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IATSE
Collective bargaining
IATSE ratifies new film and TV contract
By an extremely narrow margin, IATSE members ratified a pair of nationwide contracts covering 60,000 workers in film and video production.
Collective bargaining
IATSE: Hollywood strike on hold pending vote on a tentative agreement
A tentative agreement provides 3% raises and addresses union concerns about overwork and pay equity. Vote results will be announce Nov. 15.
Collective bargaining
Film/TV strike would be biggest ever
The strike by 60,000 members of IATSE will begin on Oct. 18 if no deal with producers has been reached by then.
Collective bargaining
Hollywood strike could be coming
If 60,000 behind-the-scenes production workers walk out, it would be the biggest ever strike in the film and television industry.
Buying Union
Union-made gift ideas
Buying any gifts this holiday season? If you buy union, you help keep good jobs in the community, and vote with your dollars for enterprises that pay your fellow workers a living wage with benefits.
Collective bargaining
Finally: Stagehands at Oregon Shakespeare Festival have their first union contract
A year after stagehands voted to unionize, they have a contract with raises and job security.
Collective bargaining
Oregon Shakespeare Festival drags out union bargaining
Eleven months after unionizing, workers still don’t have a first contract.
Jobs
Film unions hail expansion of Oregon tax credit
Grimm, Portlandia, and the upcoming TV show Librarians are among the beneficiaries.
Collective bargaining
IATSE bargaining begins at Oregon Shakespeare Festival
After losing an election challenge, OSF gets down to business of bargaining
Union Organizing
Oregon Shakespeare Festival files legal objection after stagehands vote to join IATSE
The appeal could add months of delay.
Union Organizing
Oregon Shakespeare Festival goes union with IATSE
Backstage crew members kept their union campaign positive.
Union Organizing
At Oregon Shakespeare Festival, stagehands want a union
Over management objections, workers will vote on whether to join IATSE.
National
We are the 99 percent: Unions get behind the Occupy movement
Unions line up in support of Occupy Wall Street as the movement explodes.
National
Seattle theaters showcase their union support
Seattle theaters joined in the "We Are One" national day of action April 4 by putting up signs.
