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District 9 Visits “Billy Elliot”
Crew in Madison
OOn July 13, 2012, International President Loeb visited
the Overture Center, Overture Hall in Madison, Wisconsin
to meet the crew of “Billy Elliot,” after the District 9
Convention. Also in attendance were International Vice
Presidents Jack Beckman, John Ford and Craig Carlson,
District 2 Convention
International President Matthew D. Loeb addresses
the delegation at the District 2 Convention held at the
Grand Sierra Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 22-24,
2012.
Department Director of Education and Training Patricia
White, International Representative Fran O’Hern, District 9
Secretary and Business Agent of Local 251 Chris Gauthier
and Local 251 members.
District 4 Convention
International President Matthew D. Loeb and District
4 Secretary John Page at the District’s Convention
held at the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penns'
Landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 2-3, 2012.
IATSE General executive board meetinGs
A ReaFfirmation of our Union’s Work
As you flip through the pages of this issue of the Bulletin, you will see
the report of the General Executive Board. You will see pictures of women
and men in business clothes sitting at a table looking very serious as they
prepare to give a report to the International President, the General Secretary-Treasurer,
and the members of the Board. You will read brief descriptions
of those reports and you will begin to get a sense of what is going
on throughout the IATSE and its local unions. There will be the report of
the Trustees and the General Secretary-Treasurer will give his report to the
Board as well. All of the proceedings are reduced to writing and published
for you to read. There are two General Executive Board meetings each year
(Mid-Winter and Mid-Summer) and they are held in different cities throughout
the United States and Canada. Our Constitution and Bylaws requires that
we hold these meetings and we do.
But there is something much bigger going on here. These meetings are
not just attended by the International officials and those that have been summoned
to report. With the exception of some issues which understandably
must be held in closed session, these meetings are open to all local union
officers of the IATSE. These meetings are a gathering place for people from
all across the United States, its Territories and Canada. All of the different
trades and crafts are welcome ... and they come. They come from Portland,
San Diego, Newark, Boston, Brooklyn, and Toronto. They represent tradeshow
employees, wardrobe workers, painters, motion picture technicians, stagehands,
grips, designers, editors, and projectionists. There are over forty different
types of Locals in the IA, and all are welcomed. They listen and those
that report are not only reporting to the International President and the General
Executive Board, but also to the local unions. What could have been a
very rudimentary and perfunctory meeting is transformed into a celebration
of the work that our members do and a reaffirmation of the work that the
Union does in representing them.
So read on and remember that you are not alone. The work you do is
important. There are over one hundred thousand of us and we will make our
voices heard.
Canadian IATSE
Facebook Page
Launched
Due to the different legal
and political issues in Canada,
the International developed a
Canadian IATSE Facebook page
to address the needs and interests
of Canadian members. The
page was launched on Canada
Day, known to those outside
Canada as July 1st. Posts are
bilingual where possible, and
have been made on anything
from Bill C-377 to Canadian
holidays to crew shots. Support
from the membership has been
great, and as of this writing, the
page has over 400 ‘likes’.
While much of the content is
Canadian, a lot is more general
in nature, and both American and
Canadian members are welcome
to visit. We encourage all visitors
to “like” the page, in addition to
the original IATSE Facebook page.
The Canadian Facebook page can
be found at www.facebook.com/
iatsecanada.
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