. (902-849-4957) Bus. Agt.: Patricia Pace, 26 Pitt St., Glace Bay, NS, B1A 2B7. ONTARIO S 058 TORONTO, ON-Christopher Wilson, 511 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, ON, M5V 1T4. (416-364-5565) (Fax: 416-364-5987) Bus. Agt.: Nelson Robinson. M 105 LONDON/ST. THOMAS/SARNIA, ON- Stepha- nie Gonyou, [email protected]; P.O. Box 182, Station Ctr. CSC, London, ON, N6A 4V6. (519-433-5742) (Fax: 519-433-5742) Bus. Agt.: Terry Barker, [email protected]. S 129 HAMILTON/BRANTFORD, ON-Cindy Jennings, P.O. Box 57089, Jackson Station, Hamilton, ON, L8P 4W9. (905-577-9193) (Fax: 905-577-9425) Bus. Agt.: Gary Nolan. M 357 KITCHENER/STRATFORD/CAMBRIDGE/ GUELPH/WATERLOO, ON-James Turner, secretary@ia- tse357.ca; P.O. Box 908, Stratford, ON, N5A 6W3. (519-746-7474) (Fax: 519-746-3030). Bus. Agt.: Larry Miller, businessagent@ iatse357.ca. PC, CP&HO 411 PROVINCE OF ONTARIO-Robert Shea, 1315 Lawrence Avenue East, Unit 103, Toronto, ON, M3A 3R3 (416-645-8025) (Fax: 416-645-8026) Bus. Agt.: Robert Shea. M 461 ST. CATHARINES/WELLAND/NIAGARA FALLS, ON-Robert A. Vernon, P.O. Box 1594, Niagara On The Lake, ON, L0S 1J0. (905-932-4461) Bus. Agt.: Jeff Robertson. S 467 THUNDER BAY, ON-James Austin, 541 Hyde Park Avenue, Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 1Y1. (807-622-7407). Bus. Agt.: Terry Smith, 243 Ford St., Thunder Bay, P7C 4L5. (807-627- 1460). M 471 OTTAWA/KINGSTON/BELLEVILLE, ON- James Reynolds, P.O. Box 1373, Station B, Ottawa, ON, K1P 5R4. (613-852-7321) (Fax: 613-233-6454) Bus. Agt.: Mark Holling- worth. S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 5 7 M 580 WINDSOR/CHATHAM, ON-Alan Smith, adrj- [email protected]; 538-2679 Howard Avenue, Windsor, ON, N8X 3X2. (519-965-3732) (Fax: 519-974-3488) Bus. Agt.: Tom Sav- age, [email protected]. M 634 SUDBURY/NORTH BAY, ON-Keith Clausen, lo- [email protected]; 24 St. Louis Street, Naughton, ON, P0M 2M0. (705-665-1163) (Fax: 705-692-9726) Bus. Agt.: Jamie Adamson, [email protected]. ICG 667 EASTERN CANADA- David Orton, 229 Wal- lace Avenue, Toronto, ON, M6H 1V5. (416-368-0072) (Fax: 416-368-6932) Bus. Agt.: David Rumley. TW,MA&HS 822 TORONTO, ON-Rachel Breski, 511 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, ON, M5V 1T4 (416-622-9000) (Fax: 416-622-0900). Bus. Agt.: Corbin Valerie, businessagent@ iatse822.com. SA&P 828 PROVINCE OF ONTARIO-Richard Mongiat, [email protected], 2-558 Upper Gage Ave., Suite 289, Hamilton, ON, L8V 4J6. (416-438-3388) (Fax: 416-438-3388) Bus. Agt: Sondra Richter, [email protected]. MPSPT 873 TORONTO, ON-Monty Montgomerie, 1315 Lawrence Ave. East, Unit 104, Toronto, ON, M3A 3R3. (416-368-1873) (Fax: 416-368-8457) Bus. Agt.: Monty Mont- gomerie, [email protected]. TWU 924 STRATFORD, ON-Inez Khan, izkhan73@gmail. com; P.O. Box 21151, Stratford, ON, N5A 7V4. (519-949-4040) (Fax: 519-508-0955) Bus. Agt.: Mary-Lou Mason, ba924@ho- tmail.com. T B173 TORONTO/HAMILTON, ON-Marika Csotar, 2368- A Munns Ave., Oakville, Ontario L6H 6G9 (647-309-2024). Bus. Agt.: Chastity Brooker, [email protected], 165 Queen St., South, Apt. 707, Hamilton, ON L8P 4R3. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND M 906 CHARLOTTETOWN, PE-Bill Higgins, P.O. Box 2406, Charlottetown, PE, C1A 8C1. Bus. Agt.: Damon Compton. T B906 CHARLOTTETOWN, PE-Charlene Costello, P.O. Box 1032, Charlottetown, PE, CIA 7M4. (902-628-1864) (Fax: 902-566-4648). QUEBEC S 056 MONTREAL, QC-Denis Forest, 1, rue de Castelnau Est, Local 104, Montreal, QC, H2R 1P1. (514-844-7233) (Fax: 514-844-5846) Bus. Agt.: Jason Vergnano. O 262 MONTREAL, QC- Isabelle Wouters, yzowout10@ hotmail.com; 1945 Mullins Bureau 160, Montreal, QC, H3K 1N9. (514-937-6855) (Fax: 514-272-5763) Bus. Agt.: Stephane Ross, [email protected]. MPSPT 514 PROVINCE OF QUEBEC-Ian Lavoie,Ian. [email protected]; 4530 rue Molson, Montreal, QC H1Y 0A3. (514-937-7668) (Fax: 514-937-3592). Bus. Agt.: Michel Charron, [email protected]. M 523 QUEBEC, QC-Rina Campion, 2700, Jean Per- rin, #490, Quebec, QC, G2C 1S9. (418-847-6335) (Fax: 418-847-6335) Bus. Agts.: (Stage) Guy Journeault; (Proj.) Mario Gigure; (Wardrobe) Sylvia Bernard. TWU 863 MONTREAL, QC-Melanie Ferrero, iatse863@ gmail.com; 4251 rue Fabre, Montreal, QC. H2J 3T5 (514-524- 1630). Bus. Agt.: Silvana Fernandez, iatselocal863habilleur@ hotmail.com. SASKATCHEWAN M 295 REGINA/MOOSE JAW, SK- Celeste Pinder, 1849 Park Street, #3, Regina, SK, S4N 2G4. (306-545-6733) (Fax: 306-545-8440). M 300 SASKATOON, SK-Andrew Forrester, P.O. Box 1361, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 3N9. (306-343-8900) Bus. Agt.: Greg Roberts. UNITED STATES ALABAMA S 078 BIRMINGHAM-Dennis Parker; iatse78secretary@ gmail.com; P.O. Box 10251, Birmingham, 35202. (205-251-1312) Bus. Agt.: Allen Langston. S 142 MOBILE-Philip Tapia, P.O. Box 2492, Mobile, 36652. (251-622-0233) (Fax: 251-625-2655) Bus. Agt.: John Brown. M 900 HUNTSVILLE- David Hendricks, [email protected]; P.O. Box 12, Huntsville, 35804. (256-551-2243) (Fax: 256-551- 2329) Bus. Agt.: Gary Boggs. ALASKA S 918 ANCHORAGE- Ann Reddig, stagehanddispatch@live. com; P.O. Box 100421, Anchorage, 99510. (907-278-3146) (Fax: 907-278-3145) Bus. Agt.: Eric Lizer. ARIZONA S 336 PHOENIX/PRESCOTT-Pamela Boyd, boyd336@ gmail.com; 1425 E. Washington St., Suite B, Phoenix, 85034- 1181. (602-253-4145) (Fax: 602-253-2103) Bus. Agt.: Bill Hen- nessy, [email protected]. M 415 TUCSON-George Fritz, P.O. Box 990, Tucson, 85702. (520-882-9126) (Fax: 520-882-9127) Bus. Agt.: Scott Stravitz. TBSE 748 STATE OF ARIZONA-David Warner, dave.war- [email protected]; P.O. Box 1191, Phoenix, 85001 (888-491-6280). Bus. Agt.: Eric Falkner, [email protected]. ARKANSAS M 204 LITTLE ROCK-Nikki M. Kelly, P.O. Box 848, Ma- belvale, 72103 (501-227-7301) (Fax: 501-227-7404) Bus. Agt.: Russell G. Hardy. CALIFORNIA S 016 SAN FRANCISCO/MARIN COUNTY/SANTA ROSA/LAKE MENDOCINO/PALO ALTO/SONOMA COUNTY/ NAPA COUNTY/ SAN MATEO COUN- TY-Steve Lutge, 240 Second Street, 1st Floor, San Francisco, 94105. (415-441-6400) (Fax: 415-243-0179) Bus. Agt.: Steve Lutge. S 033 LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH/PASADENA/ SANTA MONICA-Jane E. Leslie, [email protected]; 1720 West Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, 91506. (818-841-9233) (Fax: 818-567-1138) Bus. Agts.: (TV) Steve Coffey, scoffey@iatse33. com; (Legit) Mark Madrigal, [email protected]. APC 044 HOLLYWOOD-Anthony Pawluc, 12021 Riv- erside Drive, North Hollywood, 91607. (818-769-2500) (Fax: 818-769-3111) Bus. Agt.: Edmond Brown. S 050 SACRAMENTO/CHICO/STOCKTON/MARYS- VILLE-Betsy Martin, [email protected]; 410 N. 10th Street, Sacramento, 95811. (916-444-7654) (Fax: 916-444- 6550) Bus. Agt.: John Kelly, [email protected]. MPSG/CS 080 HOLLYWOOD-Rick Schunke, 2520 W. Olive Avenue, Suite 200, Burbank, 91505-4529. (818-526-0700) (Fax: 818-526-0719) Bus. Agt.: Thom Davis. S 107 ALAMEDA COUNTY/OAKLAND/BERKELEY/ CONTRA COSTA COUNTY/SOLANO COUNTY/RICH- MOND- Alexander Kort; 8130 Baldwin Street, #134, Oakland, 94621. (510-351-1858) (Fax: 510-430-9830) Bus. Mgr.: Kurt Dreyer. TBSE 119 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA-Liz Farkas, P.O. Box 911, San Carlos, 94070. (510-206-7987) Bus. Agt.: Daniel Nicholson. S 122 SAN DIEGO-Donnie Clifton, 3737 Camino del Rio South, Suite 307, San Diego, 92108. (619-640-0042) (Fax: 619-640-0045) Bus. Agt.: Carlos Cota. M 134 SAN JOSE/SANTA CLARA-Elizabeth Overstreet, [email protected]; 300 South First Street, Suite 325, San Jose, 95113. (408-294-1134) (Fax: 408-294-1250) Bus. Agt.: Bill Fairweather, [email protected]. S 158 FRESNO/MODESTO/STOCKTON-Tom Schindler, Jr., P.O. Box 5274, Fresno, 93755. (559-696-8111) Bus. Agt.: Pebbles Rapp. O 166 SAN FRANCISCO/SAN MATEO/PALO ALTO/ MARIN COUNTY-Mark Woodall, 4909 Railroad Flat Road, Mountain Ranch, 95246. (209-754-9966) (Fax: 209-754-9977). Bus. Agt.: Donald E. Johanson. O 169 ALAMEDA/SOLANO/NAPA AND CONTRA COSTA COUNTIES-Stephen Shelley, P.O. Box 29284, Oak- land, 94604-9284. (510-470-2424) Bus. Agt.: Stephen Shelley. M 215 BAKERSFIELD/VISALIA- Ray Grens, Jr., P.O. Box 555, Bakerseld, 93302. (661-862-0215) Bus. Agt.: Matt Bernon. O 297 SAN DIEGO COUNTY-Gary Livengood, liven- [email protected]; 6668 Ballinger Avenue, San Diego, 92119. (619-302-2556) Bus. Agt.: Dale Hyder. M 363 LAKE TAHOE and RENO, NV. (See Nevada) M 442 SANTA BARBARA TRI-COUNTIES(SANTA BARBARA/VENTURA/SAN LUI S OBI SPO COUNTIES)-Paul Kaessinger, [email protected], P.O. Box 413, Santa Barbara, 93102. (805-878-0013) Bus. Agt.: Jubal Molitor, [email protected]. M 504 ORANGE COUNTY/PARTS OF CORONA- Lynn Dee Lindquist, 671 S. Manchester Avenue, Anaheim, 92802-1434. (714-774-5004) (Fax: 714-774-7683) Bus. Agt.: Sam Bowers. ICG 600 INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHERS GUILD-(See also Georgia, Illinois and New York) Alan Gitlin; National Executive Director, Bruce Doering; Western Region Director, David Behm, 7755 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, 90046. (323-876-0160) (Fax: 323-878-1162) Eastern Region Director, Chaim Kantor (New York: 212-647-7300); Central Region Direc- tor, Rusty Burrell (Chicago/Atlanta: 312-243-3841 / 404-888- 0600). M 611 WATSONVILLE/SANTA CRUZ/ SALINAS/ GILROY/ HOLLISTER/ MONTEREY/ PACIFIC GROVE/SEASIDE-Steve Retsky, [email protected]; P.O. Box 7571, Santa Cruz, 95061. (831-458-0338) Bus. Agt.: Patrick Fitzsimmons, [email protected] . S 614 SAN BERNARDINO/ RIVERSIDE/ BARSTOW/ POMONA/ REDLANDS/ ONTARIO/ BISHOP-Windy J.Maxon, [email protected]; P.O. Box 883, San Bernardino, 92402. (909-888-1828) (Fax: 981-769-9160) Bus. Agt.: David Walker, [email protected]. . PST,TE,VAT&SP 695 HOLLYWOOD-Trustee: Intl Vice President Michael F. Miller, Jr., 10045 Riverside Drive, Toluca Lake, 91602. (818-9803499) (Fax: 818-980-3496) Co-Trustees: Intl Reps. Peter Marley and Steve Aredas. MPEG 700 MOTION PICTURE EDITORS GUILD (see also New York)-Diane Adler; Exec. Dir.: Ron Kutak; Asst. Exec. Dir.: Catherine Repola. 7715 Sunset Blvd., #200, Los Ange- les, 90046, (323-876-4770) (Fax: 323-876-0861); Asst. Exec. Dir. (New York): Paul Moore (212-302-0700) (Fax: 212-302-1091). MPC 705 HOLLYWOOD-Wanda Leavey, 4731 Laurel Can- yon Blvd, #201, Valley Village, 91607-3911. (818-487-5655) (Fax: 818-487-5663) Bus. Agt.: Bob Iannaccone. MAHSG 706 HOLLYWOOD-John Jackson, 828 N. Hol- lywood Way, Burbank, 91505. (818-295-3933) (Fax: 818-295- 3930) Bus. Agt.: Tommy Cole. M 707 PALM SPRINGS/PALM DESERT/HEMET/ BANNING/ELSINORE/29 PALMS-Shay Funk, P.O. Box 5 8 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N 2240, Palm Desert, 92261 (760-340-6323) (Fax: 760-340-6323) Bus. Agt.: Shay Funk, [email protected]. MPSELT 728 HOLLYWOOD-Patric Abaravich, 1001 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, 91506. (818-954-0728) (Fax: 818-954- 0732) Bus. Agt.: Patric Abaravich. MPSP&SW 729 HOLLYWOOD-Robert Denne, 1811 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank, 91506. (818-842-7729) (Fax: 818-846- 3729) Bus. Agt.: Robert Denne. TWU 768 LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH/PASADENA/ SANTA MONICA/CERRITOS-Mary B. Seward, ward- [email protected]; 1023 N. Hollywood Way, #203, Burbank 91505. (818-843-8768) Bus. Agt.: Ann Kelleher. TWU 784 SAN FRANCISCO/OAKLAND/BERKELEY/ SAN MATEO/CUPERTINO/SAN JOSE/CONCORD-Kar- rin Kain, [email protected]; 1182 Market Street, Suite 213, San Francisco, 94102. (415-861-8379). Bus. Agt.: Bobbi Boe. TBSE 795 SAN DIEGO-Carlos Castro, 3755 Avocado Blvd., PMB 437, La Mesa, 91941. (619-335-0795) (Fax: 858-715- 0640). Bus. Agt.: Darin Haggard. ADG 800 LOS ANGELES (See also Illinois, New York and North Carolina)-Judy Cosgrove, 11969 Ventura Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Studio City, 91604. (818-762-9995) (Fax: 818-762-9997) Bus. Agt.: Scott Roth. USA829 CALIFORNIA REGIONAL OFFICE (See Also New York) 6363 Wilshire Blvd., #400, Los Angeles, 90048. (323-965-0957) Bus. Agt.: Monique LHeureux. AG&AOE&GA 839 HOLLYWOOD-Nicole DuBuc, 1105 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, 91505. (818-845-7500) (Fax: 818-843- 0300) Bus. Agt.: Steven Hulett, [email protected]. T&T 857 LOS ANGELES/ORANGE COUNTIES-Ann Simmons, 13245 Riverside Dr., #350, Sherman Oaks, 91423. (818-990-7107) (Fax: 818-990-8287) Bus. Agt.: Sergio A. Me- dina. SS,CC,A&APSG 871 HOLLYWOOD-Catherine McCabe, 11519 Chandler Blvd., N. Hollywood, 91601. (818-509-7871) (Fax: 818-506-1555) Bus. Rep.: Leslie Simon. TWU 874 SACRAMENTO AND VICINITY-Mary Kay Morris, [email protected]; P.O. Box 188787, Sacramento, 95818 (916-832-3396) (Fax: 916-371-2530) Bus. Agt.: Sheryl Emmons, [email protected] MPST 884 HOLLYWOOD- Pam Wood, P.O. Box 461467, Los Angeles, 90046. (310-905-2400) Bus. Agt.: Linda Stone, [email protected]. CDG 892 HOLLYWOOD- Terry Gordon, 11969 Ventura Blvd., 1st Floor, Studio City, 91604. (818-752-2400) (Fax: 818-752- 2402) Executive Director: Rachael Stanley. TWU 905 SAN DIEGO-Judith A. Watson, P.O. Box 635292, San Diego, 92163. (619-980-6709) Bus. Agt.: Michael Regna, [email protected]. S&FMT 923 ANAHEIM-Mark Russ, P.O. Box 9031, Ana- heim, 92812-9031. (714-342-1255) Bus. Agt.: Orrin DAntignac. T B18 SAN FRANCISCO-Johnny Moreno, 965 Mission St., Suite 509, San Francisco, 94103. (415-974-0860) (Fax: 415-974-0852) Bus. Agt.: Johnny Moreno. T B32 SAN JOSE-SANTA CLARA COUNTY-Lucinda Stride, P.O. Box 2832, Santa Clara, 95055.(408-464-3640) Bus. Agt.: Nancy Williams. T B66 SACRAMENTO-Doris Goodwin, doris.goodwin@att. net; P.O. Box 19063, Sacramento, 95816. (916-486-4809) (Fax: 916-482-8178) Bus. Agt.: Richard Allen, [email protected]. AAE B192 HOLLYWOOD-Adam Fanshier, adamfanshier@ b192iatse.org; 5250 Lankershim Blvd., Suite 600, N. Hollywood, 91601. (818-509-9192) (Fax: 818-509-9873). Bus. Agt.: Matthew Nelson, [email protected]. CALIFORNIA SPECIAL BRANCH-Michael Miller, Jr., 10045 Riverside Drive, Toluca Lake, 91602. (818-980-3499) (Fax: 818-980-3496). COLORADO S 007 STATE OF COLORADO-Randy Mitchell; 1475 Curtis Street, Denver, 80202. (303-534-2423) (Fax: 303-534-0216) Bus. Agt.: Randy Mitchell, [email protected]. S 047 PUEBLO-Bob Krasovec, 1330 W. Abriendo Avenue, Pueblo, 81004. (719-320-6220) Bus. Agt.: Saul Trujillo, 27850 Hwy. 50 East, Pueblo, 81006. M 062 COLORADO SPRINGS-Scott Waldham, secretary- [email protected]; 1828 E. Kiowa Street, Colorado Springs, 80909. (719-520-1059) (Fax: 719-520-1090) Bus. Agt.: Gina Salamon, [email protected]. S 229 FORT COLLINS, CO./CHEYENNE/LARAMIE, WY.-Dan Schoonover, [email protected]; P.O. Box 677, Fort Collins, 80522. Bus. Agt.: David Denman, [email protected], (970-226-2292) (Fax: 970-490-2292). TWU 719 DENVER-Elisa Spadi, [email protected]; 12010 West 52nd Place, Unit #7, Arvada, 80002. (303-431-7561) (Fax: 303-431-7561) Bus. Agt.: Steve Davis, [email protected]; (303-829-1567) (Fax: 303-948-3414). T B7 DENVER-Ashley Brown, 1475 Curtis St., Denver, 80202. (303-534-2423) (Fax: 303-534-0216). CONNECTICUT SM 052 STATES OF CONNECTICUT/NEW YORK/ NEW JERSEY/NORTHERN DE. /GREATER PA.- William McGavin, 19-02 Steinway Street, Astoria, NY 11105. (718-906- 9440) (Fax: 718-777-1820) Bus. Mgr.: John Ford; Bus. Reps.: John Fundus and Raymond Fortune. S 074 SOUTHERN CONNECTICUTScott Meikle, scott. [email protected]; P.O. Box 9075, New Haven, 06532. (203- 710-5089) (Fax: 203-516-2398). Bus. Agt.: James Shea, [email protected]. S 084 HARTFORD/NEW LONDON/NORTHERN CON- NECTICUT- Joseph Davis, 1145 D New Britain Ave., West Hartford, 06110. (860-233-8821) (Fax: 860-233-8827). Bus. Agt.: William Philbin. SS,PC,CC&PA 161 NEW YORK/ NEW JERSEY/CON- NECTICUT-Leslie Zak, [email protected]; 630 9th Avenue, #1103, New York, NY 10036. (212-977-9655) (Fax: 212-977- 9609) Bus. Agt.: Colleen Donahue, [email protected] DELAWARE SM 052 STATES OF NEW YORK/ NEW JERSEY/ CONNECTICUT/NORTHERN DE. /GREATER PA.- Wil- liam McGavin, 19-02 Steinway Street, Astoria, NY 11105. (718- 906-9440) (Fax: 718-777-1820) Bus. Mgr.: John Ford; Bus. Reps.: John Fundus and Raymond Fortune. S 284 WILMINGTON-Eva Lynne Penn, P.O. Box 7248, Wilm- ington, 19803. (302-652-4626) (Fax: 302-475-4903) Bus. Agt.: Michael Harrington. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA S 022 WASHINGTON, DC/WASHINGTON DC SUB- URBS, MD/NORTHERN VIRGINIA-John Page,1810 Hamlin Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018. (202-269-0212) (Fax: 202-635-0192) Bus. Agt.: John Brasseux. SM&BT 487 MID-ATLANTIC AREA-Ellen Popiel, 101 N. Haven Street, Suite 202, Baltimore, MD 21224. (410-732-0414) (Fax: 636-233-3205) Bus. Agt.: David OFerrall TWU 772 WASHINGTON-Martha Timlin, Secretary@ia- tse772.org; 3940 Second Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20032. (703-402-8623) Bus. Agt.: Linda Boyland, BusinessAgent@ iatse772.org. TBSE 819 WASHINGTON-Renee Moore, prmoore2@ve- rizon.net; P.O. Box 5645, Friendship Station, Washington, 20016. (202-966-4110) Bus. Agt.: David Lee, [email protected]. T&T 868 WASHINGTON-Anne Vantine, 868secretary@ gmail.com; P.O. Box 58129, Washington, 20037. (202-320-0949 ) Bus. Agt.: Anita Wilkinson, [email protected]. TSA B868 WASHINGTON-Vevica Tobias, 2500 Virginia Ave., N.W., #308, Washington, 20037. (202-416-8520) Bus. Agt.: Antonio Bullock. FLORIDA M 060 PENSACOLA/PANAMA CITY/DESTIN-Diana Nelson, [email protected]; P.O. Box 1084, Pensacola, 32591 (850-390-6819) (Fax: 850-455-0135). Bus. Agt.: Dale Hawthorne. M 115 JACKSONVILLE/TALLAHASSEE/GAINES- VILLE-Scott Campbell, [email protected]; P.O. Box 462, Jacksonville, 32201. (904-723-6070) (Fax: 904-723-6090) Bus. Agt.: Saul Lucio, [email protected]. M 321 TAMPA/CLEARWATER/LAKELAND/ST. PE- TERSBURG-Judy Philips, [email protected]; 7211 N. Dale Mabry, #209, Tampa, 33614. (813-931-4712) (Fax: 813-931- 7503) Bus. Agt.: Paul Paleveda, [email protected]. M 412 BRADENTON/SARASOTA-Rick Cannon, secre- [email protected]; P.O. Box 1307, Tallevast, 34270. (941-359- 1254) (Fax: 941-359-1254) Bus. Agt.: Roy Sorensen, ia412ba@ verizon.net, (941-914-1553). SM 477 STATE OF FLORIDA-Nancy Flesher, P.O. Box 420404, Kissimmee, 34742-0404 (305-594-8585) (Fax: 954- 440-3362) Bus. Agt.: William F. Moyse. M 500 SOUTH FLORIDA-Terrence McKenzie, 1001 NW 62nd Street, Suite 220, Fort Lauderdale, 33309. (954-202-2624) (Fax: 954-772-4713). Bus. Agt.: Terrence McKenzie. M 631 ORLANDO/CAPE CANAVERAL/COCOA/ MELBOURNE/LAKE BUENA VISTA/DAYTONA BEACH-Dawn Scott, 5385 Conroy Road, Suite #200, Orlando, 32811-3719. (407-422-2747) (Fax: 407-843-9170) Bus. Agt.: Joseph Shelton. S 647 NAPLES/FT. MYERS/MARCO ISLAND-Thomas T. Triplett, P.O. Box 700, Estero, 33929. (239-498-9090) (Fax: 239-948-2637) Bus. Agt.: James E. Richards. MPVT/LT/AC&GE 780 (See also Illinois)-Debbie Be- dard, [email protected]; 3585 N. Courtenay Pkwy., Suite 4, Merritt Island, FL 32953. (321-453-1018) (Fax: 321-453-1178) Bus. Mngr.: Jerry Lipski, [email protected]. EE 835 ORLANDO/DAYTONA BEACH-Richard Vales, 7131 Grand National Drive, Suite 102, Orlando, 32819. (407-649- 9669) (Fax: 407-649-1926). Bus. Agt.: Richard Vales. AE AE938 JACKSONVILLE-Andy Canady, 1000 Water Street, Jacksonville, 32204 (904-626-5324) Bus. Agt.: Charles Bennett. GEORGIA M 320 SAVANNAH-Matthew Haddock, iatse320treasurer@ gmail.com; P.O. Box 5731, Savannah, 31414. (912-232-2203) Bus. Agt.: Matthew Williams, [email protected]. SM 479 STATE OF GEORGIA (Except Savannah and Vicinity)-Terry Moody, [email protected]; 140 Charles W. Grant Pkwy., Atlanta 30354. (404-361-5676) (Fax: 404-361-5677) Bus. Agt.: Michael Akins, [email protected]. SM 491 STATES OF NORTH AND SOUTH CARO- LINA/SAVANNAH, GA-Andrew Oyaas, sectres@ia- tse491.com; 1707 Castle Hayne Road, Wilmington, NC 28401. S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 5 9 (910-343-9408) (Fax: 910-343-9448) Bus. Agt.: Jason Rosin, [email protected]. S 629 AUGUSTA-Anthony Capaz, 2312 Washington Road, Augusta, 30904. (706-738-2312) (Fax: 706-738-2312). Bus. Agt.: Bruce Balk, [email protected]. ICG 600 INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHERS GUILD-(See also California, Illinois and New York) Alan Gitlin; National Executive Director, Bruce Doering; Central Region Direc- tor, Rusty Burrell, 1355Peachtree Street NE, Suite 1060, Atlanta 30309 (404-888-0600) (Fax: 404-888-6593). Illinois Ofce: 901 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 201, Chicago, IL 60068. (312-243-3841) (Fax: 312-243-4275). M 824 ATHENS-Margi Flood, P.O. Box 422, Athens, 30603. (706-549-8244) (Fax: 706-549-0828) Bus. Agt.: William Jackson. EE 834 ATLANTA-C. Faye Harper, 500 Bishop Street, NW, Suite F-1, Atlanta, 30540. (404-875-8848) (Fax: 404-875-4578) Bus. Agt.: C. Faye Harper. TWU 859 ATLANTA-Gail Harvard, [email protected]; 2970 Leah Lane, Douglasville, 30135. (770-733-9223) (Fax: 678- 838-1456) Bus. Agt.: Kelly Chipman,[email protected]. S 927 ATLANTA-Neil Gluckman, 449 Moreland Avenue, Suite 215, Atlanta, 30307. (404-870-9911) (Fax: 404-870-9906) Bus. Agt.: Neil Gluckman. HAWAII M 665 STATE OF HAWAII-Kay Carter, carter@ia- tse665.org; 875 Waimanu Street, Suite 610, Honolulu, 96813. (808-596-0227) (Fax: 808-591-8213). Bus. Agt.: Henry Ford- ham, [email protected]. IDAHO M 093 SPOKANE, WA/WALLACE KELLOGG, ID-Jill Scott,[email protected]; P.O. Box 1266, Spokane, WA 99210. Bus. Agt.: A. Jaye Nordling,[email protected]; Bus. Rep.: Pat Devereau, [email protected], (509-999- 5073) (Fax: 208-623-6496). S 099 STATE OF UTAH/BOISE/NAMPA/CALDWELL/ TWIN FALL/SUN VALLEY, IDAHO-Charisse A. Swarthout, 526 West 800 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. (801-359-0513) (Fax: 801-532-6227) Bus. Agt.: Murray Ennenga. EE 838 SOUTHERN IDAHO/SALT LAKE CITY, UT- Nancy Trouse, 230 West 200 South, Suite 2220, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 (801-320-0701) (Fax: 801-320-0701) Bus. Agt.: Nancy Trouse. ILLINOIS S 002 CHICAGO-Thomas J. Cleary, stagehandslocal2@ iatselocal2.com; 216 S. Jefferson Street, Suite 400, Chicago, 60661. (312-705-2020) (Fax: 312-705-2011) Bus. Agt.: Craig P. Carlson. S 085 DAVENPORT, IA/ROCK ISLAND/MOLINE, IL- Rich Harris, [email protected]; P.O. Box 227, Davenport, IA 52805. (563-579-3526) Bus. Agt.: Joseph Goodall, busines- [email protected]. MPP,AVE&CT 110 CHICAGO-Steve Altman, 216 S. Jef- ferson Street, Suite 203, Chicago, 60661. (312-454-1110) (Fax: 312-454-6110) Bus. Agt.: Steve Altman. S 124 JOLIET-Tim Kelly, [email protected], P.O. Box 333, Joliet, 60434-0333. (815-546-0124) Bus. Agt.: Lorin Lynch, l_lo- [email protected]. S 138 SPRINGFIELD/JACKSONVILLE-Richard Meidel, P.O. Box 6367, Springeld, 62708. (217-483-6462) Bus. Agt.: Noel Dalbey, 2121 Westview Drive, Springeld, 62704. (217-787- 5440) (Fax: 217-787-5440). M 193 BLOOMINGTON/ NORMAL/ SPRINGFIELD/ JACKSONVILLE/ MACOMB/ PEORIA-Ann Marie Dunn, P.O. Box 172, Bloomington, 61701-0172. Bus. Agts.: Paul Showal- ter (Peoria), Kevin Paxton (Bloomington). M 217 ROCKFORD- Kim Whitmore, P.O. Box 472, Rockford, 61105. (815-670-9264)(Fax: 815-484-1085). Bus. Agt.: Richard Abrams. M 421 HERRIN/CENTRALIA, IL/CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO-Thomas Aken, [email protected], P.O. Box 441, Mur- physboro, IL 62966. (618-967-2394) Bus. Agt.: Stephen Parhom- ski, [email protected]. SM 476 CHICAGO-Mark A. Hogan, 6309 N. North- west Highway, Chicago, 60631-0490. (773-775-5300) (Fax: 773-775-2477) Bus. Agt.: Mark A. Hogan. M 482 CHAMPAIGN/URBANA/DANVILLE/RAN- TOUL/CHARLESTON/DECATUR-Andrew Hall, an- [email protected]; P.O. Box 3272, Urbana, 61803-3272. (217-898-0056) Bus. Agt.: Doug Gherna, iatselocal482-busines- [email protected]. ICG 600 INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHERS GUILD-(See also California, Georgia and New York) Alan Gitlin; National Executive Director, Bruce Doering; Central Region Direc- tor, Rusty Burrell, 901 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 201, Chicago, IL 60068. (312-243-3841) (Fax: 312-243-4275). Atlanta Ofce: 1355 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 1060, Altanta, GA 30309. (404- 888-0600) (Fax: 404-888-6593). T&T 750 CHICAGO-Joseph Wanderling, jwanderling@ teletix.co; 106 W. Calendar Court, #272, La Grange Park, 60525. (708-276-3175) Bus. Agt.: Daniel Garnett, garnett.dan@gmail. com. TBSE 762 CHICAGO-Tom Hoover, thomashoover@comcast. net; P.O. Box 3710, Lisle, 60532 (312-671-7679) Bus. Agt.: Den- nis Gates, [email protected]. TWU 769 CHICAGO-Kathryn Rubel, 1250 Hunters Ridge West, Hoffman Estates, 60192. (847-732-6326) (Fax: 847-608- 6884) Bus. Agt.: Shirley Berling, [email protected]. MPVT/LT/AC&GE 780 CHICAGO (see also Florida)-Debbie Bedard, [email protected]; 6301 N. Northwest Highway, Chicago, IL 60631. (773-775-5020) (Fax: 773-775-5771) Bus. Mngr.: Jerry Lipski, [email protected]. ADG 800 CENTRAL OFFICE (See also California, New York and North Carolina)-Gary Baugh, 5256 N. Magnolia, Chicago, IL 60640. (773-805-1521). USA829 ILLINOIS REGIONAL OFFICE (See also New York) 111 North Wabash Avenue, #2107, Chicago, 60602. (312-857-0829) Bus. Agt.: J. Christopher Phillips. T B46 CHICAGO, IL/MILWAUKEE, WI- Steve Altman, 216 S. Jefferson Street, Suite 203, Chicago, 60661. (312-454- 1110) (Fax: 312-454-6110) Bus. Agt.: Anthony M. Spano. INDIANA S 030 INDIANAPOLIS/KOKOMO/RICHMOND/ EARLHAM COLLEGE /LOGANSPORT/ PERU/CON- NORSVILLE/ANDERSON/MUNCIE/PORTLAND-John Baldwin, 1407 East Riverside Drive, Indianapolis, 46202-2037. (317-638-3226) (Fax: 317-638-6126). Bus. Agt.: John Baldwin. S 049 TERRE HAUTE-David G. Del Colletti, [email protected]. com; 210 Terre Vista Drive, Terre Haute, 47803. (812-243-0524) Bus. Agt.: Dave Targett, [email protected]. S 102 EVANSVILLE-Mark Fehr, 13 Dreier Blvd., Evansville, 47712 (812-467-0287) (Fax: 812-467-0287). Bus. Agt.: Steve VanMeter. M 125 LAKE PORTER/LA PORTE COUNTIES/FORT WAYNE/LAFAYETTE/ FRANKFORT/CRAWFORDS- VILLEGreg Palmer, [email protected]; 2905 DeKalb St., Lake Station, 46405. (219-718-8038) (Fax: 219-962-1250) Bus. Agt.: Rick D. Wilbanks (219-718-8037), [email protected]. S 146 FORT WAYNE-Steve Tarr, P.O. Box 13354, Fort Wayne, 46868. (260-747-2643) Bus. Agt.: Michael Barile, iat- [email protected] (260-402-3257). M 187 SOUTH BEND/MISHAWAKA/ELKHART/ GOSHEN/PLYMOUTH/CULVER, IN/NILES, MI-Gail Stroh, P.O. Box 474, South Bend, IN 46624. (574-292-1871) (Fax: 574-288-0233) Bus. Agt.: Deborah Mayers, deborahmayers@ comcast.net. O 194 INDIANAPOLIS/ KOKOMO/ LOGANSPORT/ PERU/WABASH/ RICHMOND/ MUNCIE/ PORT- LAND-TERRE HAUTE-Stephen Blair, P.O. Box 7055, Green- wood, 46142. (317-507-0714) Bus. Agt.: Stephen Blair. M 618 BLOOMINGTON/BEDFORD/COLUMBUS/ FRENCH LICK-Mark R. Sarris, 511 North Fess, Apt. 7, Bloom- ington, IN 47408. (812-327-4262) Bus. Agt.: Mark R. Sarris, [email protected]. TWU 893 INDIANAPOLIS/BLOOMINGTON-Joanne M. Sanders, 5144 N. Carrollton Avenue, Indianapolis, 46205-1130. (317-283-6040) (Fax: 317-283-2890) Bus. Agt.: Joanne M. Sanders. T B194 INDIANAPOLIS-Stephen P. Blair, P.O. Box 7055, Greenwood, 46142. (317-507-0717) (Fax: 317-888-5252) Bus. Agt.: Stephen Blair. IOWA S 042 OMAHA/FREMONT, NE/COUNCIL BLUFFS/ SIOUX CITY, IA-Joe Carter Lee, [email protected]; P.O. Box 351, Omaha, NE 68101. (402-934-1542) (Fax: 402-504- 3584). Bus. Agt.: Bob Lane, [email protected]. S 067 DES MOINES/AMES/WAUKEE/MASON CITY-Linda Tweedy, [email protected]; 2000 Walker Street, Suite L, Des Moines, 50317. (515-266-4640) Bus. Agt.: Ryan Anderson, [email protected], (515-707-8567). S 085 DAVENPORT, IA/ROCK ISLAND/MOLINE, IL- Rich Harris, [email protected]; P.O. Box 227, Davenport, IA 52805. (563-579-3526) Bus. Agt.: Joseph Goodall, busines- [email protected]. S 191 CEDAR RAPIDS/WATERLOO/DUBUQUE Bruce Croy, [email protected]; P.O. Box 1191, Cedar Rapids, 52406 (319-360-1308). Bus. Agt.: Jeff Smith, jeff- [email protected]. M 690 IOWA CITY/CEDAR RAPIDS/WATERLOO/ DUBUQUE-Scott Wiley, [email protected]; P.O. Box 42, Iowa City, 52244-0042. (319-594-2690) Bus. Agt.: Roman Antolic, [email protected]. TWU 831 OMAHA, NE/COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA- Alice George Holmes, [email protected]; 1513 S. 95th Street, Omaha, NE 68124 (402-551-4685) (Fax: 402-933-6585) Bus. Agt.: Mary Sorensen, [email protected]. KANSAS S 031 KANSAS CITY/TOPEKA/LAWRENCE/EMPO- RIA, KS/KANSAS CITY-ST. JOSEPH, MO-Dan Ptzner, 923-A West 17th Street, Kansas City, MO 64108. (816-842-5167) (Fax: 816-842-9481) Bus. Agt.: Gary L. Thomas. M 190 WICHITA/HUTCHINSON/EL DORADO-Tim McCulloch, [email protected]; P.O. Box 3052, Wichita, 67201. (316-267-5927) Bus. Agt.: Thomas Harms, ba190@iatse. kscoxmail.com. M 464 SALINA-Kent Buess, [email protected]; P.O. Box 617, Salina, 67402. (785-342-6786). Bus. Agt.: Bill Tuzicka, wtuz- [email protected]. KENTUCKY S 017 LOUISVILLE/FRANKFORT/DANVILLE-Laura 6 0 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N Papia, [email protected]; 119 W. Breckenridge Street, Louisville, 40203. (502-587-7936) (Fax: 502-587-3422) Bus. Agt.: James R. Madison, [email protected]. M 346 LEXINGTON-David Richardson, david@twinhives. com; P.O. Box 5, Lexington, 40588. (859-221-1921) Bus. Agt.: Donald A. Burton, [email protected]. M 369 ASHLAND, KY/HUNTINGTON, WV/IRON- TON, OH-Kevin D. Bannon, P.O. Box 192, Huntington, WV, 25707. Bus. Agt.: Chestle St. Clair (304-733-0880). TWU 897 LOUISVILLE-Lisa Green, budgetprint@insightbb. com; 27 Arctic Springs, Jeffersonville, 47130. (812-283-4784) (Fax: 812-282-4057) Bus. Agt.: Melissa Gagliardi, melgag@aol. com. LOUISIANA S 039 NEW ORLEANS-Darrell Eik, [email protected]; P.O. Box 19289, New Orleans, 70179. (504-872-2165) (Fax: 504-309- 8198) Bus. Agt.: Alan Arthur, [email protected]. M 260 LAKE CHARLES/ALEXANDRIA/PINEVILLE/ FORT POLK-George J. Hollier, [email protected]; 3702 Lakeview Drive, Lake Charles, 70605. (337-598-3455) (Fax: 337-598-3455). Bus. Agt.: Todd J. Johnson, iatse260-tj@juno. com. S 298 SHREVEPORT-Bobby Grife, [email protected]; 715 McNeil Street, Shreveport, 71101. Bus. Agt.: Russell Wingeld (318-227-2914). SM 478 STATE OF LOUISIANA/SOUTHERN MIS- SISSIPPI-Chandra Miller, 432 N. Anthony St., Suite 305, New Orleans, LA 70119. (504-486-2192) (Fax: 504-483-9961) Bus. Agt.: Michael McHugh. M 540 BATON ROUGE-Patrick A. Acampora, 1852 Hobbiton Rd., Baton Rouge, 70810. (225-933-9256) Bus. Agt.: H. Hayes Taylor, 16632 Mockingbird Lane, Baton Rouge, 70819. M 668 MONROE-Dan Satereld, [email protected]; 401 Lea Joyner Memorial Express, Monroe, 71201. (318-355- 0522). Bus. Agt.: Ross Slacks, [email protected]. TWU 840 NEW ORLEANS-Lesly Davi, 11186 Tuttle Road, Hammond, 70403. Bus. Agt.: Bonnie Haase (225-294-3024) (Fax: 225-294-3024). MAINE S 114 PORTLAND/LEWISTON/AUGUSTA/BAN- GOR-Stephen Price, [email protected], P.O. Box 993, Port- land, 04104 (207-657-7100) Bus. Agt.: Dave Herrman, hardtail@ maine.rr.com. TBSE 926 AUBURN-Sarah Quaintance, 99 Danville Corner Rd, Auburn, 04210 (207-782-1800). Bus. Agt.: Sharon Deveau- Handy. MARYLAND S 019 BALTIMORE-Steve Wallace, [email protected]; 1111 Park Avenue, Suite L-102, Baltimore, 21201-5651. (410- 382-4187) (Fax: 410-728-6849) Bus. Agt.: Bruce Holtman,Jr., [email protected]. S 022 WASHINGTON DC SUBURBS, MD/WASH- INGTON, DC/NORTHERN VIRGINIA-John Page, 1810 Hamlin Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018. (202-269-0212) (Fax: 202-635-0192) Bus. Agt.: John Brasseux. MPP,O&VT 181 BALTIMORE-Dave Foreman, 4834 Ridge Road, Baltimore, 21237. (410-788-2856) Bus. Agt.: Karl O. Gil- bert. SM&BT 487 MID-ATLANTIC AREA-Ellen Popiel, 101 N. Haven Street, Suite 202, Baltimore, MD 21224. (410-732-0414) (Fax: 636-233-3205) Bus. Agt.: David OFerrall M 591 HAGERSTOWN, MD/FREDERICK, MD/ WAYNESBORO, PA/WINCHESTER, VA/MARTINS- BURG, WV-Michael E. Clem, [email protected]; 10300 Moxley Road, Damascus, MD 20872. (301-651-0150). Bus. Agt.: John Nichols, [email protected]. TBSE 833 BALTIMORE-James Coxson, P.O. Box 4834, Bal- timore, 21211. Bus. Agt.: William Poplovski, 3400 Dunran Road, Baltimore, MD, 21222 (443-831-8181). TWU 913 BALTIMORE-Laureen Ruth Spriggs, lspriggs1@ netzero.com; 1558 A. Bollinger Road, Westminster, 21157 (410- 935-9883). Bus. Agt.: Mary Beth Chase, [email protected], 7424 Watersville Rd., Mt. Airy, 22771. (410-795-1590). MASSACHUSETTS S 011 BOSTON/WALTHAM/PLYMOUTH/CAPE COD-Colleen Glynn, 152 Old Colony Avenue, South Boston, 02127. (617-269-5595) (Fax: 617-269-6252) Bus. Agt.: Colleen Glynn. S 053 SPRINGFIELD/PITTSFIELD-Valentino Lar- ese, [email protected]; P.O. Box 234, Springeld, 01101. (413-530-4747) (Fax: 413-783-9977) Bus. Agt.: Michael Afitto, [email protected]. M 083 NORTH ADAMS-David Blair, 172 Notch Road, North Adams, 01247-3614. (413-664-4669) Bus. Agt.: David Blair, ialo- [email protected] M 096 WORCESTER-Lorry DAscanio, P.O. Box 582, Worcester, 01613. (508-929-0378) (Fax: 508-929-0385) Bus. Agts.: Donald R. Apholt, Jr., 347 New Braintree Road Oakham, 01068. (508-882-3339). O 182 BOSTON/LYNN/SALEM/WALTHAM/BROCK- TON/PLYMOUTH/CAPE COD-Stephen Livernash, P.O. Box 390234, Cambridge, 02139 (617-426-1540) Bus. Agt.: Ken Eisenberg. M 195 LOWELL, MA./NEW HAMPSHIRE-Jeremy Dominick, P.O. Box 514, Mt. Vernon, NH 03057. Bus. Agt.: Joyce Cardoza (603-654-4097) (Fax: 603-654-4098). M 232 NORTHAMPTON/AMHERST-Brenda Shepard, P.O. Box 264, Sudbury, 01776. (781-249-2688) Bus. Agt.: Paul Yager. SM 481 NEW ENGLAND AREA-James MacDonald, iat- [email protected]; 10 Tower Ofce Park, Suite 218, Woburn, MA 01801. (781-376-0074) (Fax: 781-376-0078) Bus. Agt.: Chris ODonnell, [email protected]. T&T 753 BOSTON-Diane M. Blaskovich, [email protected]; 8 Admirals Lane, Salem, 01970. (617-407-9222) (Fax: 978-744- 7976) Bus. Agt.: Diane Blaskovich. TWU 775 BOSTON/PLYMOUTH/CAPE COD-Carol F. Colantuoni, 9 Randolph Road, Stoneham, 02180. (781-438-6338) (Fax: 888-207-3092) Bus. Agt.: Carol F. Colantuoni. T B4 BOSTON-Florence Lewis, P.O. Box 120277, Lafayette Station, Boston, 02112. (617-328-4128)(Fax: 617-868-8194) Bus. Agt.: Beverly McCormack. AFE B935 WORCESTER-Mike McKenzie, 24 Toria Heights Road, Oxford, 01540 (508-943-3626). Bus. Agt.: Ivar Carlson (508-248-0845). MICHIGAN M 026 GRAND RAPIDS/MUSKEGON/BATTLE CREEK/KALAMAZOO/HOLLAND/ST. JOSEPH- Mat- thew Taylor, 931 Bridge Street, NW, Grand Rapids, 49504. (616-742-5526) (Fax: 616-742-1088) Bus. Agt.: Stasia Savage. S 038 DETROIT/PONTIAC/MT. 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M 395 ANN ARBOR/MONROE-Mark Berg, markberg@ iatse395.org; P.O. Box 8271, Ann Arbor, 48107. (734-845-0550) (Fax: 734-482-0380). Bus. Agt.: Dean Neeb, [email protected]. MPP,O& VT 472 FLINT/OWOSSO-Harold Skinner, II, P.O. Box 90605, Burton, 48509-9998. (810-836-4556) Bus. Agt.: Guy Courts. T&T 757 DETROIT-Tina Bell, 165 S. Opdyke, #126, Auburn Hills, 48326. (248-373-9557) Bus. Agt.: Sandra Sobotka. TWU 786 DETROIT-Margaret Thorp, [email protected]; 1645 Pinecrest Drive, Ferndale, 48220. (248-399-1379) (Fax: 248-399-0034) Bus. Agt.: Beverly Llombart, bevmarie2556@ gmail.com. T B179 DETROIT-Frances Hemler, 26803 Warner, Warren, 48091. (586-481-3479) (Fax: 586-754-6883). Bus. Agt.: John Nesbitt. MID-ATLANTIC AREA SM&BT 487 MID-ATLANTIC AREA-Ellen Popiel, 101 N. Haven Street, Suite 202, Baltimore, MD 21224. (410-732-0414) (Fax: 636-223-3205) Bus. Agt.: David OFerrall. MINNESOTA S 013 MINNEAPOLIS/ST. CLOUD/LITTLE FALLS/ BRAINERD/ST. JOHNS UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE OF ST. BENEDICT/ ST. 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TBSE 745 MINNEAPOLIS-JoAnn Fisher, iatse745@gmail. com; P.O. Box 3278, Minneapolis, 55403 (612-619-9113) Bus. Agt.: JoAnn Fisher. S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 6 1 T B26 MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL-Kurt Stocke, 326 E. 44th Street, Minneapolis, 55409 (763-218-7980). Bus. Agt.: Sue Lundquist. MISSISSIPPI SM 478 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI/STATE OF LOU- ISIANA-Chandra Miller, 432 N. Anthony St., Suite 305, New Orleans, LA 70119. (504-486-2192) (Fax: 504-483-9961) Bus. Agt.: Mike McHugh. SM 492 STATE OF TENNESSEE/NORTHERN MIS- SISSIPPI-Theresa Morrow, [email protected]; 4610 Charlotte Pike, Nashville, TN 37209. (615-386-3492) (Fax: 615-460-7492). Bus. Agt.: Peter Kurland. M 589 JACKSON/VICKSBURG/NATCHEZ-Jill Lucas, 1665 Hwy 51, Madison, 39110-9097. (601-856-4374) (Fax: 601-856-2197) Bus. Agt.: Jill Lucas, [email protected] M 616 MERIDIAN- Jerry Tucker, P.O. Box 2903, Meridian, 39302-2903. (601-481-5942). Bus. Agt.: Jerry Tucker. M 674 BILOXI/GULFPORT-Paul J. 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Agt.: Angie Walsh, (314-647- 9424). TWU 805 ST. LOUIS-Kim Stone, 3937 Walsh Street, St. Lou- is, 63116. (314-351-7184) (Fax: 314-351-7184). Bus. Agt.: Karen Stone, 2433 Romaine Creek, Fenton, MO 63026 (314-712-7013). TWU 810 KANSAS CITY-Shawn Sorrell, 4213 Kenwood Avenue, Kansas City 64110. (816-225-6131) Bus. Agt.: Desiree Baird-Storey (913-362-0347). T B2 ST. LOUIS-Robert Horan, [email protected]; 1611 S. Broadway, Suite 108, St. Louis, 63104 (314-647-6458). Bus. Agt.: Mark Hartigan, [email protected]. MONTANA M 240 BILLINGS-Deborah J. Richard, P.O. Box 545, Billings, 59103. (406-670-7321). Bus. Agt.: Dave Bakker (406-855-1664). M 339 MISSOULA/KALISPELL/BUTTE/ANACON- DA/GREAT FALLS/HELENA-Ian Bundi, secretary@ia- tse339.com, P.O. Box 6275, Great Falls, 59406. (406-403-8786) Bus. Agt.: Darrell Ogg, [email protected]. NEBRASKA S 042 OMAHA/FREMONT, NE/COUNCIL BLUFFS/ SIOUX CITY, IA-Joe Carter Lee, [email protected]; P.O. Box 351, Omaha, NE 68101. (402-934-1542) (Fax: 402-504- 3584). Bus. Agt.: Bob Lane, [email protected]. M 151 LINCOLN-Erik Holy, P.O. Box 30201, Lincoln, 68503- 0201. Bus. Agt.: T. Perry Gillaspie, [email protected], (402- 429-3213). TWU 831 OMAHA, NE/COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA- Alice George Holmes, [email protected]; 1513 S. 95th Street, Omaha, NE 68124 (402-551-4685) (Fax: 402-933-6585). Bus. Agt.: Mary Sorensen, [email protected]. NEVADA M 363 RENO/LAKE TAHOE-Joe Crocco, 200 South Vir- ginia Street, 8th Floor, Reno, 89501. (775-786-2286) (Fax: 775- 686-2401) Bus. Agt.: Charlotte Picerno. M 720 LAS VEGAS-Ronald Poveromo, 3000 S. Valley View Boulevard, Las Vegas, 89102. (702-873-3450) (Fax: 702-873-1329). Bus. Agt.: Jeff Foran. NEW ENGLAND AREA SM 481 NEW ENGLAND AREA- James MacDonald, [email protected]; 10 Tower Ofce Park, Suite 218, Woburn, MA 01801. (781-376-0074) (Fax: 781-376-0078) Bus. Agt.: Chris ODonnell, [email protected]. NEW HAMPSHIRE M 195 LOWELL, MA./NEW HAMPSHIRE-Jeremy Dominick, P.O. Box 514, Mt. Vernon, NH 03057. Bus. Agt.: Joyce Cardoza (603-654-4097) (Fax: 603-654-4098). SM 481 NEW ENGLAND AREA-James MacDonald, iat- [email protected]; 10 Tower Ofce Park, Suite 218, Woburn, MA 01801. (781-376-0074) (Fax: 781-376-0078) Bus. Agt.: Chris ODonnell, [email protected]. S 919 HANOVER/LEBANON, NH/BURLINGTON, VT- Madalaine A. Baer, [email protected]; P.O. Box 951, Burlington, 05402-0951 (802-355-4541). Bus. Agt.: Theodore John Calhoun, [email protected], . NEW JERSEY S 008 CAMDEN/MERCER COUNTY, NJ/PHILADEL- PHIA, PA-Jonathan Tortorice, 2401 South Swanson Street, Philadelphia, 19148. (215-952-2106) (Fax: 215-952-2109). Bus. Agt.: Michael Barnes. S 021 NEWARK/MIDDLESEX/MERCER/OCEAN AND UNION COUNTIES/ASBURY PARK/LONG BRANCH-John Seubert, 75 Main Street, Suite 103, Millburn, 07041. (973-379-9265) (Fax: 973-379-0499) Bus. Agt.: Stanley Gutowski. SM 052 STATES OF NEW JERSEY/ NEW YORK/ CONNECTICUT/NORTHERN DE. /GREATER PA.- Wil- liam McGavin, 19-02 Steinway Street, Astoria, NY 11105. (718- 906-9440) (Fax: 718-777-1820 Bus. Mgr.: John Ford; Bus. Reps.: John Fundus and Raymond Fortune. S 059 JERSEY CITY- Richard Hancox, P.O. Box 3122, Se- caucus, 07096. (516-596-9610) (Fax: 201-863-8551) Bus Agt.: Richard Hancox M 077 ATLANTIC CITY/VINELAND-Thomas M. Bam- brick, Jr., P.O. Box 228, Linwood, 08221. (609-335-7532) (Fax: 609-350-6335) Bus. Agt.: Wilfredo Custodio. SS,PC,CC&PA 161 NEW YORK/ NEW JERSEY/CON- NECTICUT-Leslie Zak, [email protected]; 630 9th Avenue, #1103, New York, NY 10036. (212-977-9655) (Fax: 212-977- 9609) Bus. Agt.: Colleen Donahue, [email protected] M 536 RED BANK/FREEHOLD-Edward Baklarz, 231 Atlantic St., #70, Keyport, 07735. (732-264-5678) Bus. Agt.: Charles Cox. M 632 NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY- Gerald Bakal, ger- [email protected]; 205 Robin Road, Suite 202, Para- mus, 07652. (201-262-4182) (Fax: 201-262-4138) Bus. Agt.: Joe Villani. [email protected]. TWU 799 CAMDEN, NJ/PHILADELPHIA, PA-Stacey McBride, 200 Plymouth Place, Merchantville, NJ 08109. Bus. Agt.: Elisa Murphy, [email protected]; 901 Llanfair Road, Lower Gwynedd, PA 19002 (215-643-1282). CHE 917 ATLANTIC CITY-Gilda Passarella, ia917sec@ comcast.net; 927 N. Main Street, Suite A-5, Pleasantville, 08232. (609-241-8794) (Fax: 609-241-8964) Bus. Agt.: Darrell Stark, [email protected]. NEW MEXICO M 153 EL PASO, TX/LAS CRUCES, NM-Raul Vigil, 3349 Dungarvan Drive, El Paso, 79925. (915-594-8250) Bus. Agt.: Ig- nacio Flores, [email protected]. M 423 ALBUQUERQUE/ROSWELL/SANTA FE-Arthur Arndt, [email protected]; P.O. Box 81376, Albu- querque, 87198. (505-883-6055) (Fax: 505-255-1970) Bus. Agt.: Daniel Gonzales, [email protected]. SM 480 STATE OF NEW MEXICO-J. Frank Garcia, 1418 Cerrillos Rd., Santa Fe, 87505. (505-986-9512) (Fax: 505-986- 9513) Bus. Agt.: Jon Hendry. TWU 869 ALBUQUERQUE-Darlene Jones, cdarlenejonz@ hotmail.com; 369 Playful Meadows Dr., NE, Rio Rancho, 87144. (505-681-0601) Bus. Agt.: Ann Schreiber (505-247-8474). NEW YORK S 001 NEW YORK/WESTCHESTER-PUTNAM COUNTIES - Robert Score, 320 W. 46th Street, New York, 10036. (212-333-2500) (Fax: 212-586-2437) Bus. Agts.: (The- atre) Paul F. Dean, Jr. and Kevin McGarty; (TV) Edward J. Mc- Mahon, III and Robert C. Nimmo. S 004 BROOKLYN and QUEENS-Terence K. Ryan, [email protected], 2917 Glenwood Road, Brooklyn, 11210. (718-252-8777) (Fax: 718-421-5605) Bus. Agt.: Gregory Saphire. S 009 SYRACUSE/ROME/ONEIDA/UTICA-Beth Ber- nardone, [email protected]; P.O. Box 617, Syracuse, 13201-0617. Bus. Agt.: Keith Russell, [email protected], (315- 481-6327). S 010 BUFFALO-Charles Gill, 700 Main Street, Suite 200, Buf- falo 14202 (716-822-2770) (Fax: 716-634-5529). Bus. Agt.: Gary Syracuse, Jr., [email protected]; 266 Sterling Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14216 (716-822-2770). S 014 ALBANY/SCHENECTADY/AMSTERDAM/ TROY-Gail E. Farley, P.O. Box 11-074, Albany, 12211. (518-339- 6159) (Fax: 518-477-6677) Bus. Agt.: James Anziano. S 025 ROCHESTER-Michael J. Ventrella, mventrella@ iatse25.com; 140 Metro Park, Suite 4, Rochester, 14623. (585-427-8974) (Fax: 585-427-8988) Bus. Agt.: Thomas F. Mason [email protected]. SM 052 STATES OF NEW YORK/ NEW JERSEY/ CONNECTICUT/NORTHERN DE. /GREATER PA.- Wil- liam McGavin, 19-02 Steinway Street, Astoria, NY 11105. (718- 906-9440) (Fax: 718-777-1820) Bus. Mgr.: John Ford; Bus. Reps.: John Fundus and Raymond Fortune. S 054 BINGHAMTON-Daniel Sonnen, 1405 Livingston Place, Vestal, 13850. (607-777-2531) Bus. Agt.: William Carroll, P.O. Box 271, Binghamton, 13905. (607-427-6336). TBSE 100 NEW YORK-Rich Rahner, iatselocal100@veri- zon.net; 545 West 45th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, 10036 (212- 247-6209) (Fax: 212-247-6195) Bus. Agt.: Greg Calvin. M 121 NIAGARA FALLS/BUFFALO-John Scardino Jr., 47 Coburg Street, Buffalo, 14216. (716-834-6372) (Fax: 716-836- 3084) Bus. Agt.: John Scardino, Jr., [email protected]. 6 2 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N SS,PC,CC&PA 161 NEW YORK/ NEW JERSEY/CON- NECTICUT-Leslie Zak, [email protected]; 630 9th Avenue, #1103, New York, NY 10036. (212-977-9655) (Fax: 212-977- 9609) Bus. Agt.: Colleen Donahue, [email protected] M 266 JAMESTOWN/CHAUTAUQUA, NY/WAR- REN COUNTY, PA-Eric Bolling, local266unionsec@gmail. com; 3673 Pleasant Avenue, Jamestown, NY 14701. (716-664- 9448) Bus. Agt.: Gordon R. Pugh, [email protected], (716-761-6944). M 289 ELMIRA/HORNELL/WATKINS/ITHACA/ CORNING/CORTLAND/BINGHAMTON-Florence Lovell, P.O. Box 1147, Elmira, 14902. Bus. Agt.: David Bailey, 713 River- side Ave., Elmira, 14904. (607-733-7159) (Fax: 607-733-7159). MPP,O,VT&AC 306 NEW YORK-John Seid, 545 West 45th St., 2nd r., New York, 10036. (212-956-1306) (Fax: 212-956-9306) Bus. Agts.: (Proj.) Barry Garfman; (Stage) Carol Bokun. M 311 MIDDLETOWN/NEWBURGH/KINGSTON- Franklin DenDanto, [email protected]; P.O. Box 192, Wash- ingtonville, 10992. (845-347-3313) Bus. Agt.: John Bradshaw, [email protected] O 324 ALBANY-Stanley Blakeman, P.O. Box 71, Knox, 12107 (518-872-2378). Bus. Agt.: John K. Hill. S 340 NASSAU/SUFFOLK COUNTIES OF LONG ISLAND-Michael Brogden, recordingsecretary@iatselocal340. org; P.O. Box 160, Jericho, 11753. (631-339-3009) Bus. Agt.: James Mistler, [email protected]. M 353 PORT JERVIS/SULLIVAN COUNTY-Franklin DenDanto, [email protected]; 502 County Route 50, New Hampton, 10958. (845-283-7387) Bus. Agt.: Judy Feltus, [email protected]. M 499 POUGHKEEPSIE-Patricia Dynes, 180 Downs Street, Kingston, 12401. (845-430-0034) Bus. Agt.: Patricia Dynes, ia- [email protected]. M 524 GLENS FALLS/SARATOGA-Edward Smith, 222 Diamond Point Road, Diamond Point, 12824. (518-623-4427) (Fax: 518-623-4427) Bus. Agt.: Edward Smith. M 592 SARATOGA SPRINGS-James Farnan, jfar- [email protected]; 47 County Route 76, Stillwater, 12170. (518-729-8741). Bus. Agt.: Rick Daus, [email protected]. ICG 600 INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHERS GUILD-(See also California, Georgia and Illinois) Alan Gitlin; Na- tional Executive Director, Bruce Doering; Eastern Region Direc- tor, Chaim Kantor, 80 Eighth Ave., 14th Fl., New York, NY 10011. (212-647-7300) (Fax: 212-647-7317). MPP, O&VT 640 NASSAU/SUFFOLK COUNTIES OF LONG ISLAND- Timothy King, P.O. Box 448, Wading River, 11792. (631-680-6962) (Fax: 631-929-3224) Bus. Agt.: Robert B. Gottschalk, Jr. M 645 ROCKLAND COUNTY-Ronald Jacobsen, 12 Kim Marie Place, Newburgh, 12550. (914-772-8186) Bus. Agt.: Brian McGarity, 85 South William Street, Pearl River, NY 10965 (718- 813-2025). MPEG 700 MOTION PICTURE EDITORS GUILD (see also California)-Diane Adler; Exec. Dir.:Ron Kutak, 7715 Sunset Blvd., #200, Los Angeles, CA 90046. (323-876-4770) (Fax: 323-876-0861) Asst. Exec. Dir.: Paul Moore, 145 Hudson Street, Suite 201, New York, NY 10013. (212-302-0700) (Fax: 212-302-1091). M 749 MALONE-Michael S. Brashaw, 601 Ford Street, Og- densburg, 13669. (315-393-2873) (Fax: 315-393-2880) Bus. Agt.: Samuel Rapin. T&T 751 NEW YORK- Peter J. Attanasio, Jr., 1430 Broadway, 8th oor, New York, 10018. (212-302-7300) (Fax: 212-944-8687) Bus. Rep.: Peter J. Attanasio, Jr. TWU 764 NEW YORK AND VICINITY-Shannon Koger, [email protected]; 545 West 45th Street, 2nd r., New York, 10036. (212-957-3500) (Fax: 212-957-3232) Bus. Agt.: Frank Gallagher (516-445-6382), [email protected]; Bus. Rep.: Leah Okin (917-499-0852). TWU 783 BUFFALO-Clare Jordan-Schuster, 124 Brentwood Drive, So. Cheektowaga, 14227-3271. (716-812-0783) Bus. Agt.: Mary Jo Witherell, [email protected]; 7578 Derby Road, Derby, NY 14047. T&T 788 ROCHESTER- Floyd R. Schilstra, 1142 Bay Road, Webster, 14580 (585-787-2934). Bus. Agt.: John Giffen, lo- [email protected]. TBSE 794 NEW YORK-Ryan Priest, P.O. Box 154, Lenox Hill Station, New York, 10021. (973-912-6986) .Bus. Agt.: Dennis Beattie. MAHS 798 NEW YORK-Cynthia ORourke, 152 West 24th Street, New York, 10011. (212-627-0660) (Fax: 212-627-0664). Bus. Reps.: (Theatre) Daniel Dashman; (Film) Rosemarie Levy. ADG 800 NORTHEAST OFFICE (See also Califor- nia, Illinois and North Carolina) Stan Harris, 90 West St., #23H, NewYork, NY 10006 (646-246-3722). EE/BPBD 829 NEW YORK-Kenneth Kerrigan, 31 West 34th Street #7012/7013, New York, 10001. (212-679-1164) (Fax: 212-679-1421). M 842 ONEONTA/COOPERSTOWN/SIDNEY/DELHI/ COBLESKILL/WALTON-William Pierce, 1504 Burnt Hill Road, West Fulton, 12194. (518-827-8428). Bus. Agt.: William Pierce, [email protected]. TWU 858 ROCHESTER-Clarice Lazary, clarice@rochester. rr.com; 53 Meadow Glen, Fairport, 14450. (585-490-3009). Bus. Agt.: Anne Bowes, [email protected]. ATPAM 18032 NEW YORK-Nick Kaledin, nkaledin@ atpam.com, 14 Penn Plaza, Suite 1703, New York, 10122. (212-719-3666) (Fax: 212-302-1585). Bus. Agt.: Gerry Parnell. USA 829 NEW YORK REGIONAL OFFICE-Carl Baldasso, 29 West 38th Street, 15th oor, New York, NY 10018. (212-581- 0300) (Fax: 212-977-2011) Bus. Agt.: Cecilia Friederichs. T B90 ROCHESTER-Frank Puidokas, 67 Crossroads Lane, Rochester, 14612. (585-455-2027) Bus. Agt.: Mike Povio. MT B751 NEW YORK-Katherine Lowell, P.O. Box 20561, P.A.C.C., New York, 10129. (212-239-6226) (Fax: 212-239-5801) Bus. Agt.: Curtis Bunche. BPTS F72 NEW YORK-Michael A. Byrnes, 15 Mill Road, South Farmingdale, 11735 (516-658-1384) (Fax: 516-454-0188). Bus. Agt.: Michael A. Byrnes. AFE AE936 ALBANY-John Robinson, 51 South Pearl Street, Albany, 12207. (518-487-2267) (Fax: 518-487-2013) Bus. Agt.: Thomas Mink. NORTH CAROLINA M 278 ASHEVILLE-Roger I. Briant, P.O. Box 2071, Ashe- ville, 28802. (828-545-0641) Bus. Agt.: Michael D. Rhodes, iat- [email protected]. M 322 CHARLOTTE/GREENVILLE- Victoria Perras, [email protected]; 6101 Idlewild Road, Suite 322, Charlotte, 28212. (704-537-8329) (Fax: 704-367-9436) Bus. Agt.: Charles Bo Howard, [email protected] . M 417 DURHAM/CHAPEL HILL/RALEIGH-Joshua Aldridge, P.O. Box 3308, Durham, 27702. (919-422-0866) Bus. Agt.: Rob McIntire, [email protected]. SM 491 STATES OF NORTH AND SOUTH CARO- LINA/SAVANNAH, GA-Andrew Oyaas, sectres@ia- tse491.com; 1707 Castle Hayne Road, Wilmington, NC 28401. (910-343-9408) (Fax: 910-343-9448) Bus. Agt.: Jason Rosin, [email protected]. M 574 GREENSBORO/BURLINGTON/HIGH POINT-Susanne Daves-Brown, P.O. Box 8575, Greensboro, 27419. (336-852-0660) (Fax: 336-727-0360) Bus. Agt.: Bill Daves, [email protected]; 4400 Old Well Place, Greens- boro, NC 27406. M 635 WINSTON-SALEM/LEXINGTON/THOMAS- VILLE-Henry Grillo, P.O. Box 24864, Winston-Salem, 27114- 4864. (336-399-7382) Bus. Agt.: Patrick OKelly. ADG 800 SOUTHEAST OFFICE (See also Califor- nia, Illinois and New York) - John D. Kretschmer, 605 Fitzgerald Dr., Wilmington, NC 28405. (910-443-3838). NORTH DAKOTA M 510 FARGO, ND/MOOREHEAD, MN-James Torok, 702 7th Street, North, Fargo, ND 58102. (701-306-5026) Bus. Agt.: James Torok. OHIO S 005 CINCINNATI/HAMILTON/FAIRFIELD/ SPRINGDALE/OXFORD-Kevin G. Eviston, 35 E. 7th Street, Suite 501, Cincinnati, 45202. (513-721-1302) (Fax: 513-721- 0023) Bus. Agt.: Thomas Guidugli. S 012 COLUMBUS/NEWARK/MARYSVILLE/DELA- WARE-Joe McCutcheon, [email protected]; 566 E. Rich Street, Columbus, 43215. (614-221-3753) (Fax: 614-221- 0078) Bus. Agt.: Richard Shack, [email protected]. S 024 TOLEDO/LIMA/MARION/BOWLING GREEN/ TIFFIN/FINDLAYSandra Cassaubon, 435 S. Hawley Street, Toledo, 43609. (419-244-6320) (Fax: 419-244-6325). Bus. Agt.: John Palsa. S 027 CLEVELAND/ASHTABULA/LORAIN/ELYRIA/ SANDUSKY/ERIE COUNTY-Patrick Duffy, 1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1604, Cleveland, 44115-1902 (216-621-9537) (Fax: 216-621-3518) Bus. Agt.: Michael Lehane. S 048 AKRON/CANTON/MASSILLON/ALLIANCE/ MANSFIELD-Helen Louie, [email protected]; 678 North Main Street, Akron, 44310. (330-374-0480) Bus. Agt.: Helen Louie, [email protected]. M 064 STEUBENVILLE, OH/WHEELING, WV- Tony As- saro, P.O. Box 292, Wheeling, WV 26003-0041. Bus. Agt.: Frank Scarnechia (304-639-2516) (Fax: 304-242-6134). S 066 DAYTON/SPRINGFIELD/DARKE/MIAMI AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES-Keith J. Thomas, P.O. Box 75, Dayton, 45401. (937-415-0066) (Fax: 937-415-0067) Bus. Agt.: Kennith G. Rice. S 101 NILES/WARREN/YOUNGSTOWN-Jeffrey Hall; [email protected]; P.O. Box 362, Youngstown, 44501. (330-747-9305) Bus. Agt.: John Osborne, [email protected]. MPP,O&VT 160 CLEVELAND/ASHTABULA/LORAIN/ ELYRIA/SANDUSKY/ERIE COUNTY-John Galinac, [email protected]; 8358 Munson Road, Suite 104, Mentor, 44060. (440-255-3160) (Fax: 440-255-3119) Bus. Agt.: John Galinac. SM 209 STATE OF OHIO-Jonathan Andrews, secretary- [email protected]; 1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1604, Cleveland, 44115-1902. (216-621-9537) (Fax: 216-621-3518) Bus. Agt.: Kenneth McCahan, [email protected]. M 369 IRONTON,OH/HUNTINGTON, WV/ASH- LAND, KY-Kevin D. Bannon, P.O. Box 192, Huntington, WV 25707. Bus. Agt.: Chestle St. Clair (304-733-0880). TWU 747 COLUMBUS-Ann Lodder, lodder.ann6@gmail. com; 1238 S. Watkins Road, Alexandria, 43001. (740-924-2086) Bus. Agt.: C. Wayne Cossin, [email protected]; 1954 Indi- anola Ave., Columbus, 43201 (614-313-8119). T&T 756 CLEVELAND-Glenn Barry, glennbarry01@yahoo. com; 17157 Rabbit Run Drive, Strongsville, 44136. (440-238- 7711) (Fax: 440-238-6963) Bus. Agt.: Thomas Patton. TWU 864 CINCINNATI-Jeanne Mueller, jmuellertwu864@ S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 6 3 hotmail.com; P.O. Box 14743, Cincinnati, 45250. (513-382-5446) Bus. Agt.: Tim Kelly, [email protected]. TWU 883 CLEVELAND-Diane Burke, 4689 Georgette Ave., N. Olmsted, 44070. (440-734-4883) (Fax: 440-734-3588) Bus. Agt.: Diane Burke. TWU 886 DAYTON-Sharleen Rafferty, raffertyhouse@ya- hoo.com; P.O. Box 124, Dayton, 45401-0124. Bus. Agt.: Cynthia Closser, [email protected]. T B27 CLEVELAND-Patrick Duffy, sduffy0222@yahoo. com; 1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1604, Cleveland, 44115-1902. (216-621-9537) (Fax: 216-621-3518) Bus. Agt.: Toni Burns, [email protected]. T B38 CINCINNATI-Mike Murray, P.O. Box 11476, Cincinnati, 45211. (513-662-9615) Bus. Agt.: Thom Brannock. T B148 AKRON-Tracey Sommer, 345 South Avenue, Tall- madge, 44278 (330-634-0884) Bus. Agt.: Omar Banks. AMTS B754 CINCINNATI-Karla Lang, 3739 Fallen Tree Way, Amelia, 45254. (513-373-7297) Bus. Agt.: Robert Fields. OKLAHOMA S 112 OKLAHOMA CITY-Tina Saxton, iatse112tina@att. net; P.O. Box 112, Oklahoma City, 73101. (405-231-0025) (Fax: 405-231-0056) Bus. Agt.: Stephen Rysted, iatselocal112@att. net. S 354 TULSA/PONCA CITY-Paul Clear, secretarylo- [email protected]; P.O. Box 354, Tulsa, 74101. (918-496-7722) (Fax: 918-496-7725) Bus. Agt.: Steve Brown, s354brown@aol. com. M 387 LAWTON/OKLAHOMA CITY-Homer L. Hawkins, 4226 SE Ford Road, Lawton, 73501. (580-355-1599) Bus. Agt.: Barry Leday, 35 NW 28th Street, Lawton, OK 73505. (580- 248-0830). TWU 904 TULSA- Lloyd Roberts, P.O. Box 563, Tulsa, 74101. (918-810-5231) Bus. Agt.: Marcia Holland (918-369-3687). OREGON M 028 PORTLAND/SALEM- Ian Anderson-Priddy, 3645 SE 32nd Avenue, Portland, 97202. (503-295-2828) (Fax: 503-230-7044) Bus. Agt.: Roger Gayton. SM 488 PACIFIC NORTHWEST- Linda Bloom, nan- [email protected]; 5105 SW 45th Avenue, Suite 204, Portland, OR 97221. (503-232-1523) (Fax: 503-232-9552) Bus. Agt.: (Oregon) Charles A. Carlsen, [email protected]; (Wash- ington) Robert Riggs, [email protected]. M 675 EUGENE/CORVALLIS/BEND-Virginia Sands, P.O. Box 12217, Eugene, 97440. (541-344-6306) Bus. Agt.: Rocky Haffner. TBR&SE 793 PACIFIC NORTHWEST-Sarah Kneller, sar- [email protected]; P.O. Box 94282, Seattle, WA., 98121. (877-680-4853). Bus. Agt.: Todd Gordon, [email protected]. T B20 PORTLAND-Karen Raya, iatseb20recsec@gmail. com; 3645 SE 32nd Avenue, Portland, 97202. (971-285-1814) (Fax: 503-230-7044) Bus. Agt.: Bambi Ooley, Booley.iatseb20@ gmail.com, (503-230-1138). PACIFIC NORTHWEST SM 488 PACIFIC NORTHWEST-Linda Bloom, nan- [email protected]; 5105 SW 45th Avenue, Suite 204, Portland, OR 97221. (503-232-1523) (Fax: 503-232-9552) Bus. Agt.: (Oregon) Charles A. Carlsen, [email protected]; (Wash- ington) Robert Riggs, [email protected]. TBR&SE 793 PACIFIC NORTHWEST-Sarah Kneller, sar- [email protected]; P.O. Box 94282, Seattle, WA., 98121. (877-680-4853). Bus. Agt.: Todd Gordon, [email protected]. PENNSYLVANIA S 003 PITTSBURGH/NEW CASTLE-Shawn W. Foyle, P.O. Box 352, Pittsburgh, 15230. (412-281-4568) (Fax: 412-281-4571) Bus. Agt.: Robert J. Brown. S 008 PHILADELPHIA, PA/CAMDEN/MERCER COUNTY, NJ-Jonathan Tortorice, 2401 South Swanson Street, Philadelphia, 19148. (215-952-2106) (Fax: 215-952-2109). Bus. Agt.: Michael Barnes. SM 052 STATES OF NEW YORK/ NEW JERSEY/ CONNECTICUT/NORTHERN DE. /GREATER PA.- Wil- liam McGavin, 19-02 Steinway Street, Astoria, NY 11105. (718- 906-9440) (Fax: 718-777-1820) Bus. Mgr.: John Ford; Bus. Reps.: John Fundus and Raymond Fortune. S 082 WILKES BARRE-Michael Marancik, P.O. Box 545, Wilkes-Barre, 18703 (570-262-1106). Bus. Agt.: Joseph K. Ja- cobs, Jr. (570-824-4260). S 097 READING-David Sterner, [email protected]; P.O. Box 6116, Wyomissing, 19610. (484-955-3009) Bus. Agt.: Chris Moyer, [email protected]. S 098 HARRISBURG/HERSHEY/CARLISLE-F. Joseph Spackman, [email protected]; P.O. Box 266, Hershey, 17033-0266. (717-991-4411) Bus. Agt.: Chester Ross, ialo- [email protected]. S 113 ERIE-Sonia Ferrante, P.O. Box 557, Erie, 16512. (814-323-2744) Bus. Agt.: Kenneth Marchant. M 152 HAZELTON-Nicholas St. Mary, 403 Lori Drive, Beaver Meadows, 18216. (570-459-1602) (Fax: 570-453-0887) Bus. Agt.: Nicholas J. St. Mary. S 200 ALLENTOWN/EASTON/STROUDSBURG/ BETHLEHEM-Nicholas Broyer, iatse200secretary@gmail. com; P.O. Box 1723, Bethlehem, 18016. (610-867-0658) (Fax: 610-867-0658) Bus. Agt.: Frank Iafrate, [email protected]. M 218 POTTSVILLE/MAHANOY CITY/SHENAN- DOAH/LANSFORD/SHAMOKIN-Robert Van Horn, rl- [email protected]; 107 Village Road, Orwigsburg, 17961. (570-366-0629) Bus. Agt.: Robert Spiess, iatse_218@yahoo. com, 77 Rose Avenue, Port Carbon, 17965. (570-622-5720). M 266 JAMESTOWN/CHAUTAUQUA, NY/WAR- REN COUNTY, PA-Eric Bolling, local266unionsec@gmail. com; 3673 Pleasant Avenue, Jamestown, NY 14701. (716-664- 9448) Bus. Agt.: Gordon R. Pugh, [email protected], (716-761-6944). M 283 HANOVER/YORK COUNTY/GETTYS- BURG/LANCASTER COUNTY-Judi S. Miller, iatsepe- [email protected]; 1927 Queenswood Drive, L-205, York, 17403. (717-846-4314). Bus. Agt.: Dan Wiley, Jr., iatse283@ gmail.com. M 329 SCRANTON/PITTSTON-Patricia Martin, pat- [email protected]; 1266 ONeil Highway, Dunmore, 18512. Bus. Agt.: Don Martin, [email protected], (570-650-3607). SM 489 GREATER PITTSBURGH AREA-Cassie Ross Eccles, [email protected]; P.O. Box 100056, Pittsburgh, 15233. (412-403-4890) (Fax: 412-820-2621) Bus. Agt.: Charles Eccles, [email protected]. M 591 WAYNESBORO, PA/HAGERSTOWN, MD/ FREDERICK, MD/WINCHESTER, VA/MARTINS- BURG, WV-Michael E. Clem, [email protected]; 10300 Moxley Road, Damascus, MD 20872. (301-651-0150). Bus. Agt.: John Nichols, [email protected]/ . M 627 SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA (excluding West Alexander)-Arthur Milliren, 215 Calhoun Road, Eliza- beth, 15037. (412-216-5587) Bus. Agt.: Arthur Milliren. M 636 LEWISTOWN/STATE COLLEGE/HUNTING- TON/ALTOONA/WILLIAMSPORT/ JOHNSTOWN// INDIANA/SUNBURY/LEWISBURG/BLOOMSBURG/ SELINSGROVE/INDIANA-Jessica Kush, iatse636@gmail. com; P.O. Box 394, State College, 16803-0394 (814-883-0769) Bus. Agt.: Mark Smith, [email protected]. T&T 752 PHILADELPHIA-Tara Suppa, t.suppa@comcast. net; P.O. Box 70, Runnemede, NJ 08078. Bus. Agt.: Jerry Kelly, [email protected]. TWU 787 PITTSBURGH-John McCormick, wardrobelo- [email protected]; P.O. Box 101847, Pittsburgh, 15237. (412- 944-5060) Bus. Agt.: Roza Martinovic, rozamartinovic@yahoo. com. TWU 799 PHILADELPHIA/CAMDEN, NJ-Stacey Mc- Bride, 200 Plymouth Place, Merchantville, NJ 08109. Bus. Agt.: Elisa Murphy, 901 Llanfair Road, Lower Gwynedd, PA 19002 (215-527-2862). TBSE 804 PHILADELPHIA-Thomas Baginski, 210 Locust Street, #6AW, Philadelphia, 19106 (856-784-9843). Bus. Agt.: Debbie Harris. TBSE 820 PITTSBURGH- David Ferry, [email protected]; P.O. Box 22365, Pittsburgh, 15222-0365. (724-733-1236) Bus. Agt.: Marjorie Murphy, [email protected]. T&T 862 PITTSBURGH-Ryan Clark, 528 Knoll Street, Pitts- burgh, 15212. (412-606-3298) (Fax: 412-231-0951) Bus. Agt.: Luke Doyle. TBSE 902 JOHNSTOWN/ALTOONA- Jody Vavrek, 49 Old Hickory Lane, Johnstown, 15905. (814-255-7600) Bus. Agt.: Bob Fleegle. T B29 PHILADELPHIA-Antoinette Enoch, iatse_b29@ yahoo.com; P.O. Box 54508, Philadelphia, PA 19148. (215-510- 5949). Bus. Agt.: Myra Pettigrew, [email protected]. PUERTO RICO/VIRGIN ISLANDS M 494 PUERTO RICO/U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS-Miguel Sanchez Soto; P.O. Box 191963, Hato Rey, PR 00919 (787-764- 4672) (Fax: 787-756-6323).Bus. Agt.: Luis Estrella, lestrella@ iatselocal494.org. RHODE ISLAND M 023 STATE OF RHODE ISLAND-Louis DeSousa, st@ iatse23.org; P.O. Box 23044, Providence, 02903. (401-419-9500) (Fax: 401-295-3009) Bus. Agt.: Mike Araujo, [email protected]; 11 Gibbon Court, Providence, RI 02909. SM 481 NEW ENGLAND AREA- James MacDonald, [email protected]; 10 Tower Ofce Park, Suite 218, Woburn, MA 01801. (781-376-0074) (Fax: 781-376-0078) Bus. Agt.: Chris ODonnell, [email protected]. TW, MA&HS 830 STATE OF RHODE ISLAND-James Ferreria, 28 Mabel Drive, Seekonk, MA 02771. (774-991-2624) Bus. Agt.: Deborah Voccio. SOUTH CAROLINA M 333 CHARLESTON/MYRTLE BEACH-Nathan Grimes, [email protected]; P.O. Box 31921, Charleston, 29417-1921. (843-744-4434) (Fax: 843-744-7336) Bus. Agt.: George Aytes, [email protected]. M 347 COLUMBIA- Scott Smith, P.O. Box 8876, Columbia, 29202 (803-240-0111) (Fax: 866-925-3475) Bus. Agt.: Harrison Palmer. SM 491 STATES OF NORTH AND SOUTH CARO- LINA/SAVANNAH, GA-Andrew Oyaas, sectres@ia- tse491.com; 1707 Castle Hayne Road, Wilmington, NC 28401. (910-343-9408) (Fax: 910-343-9448) Bus. Agt.: Jason Rosin, [email protected]. 6 4 O F F I C I A L B U L L E T I N SOUTH DAKOTA S 220 SIOUX FALLS/MITCHELL/HURON-Walter Lu- edtke, P.O. Box 2040, Sioux Falls, 57101. (605-951-2531) Bus. Agt.: Andrew Burman. M 731 RAPID CITY/BLACK HILLS AREA-Michael Johnson, P.O. Box 2358, Rapid City, 57709 (605-545-2516). Bus. Agt.: Wade Johnson. TENNESSEE S 046 NASHVILLE-Bryant Fly, 211 Donelson Pike, #202, Nashville, 37214-2932. (615-885-1058) (Fax: 615-885-5165) Bus. Agt.: Buford Manley. S 069 MEMPHIS- Allen Byassee, [email protected]; 3340 Poplar Avenue, Suite 129, Memphis, 38111. (901-327-4994)(Fax: 901-327-8626). Bus. Agt.: Allen Byassee. S 140 CHATTANOOGA-Robert Hobgood, rhobgood@ me.com; P.O. Box 132, Chattanooga, 37401. (423-933-4658) (Fax: 423-629-4826) Bus. Agt.: Bob Hasselle, brasselle53@ yahoo.com. S 197 KNOXVILLE/MARYVILLE/ALCOA/GATLIN- BURG-Charles J. Flenniken, [email protected]; P.O. Box 946, Knoxville, 37901. (865-256-6001) Bus. Agt.: Ronald Carrell. SM 492 STATE OF TENNESSEE/NORTHERN MIS- SISSIPPI-Theresa Morrow, [email protected]; 4610 Charlotte Pike, Nashville, TN 37209. (615-386-3492) (Fax: 615-460-7492). Bus. Agt.: Peter Kurland. M 699 JOHNSON CITY/KINGSPORT, TN/BRISTOL, VA-Joseph Washburn, P.O. Box 442, Unicoi, TN 37692. (423- 743-0945) Bus. Agt.: Shelby Gene Coffey (423-741-8353). TWU 825 MEMPHIS-Linda Haley, 6418 Yale Road, Bartlett, 38134. (901-218-3449) (Fax: 901-383-9405) Bus. Agt.: Linda Haley. TWU 894 KNOXVILLE-Tammy King, [email protected]; 7724 Temple Acres Drive, Knoxville, 37938. (865-414-3047) (Fax: 865-922-8608) Bus. Agt.: Roland Harkness. TWU 915 NASHVILLE- Barbara W. Sullivan, bea2010@ comcast.net; P.O. Box 383, Hermitage, 37076 (615-883-8023) Bus. Agt.: Judy Resha, [email protected]; (615-590-7544). TEXAS S 051 HOUSTON/GALVESTON-Jonathan Lowe, 3030 North Freeway, Houston, 77009. (713-697-3999) (Fax: 713-697-0222) Bus. Agt.: Mark Rhoads. S 076 SAN ANTONIO-Daniel Vivier, [email protected]; 206 San Pedro, #306, San Antonio, 78205 (210-223-1428) (Fax: 210-225-6115) Bus. Agt.: Raymond G. Sewell, [email protected]. S 126 FORT WORTH/ARLINGTON/DENTON/ GAINESVILLE/GRAPEVINE-Jim Brady, P.O. Box 185178, Fort Worth, 76181. (817-929-1926) (Fax: 817-284-0968) Bus. Agt.: Diane Freeman. S 127 DALLAS/GRAND PRAIRIE/MCKINNEY-Senita Peck, 2710 Live Oak Street, Dallas, 75204. (214-742-4741) (Fax: 214-747-4792) Bus. Agt.: David Newman. M 153 EL PASO, TX/LAS CRUCES, NM-Raul Vigil, 3349 Dungarvan Drive, El Paso, 79925. (915-594-8250) Bus. Agt.: Ig- nacio Flores, [email protected]. M 183 BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR/ORANGE-Marie Pinner, [email protected]; 681 Ridgewood Drive, Pt. Neches, 77651. (409-626-1880) (Fax: 409-729-0578) Bus. Agt.: James B. Strawther, [email protected]. M 205 AUSTIN-Bon V. Davis, [email protected]; P.O. Box 142, Austin, 78767. (512-371-1217) Bus. Agt.: Lupe Perez, [email protected]. O 330 FORT WORTH/DENTON/GAINESVILLE- Cole- man Bennett, P.O. Box 146, Weatherford, 76086. (817-599-1517) Bus. Agt.: Coleman Bennett. M 331 TEMPLE/KILLEEN/BRYAN/WACO-Holly Ser- fass, [email protected]; P.O. Box 424, Killeen, 76540. (254-535- 1256) Bus. Agt.: William Sproul, [email protected] . M 378 WICHITA FALLS-Richard Lehman, 3188 Rie Range Road, Iowa Park, 76367. (940-592-9753) Bus. Agt.: Richard Lehman. SM 484 STATE OF TEXAS- Jason Keene, 1514 Ed Blues- tein Blvd., #106, Austin, 78721 (512-385-3466) (Fax: 512-385- 3370) Bus. Agt.: Stephen Beasley. M 604 CORPUS CHRISTI/HARLINGEN/McALLEN/ BROWNSVILLE-John Jones, 4901 Branscomb, Corpus Christi, 78411. (361-548-0472) Bus. Agt.: Simon Zambrano, zs- [email protected]. TBSE 796 STATE OF TEXAS-Kevin Allen, secretarytrea- [email protected]; P.O. Box 70826, Houston, 77270. Bus. Agt.: Kevin Allen, [email protected]. TWU 803 DALLAS/FORT WORTH-Karen Lockwood, [email protected]; P.O. Box 170546, Arlington, 76003. Bus. Agt.: (Fort Worth) Kathy Neel Gentry, knglf@yahoo. com; (Dallas) Mary Allen-Henry, [email protected]. M 865 ODESSA/MIDLAND/LUBBOCK-Michelle Gibson, [email protected]; P.O. Box 691. Odessa, 79760. (432-940-3618) Bus. Agt.: Michelle Gibson. TWU 896 HOUSTON-Kathleen Pecha, P.O. Box 130774, Houston, 77219-0774. (281-686-5548) (Fax: 713-928-6731) Bus. Agt.: Glinda Anderson. T B184 HOUSTON-Donna Tatman, dytatman@sbcglobal. net; 3030 North Freeway, Houston, 77009 (832-647-9837) Bus. Agt.: Denise Fabry, [email protected]. UTAH S 099 STATE OF UTAH/BOISE/NAMPA/CALDWELL/ TWIN FALL/SUN VALLEY, IDAHO-Chariesse A. Swarthout, 526 West 800 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. (801-359-0513) (Fax: 801-532-6227) Bus. Agt.: Murray Ennenga. EE 838 SALT LAKE CITY, UT/SOUTHERN IDAHO- Nancy Trouse, 230 West 200 South, Suite 2220, Salt Lake City, UT 84101 (801-320-0701) (Fax: 801-320-0701) Bus. Agt.: Nancy Trouse. VERMONT SM 481 NEW ENGLAND AREA- James MacDonald, [email protected]; 10 Tower Ofce Park, Suite 218, Woburn, MA 01801. (781-376-0074) (Fax: 781-376-0078) Bus. Agt.: Chris ODonnell, [email protected]. S 919 BURLINGTON, VT/HANOVER/LEBANON, NH- Madalaine A. Baer, [email protected]; P.O. Box 951, Bur- lington, VT 05402-0951 (802-355-4541). Bus. Agt.: Theodore John Calhoun, [email protected]. VIRGINIA S 022 NORTHERN VIRGINIA/WASHINGTON DC SUBURBS, MD/WASHINGTON, DC-John Page, 1810 Hamlin Street, NE, Washington, DC 20018. (202-269-0212) (Fax: 202-635-0192) Bus. Agt.: John Brasseux. M 055 ROANOKE/SALEM/DANVILLE/LYNCHBURG/ BLACKSBURG/RADFORD/ STAUNTON- Russell Prusak, P.O. Box 12424, Roanoke, 24025. (540-362-5164) (Fax: 540- 853-5845). Bus. Agt.: James A. Nelson (540-353-1013). S 087 RICHMOND/PETERSBURG/CHARLOTTES- VILLE/EMPORIA-Charles J. Hartsook, Jr., P.O. Box 100, Sandston 23150. Bus. Agt.: John Fulwider (804-746-1601) (Fax: 804-746-1601). M 264 NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON/WILLIAMS- BURG-Dawn Nicely-Hicks, P.O. Box 7467, Hampton, 23666. (757-825-9685) (Fax: 757-825-9685) Bus. Agt.: Dorian Nicely. S 285 NORFOLK/CHESAPEAKE/PORTSMOUTH/ VIRGINIA BEACH-Cristina Evans, 5307 E. Virginia Beach Blvd., Suite 128, Norfolk, 23502. Bus. Agt.: Dale Lee Evans (757- 237-5058). SM&BT 487 MID-ATLANTIC AREA-Ellen Popiel, 101 N. Haven Street, Suite 202, Baltimore, MD 21224. (410-732-0414) (Fax: 636-233-3205) Bus. Agt.: David OFerrall M 591 WINCHESTER, VA/HAGERSTOWN, MD/ FREDERICK, MD/WAYNESBORO, PA/MARTINS- BURG, WV-Michael E. Clem, [email protected]; 0300 Moxley Road, Damascus, MD 20872. (301-651-0150). Bus. Agt.: John Nichols, [email protected]. M 699 BRISTOL, VA/JOHNSON CITY/KINGSPORT, TN- Joseph Washburn, P.O. Box 442, Unicoi, TN 37692. (423- 743-0945) Bus. Agt.: Shelby Gene Coffey (423-741-8353). WASHINGTON S 015 SEATTLE/EVERETT/OLYMPIA/ANACORTES/ MARYSVILLE/TACOMA/ BREMERTON/ BELLING- HAM/MT. VERNON/SEDRO WOOLEY/PORT AN- GELES/ BURLINGTON/ CONCRETE/ STANWOOD/ LONGVIEW-Katy Fogg, [email protected], 2800 1st Avenue, Room 231, Seattle, 98121. (206-441-1515) (Fax: 206-448-5325) Bus. Rep.: Mylor Treneer. M 093 SPOKANE, WA/WALLACE KELLOGG, ID-Jill Scott,[email protected]; P.O. Box 1266, Spokane, WA 99210. Bus. Agt.: A. Jaye Nordling,[email protected]; Bus. Rep.: Pat Devereau, [email protected], (509-999- 5073) (Fax: 208-623-6496). SM 488 PACIFIC NORTHWEST- Linda Bloom, nan- [email protected]; 5105 SW 45th Avenue, Suite 204, Portland, OR 97221. (503-232-1523) (Fax: 503-232-9552) Bus. Agt.: (Oregon) Charles A. Carlsen, [email protected]; (Wash- ington) Robert Riggs, [email protected]. TBR&SE 793 PACIFIC NORTHWEST-Sarah Kneller, sar- [email protected]; P.O. Box 94282, Seattle, WA., 98121. (877-680-4853). Bus. Agt.: Todd Gordon, [email protected]. TWU 887 SEATTLE-Chris Moad, 2800 1st Avenue, #229, Seattle, 98121. (206-443-9354) (Fax: 206-448-5325) Bus. Agt.: Delia Mulholland, [email protected]. WEST VIRGINIA M 064 WHEELING, WV/STEUBENVILLE, OH- Tony As- saro, P.O. Box 292, Wheeling, WV 26003-0041. Bus. Agt.: Frank Scarnechia (304-639-2516) (Fax: 304-242-6134). S 271 CHARLESTON-Craig Colhoun, P.O. Box 75323, Charleston, 25375. (304-561-7910) (Fax: 304-357-7556). Bus. Agt.: Brock Comer. M 369 HUNTINGTON, WV/ASHLAND, KY/IRON- TON, OH-Kevin D. Bannon, P.O. Box 192, Huntington, WV 25707. Bus. Agt.: Chestle St. Clair (304-733-0880). M 578 NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA- R.A. Neth- ken, [email protected], P.O. Box 293, Morgantown, WV 26507. Bus. Agt.: William Delbridge, [email protected], (703-868-3154). M 591 WINCHESTER, VA/HAGERSTOWN, MD/ FREDERICK, MD/WAYNESBORO, PA/MARTINS- BURG, WV-Michael E. Clem, [email protected]; 10300 Moxley Road, Damascus, MD 20872. (301-651-0150). Bus. Agt.: John Nichols, [email protected]. S E C O N D Q U A R T E R 2 0 1 4 6 5 WISCONSIN S 018 MILWAUKEE/WAUKESHA- James Luljak, 1110 N. Old World Third Street, Suite 650, Milwaukee, 53203. (414-272-3540) (Fax: 414-272-3592) Bus. Agt.: Thomas Gerg- erich. M 141 LaCROSSE-Kit Mayer, [email protected]; 625 Riders Club Road, Onalaska, 54650. (608-792-2710) Bus. Agt.: Trygve Zielke, [email protected]. M 251 MADISON/COLUMBIA/SAUK COUNTY-Jus- tina Vickerman, [email protected]; 1602 South Park Street, #224, Madison, 53715. (608-616-0251) (Fax: 608-251- 6023) Bus. Agt.: Chris Gauthier, [email protected]. M 470 OSHKOSH/FOND DU LAC/GREEN BAY/WIS- CONSIN RAPIDS/ MARSHFIELD/ WAUSAU-Richard Comfort, [email protected]; P.O. Box 2421, Appleton, 54912. (866-426-4707) Bus. Agt.: Stephen Dedow, iatse470@ hotmail.com. TWU 777 MILWAUKEE-William Balfanz, 3619 N. 86th Street, Milwaukee, 53222-2816. (414-462-6214). Bus. Agt.: Beverly Jaeger, N11163 County Road, Tomahawk, 54487 (414- 312-0646). T B46 CHICAGO, IL/MILWAUKEE, WI- Steve Altman, 216 S. Jefferson Street, Suite 203, Chicago, 60661. (312-454- 1110) (Fax: 312-454-6110) Bus. Agt.: Anthony M. Spano. WYOMING S 229 FORT COLLINS, CO./CHEYENNE/LARAMIE, WY.-Dan Schoonover, [email protected]; P.O. Box 677, Fort Collins, 80522. Bus. Agt.: David Denman, [email protected], (970-226-2292) (Fax: 970-490-2292). M 426 CASPER- Robert H. Wilson, P.O. Box 353, Casper, 82602-0353. (307-234-3970) Bus. Agt.: Gary R. Vassos. District No. 1 (Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington & Alaska)-Delia Mulholland, 2800 First Avenue, Suite 229, Seattle, WA 98121 (206-478-8877) Website: www. districtone.com; Email: [email protected]. District No. 2 (California, Nevada, Arizona & Hawaii)-Ed Brown, 10061 Riv- erside Drive, Suite 825, Toluca Lake, CA 91602. (818-303-4351) Website: www.iadistrict2.org; Email: [email protected]. District No. 3 (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island & Connecticut)- John Gates, 10 Tower Ofce Park, Suite 218, Woburn, MA 01801 (508-651-7886). Email: [email protected]. District No. 4 (Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Vir- ginia and District of Columbia)- John Page, 1810 Hamlin Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20018-2459. (301-943-2908) (Fax: 202-635-0192) Email: [email protected]. District No. 5 (Wyoming, Colorado, Utah & New Mexico)-Doug Acton, 1418 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505. (505-986-9512) (Fax: 505-986-9513) Email: dac- [email protected]. District No. 6 (Texas, Oklahoma & Arkansas)-Stuart Hale, 4821 Elsby, Dallas, TX 75209. (214-352-2046) (Fax: 214-747-4792). Email: [email protected]. District No. 7 (Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina. South Carolina, Mississippi & Louisiana)-Andrew Oyaas, 1707 Castle Hayne Road, Wilm- ington, NC 28401 (828-421-8123) (Fax: 910-343-9448) Email: [email protected]. District No. 8 (Michigan, Indiana, Ohio & Kentucky)-Rick Madison, 119 West Breckinridge Street, Louisville, KY 40203 (502-587-7936) (Fax: 502-587-3422). Email: ia- [email protected]. 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