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IATSE Local 28
International
Local unions resolve to defend immigrants
AFT Local 111, Painters Local 10, IATSE Local 28 and Ironworkers Local 29 have passed resolutions pledging to mobilize members.
Union Organizing
No to union at McMenamins
IATSE Local 28 says concert production company Monqui Presents chilled union support when it fired two union supporters.
Union Organizing
McMenamins stagehands to vote on union
The stagehands are employees of concert promoter Monqui Presents, which is a major force in the Pacific Northwest music industry.
Jobs
Fighting for Keller jobs
Members of entertainment unions tell Portland City Council a closure for renovation could devastate arts jobs.
Collective bargaining
Bodyvox dance company stagehands win IATSE Local 28 contract
Union stagehands at nonprofit Bodyvox dance company unanimously ratified a first contract that raises pay and guarantees job security.
Union Organizing
Bodyvox dance company stagehands join IATSE
Although the company seemed a little perturbed with the effort, supervisors did not make any overt attempts to stymie the union.
Union Organizing
Bodyvox dance company workers to vote on IATSE
The union election will cover all stagehands and production workers at the Northwest Portland dance studio.
Jobs
Metro privatizes AV at Oregon Convention Center
On Dec. 18, a week before Christmas, all seven part-time AV technicians at the publicly-owned event space were laid off.
Jobs
Metro pushes to privatize Convention Center AV department
The Metro regional government wants to contract out audio/visual jobs at the Oregon Convention Center - jobs that are currently held by union workers.
Jobs
Blazers must recognize stagehands union
An April 1 union vote could get members of IATSE Local 28 back to work at Portland Trail Blazers and Portland Winterhawks home games.
Jobs
IATSE marks one year out of work due to pandemic
Many members of IATSE Locals 28, 488, B20, and 154 haven’t worked a day since the pandemic turned life upside down a year ago.
Building our communities
THE YEAR OF COVID
March 11 will mark a year since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. The pandemic hit the local union movement highly unevenly.
Jobs
Blazers workers left out in the cold
Union crews that typically work Portland Trailblazer home games at the Moda Center have been replaced with non-union workers.
In Memoriam
John E. Clatworthy, 1947-2020
Clatworthy worked for the Portland Opera and was president of IATSE Local 28.
Building our communities
‘Together4Oregon’ fundraiser helps unemployed
Labor’s Community Service Agency was among 4 non-profits helped by a live funderaiser on KGW-TV July 18 to help Oregon residents hit hardest by COVID-19.
National
Labor confronts police brutality
Union members are taking part in protests, joining morning-after cleanup parties, and even walking off the job in support of Black Lives Matter.
Building our communities
IATSE delivers food to out-of-work members in need
More than 200 members are out of work at Keller Auditorium, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Rose Garden Arena, Memorial Coliseum, and elsewhere.
Building our communities
Laid-off costume department workers volunteer to make protective masks
Hospitals and home health care workers are facing a shortage of masks, and are calling for donations.
Jobs
On the job with IATSE Local 28
Almost no one knows what they do, but entertainment riggers are the workers that make the spectacle of show business possible.
Worker safety
Training for a rescue at 50 feet
Theater and concert workers often spend time at great heights — hoisting gear at rock concerts or setting up and operating truss-mounted spotlights. Their union is working to improve members’ readiness to quickly rescue a coworker in the event of an accident.
