Downloadable - IA.TSE Local 80

CALL TO ORDER
In accordance with Article Seven,
Section 3 of the International Constitution,
a Special meeting of the
General Executive Board of the International
Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Employees, Moving Picture Technicians,
Artists and Allied Crafts of the
United States, Its Territories and Canada,
AFL-CIO, CLC, convened at 9:00
a.m. on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance
Center, located at 400 Renaissance
Drive, Detroit, Michigan.
ROLL CALL
General Secretary-Treasurer James
B. Wood called the roll and recorded
the following members present:
MATTHEW D. LOEB,
International President
JAMES B. WOOD,
General Secretary-Treasurer
MICHAEL BARNES,
Second Vice President
J. WALTER CAHILL,
Third Vice President
THOM DAVIS,
Fourth Vice President
ANTHONY DE PAULO,
Fifth Vice President and
Co-Director of Stagecraft
DAMIAN PETTI,
Sixth Vice President
BRIAN J. LAWLOR,
Seventh Vice President and
Co-Director of Stagecraft
MICHAEL F. MILLER, JR.,
Eighth Vice President and Director
of Motion Picture and Television
Production
JOHN T. BECKMAN, JR.,
Ninth Vice President
DANIEL E. DI TOLLA,
Tenth Vice President and
Co-Director of Stagecraft
JOHN R. FORD,
Eleventh Vice President
JOHN M. LEWIS,
Twelfth Vice President and Director
of Canadian Affairs
CRAIG P. CARLSON,
Thirteenth Vice President
In addition to the members of
the Board, those present included
General Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus
Michael W. Proscia, Assistant to the
President Deborah A. Reid, Broadcast
Department Director Sandra England,
Special Representative David F. Garretson,
and General Counsel Dale W.
Short.
UPDATE ON RELOCATION OF
IATSE GENERAL OFFICE
General Secretary-Treasurer Wood
updated the Board on the status of
the relocation of the General Office
to 25th Street and Seventh Avenue in
New York City. The Board was reminded
that the IATSE has purchased
two floors of which the IATSE will initially
occupy approximately one and
a half floors. The remaining one half
is occupied by three tenants and this
will bring revenue to the IATSE until
their leases expire in 2014 at which
time, the IATSE will make a determination
if some or all of the office
space being rented will be needed
and one or more leases will be terminated
or renewed.
He advised that the closing on the
purchase of the property was held
on June 28, 2012. Demolition of the
space is scheduled to begin in late
July. Construction of the new office
design will begin a few weeks after
that and is expected to be completed
by the end of the year with the move
targeted for February 2013.
The Board congratulated President
Loeb and General Secretary-Treasurer
Wood for their efforts to find appropriate
space for the International’s
General Office that will result in a
worthy investment. It was noted that
after 119 years, the International is finally
the proud owner of a property
in New York City.
KRAVIS CENTER
President Loeb updated the Board
of the situation with the Kravis Center
and its Board of Directors refusal
to adhere to the agreement that was
reached on January 20, 2012 and reported
on at length at the 2012 Mid-
Winter General Executive Board in
Atlanta, Georgia. Soon after the bargaining
concluded, the CEO of the
building began reaching out to President
Loeb in an attempt to modify
the agreement. At the same time, the
attorney for the Kravis Center and
the General Counsel and In-House
Counsel were working to finalize the
language in the contract. Eventually
the parties spoke and the Kravis CEO
advised President Loeb that the Kravis
Board had not approved portions of
the agreement and she attempted to
modify what was agreed to between
the parties. That effort proved to be
fruitless and President Loeb pledged
his full support to Local 500’s long
standing fight with the Kravis Center.
Additional Board charges were filed
for failure to execute and the NLRB
has taken affidavits from President
Loeb, General Counsel Short, and anticipates
taking affidavits and requesting
notes from In–House Counsel Dulaney
and Vice President Lawlor.
Subsequent to the NLRB charges, a
member of the Kravis Board reached
out to Vice President Lawlor. A question
was posed as to whether the parties
might reconvene and under what
circumstances. A letter was forwarded
to the Chairman of the Board of the
Kravis Center reaffirming our belief
that a deal had been consummated
but leaving open the door to future
dialogue between the Chairman and
President Loeb. At least one conversation
had occurred prior to the Board
meeting and a follow-up conversation
was scheduled for the following week.
If the Kravis Chair is unwilling or unable
to meet, the IATSE will ramp up
its activities at the Center as the season
starts up again in the fall.
PRODUCER/IATSE BASIC
AGREEMENT and AREA
STANDARDS AGREEMENT
Basic Agreement
It was reported to the Board that
the Memorandum of Agreement from
the recently concluded Basic Agreement
negotiations was unanimously
ratified by the West Coast Studio Locals
as required by the International
Constitution.
Area Standards Agreement
It was reported that negotiations
began in late March for the renewal
of the Area Standards Agreement
between the International and the
AMPTP, however, after a few sessions,
negotiations broke off and there are
no dates scheduled to resume negotiations.
It is estimated that the Area Standards
Agreement now covers approximately
8,000 members of the International
across the United States.
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION
Representative Dave Garretson
reported on his assignment to work
with long-time producer John Bradley,
whose company is producing
the Democratic National Convention
which will be held the week of September
3rd thru 6th, 2012 in Charlotte,
North Carolina. Similar to the convention
held in Denver in 2008, President
Obama will give his acceptance
speech outdoors in the Bank of America
Stadium, which has significantly increased
the amount of work available
to Charlotte Local No. 322 and the
surrounding IA local unions. Representative
Garretson has been working
with Business Agent Bo Howard of
Local No. 322 to ensure that adequate
manpower is available and equipped
to crew the various events to be held
during the Convention. Arrangements
are being made for additional IATSE
qualified members from the region
to supplement the Local 322 workers.
The take-in for the Convention
is scheduled to commence on August
17th.
It was also reported that Representative
Garretson is coordinating his efforts
with Vice Presidents Cahill and
Lawlor, who have traveled to Charlotte
several times in the past year meeting
with representatives of Local 322 and
Theatrical Resources. In addition, both
Vice Presidents have attended meetings
with representatives of the DNC
to guarantee that all production work
connected with the Convention is serviced
under a contract with the IATSE
and its affiliated Locals.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION
Vice President Brian Lawlor reported
that he and Division Director
Gearns have been working with Tampa
Local No. 321 regarding the Republican
National Convention to be held
in Tampa from August 27th thru August
31st, 2012. Freeman Decorating is
functioning as the General Contractor
for this event and has a contract with
Local 321 for that work in the Tampa
Times Forum. Work is slated to begin
in mid-July and will last approximately
six weeks. Subsequently the production
team will take over the building.
Vice President Lawlor coordinated
meetings between David Nash, a longtime
IA member and consultant to the
RNC, and the President and Business
Agent of Local 321, Howard Stein
and Paul Paleveda. Those discussions
went very well and an agreement is in
place for the production work as well.
As with the DNC, all the work the IA-
TSE traditionally services will be done
under contract, supplemented by pink
contract employees in the appropriate
categories. This convention will
be a great source of income for Local
321 members in what is traditionally a
slower season in Florida, as well as for
members from the surrounding local
unions.
GOLF CHANNEL
Broadcast Division Director Sandra
England reported on current organizing
efforts of the Division including
an election petition with the National
Labor Relations Board that is being
filed to represent employees working
for the Golf Channel. The IATSE has
overwhelming support from the workers
on this drive.
The Division has seen a dramatic
increase in requests from unrepresented
sports broadcast workers seeking
help from the IATSE for representation
and we will continue to aggressively
organize in this area.
INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESI-
DENT TIMOTHY F. MAGEE
The Board was advised of the un-
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