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years. His term of office has expired but he will continue to serve as a committee member. During his term, he was instrumental in developing ESCA’s Customer Service Training as well as setting policy for much of the interaction between show managers, exhibitors and workers on the show floor. The ESCA meeting is held in conjunction with the IAEE Expo! Expo! The International regularly participates in that trade show, staffing the IATSE exhibit. It provides an opportunity to network with many of our general service contractors. Local 76 provided the labor for the event which was a total success. Vice President Faye Harper and International Representative Dan’l Cook attended the Experiential Designers and Producers Association (EDPA) conference in Carlsbad, CA November 29th through December 1st. The EDPA serves as a network for groups engaged in face to face customer experiences like tradeshows, corporate events and other forms of entertainment. The group produces industry education programs and networking events throughout the year. This year’s EDPA agenda included a Management Issues Forum covering safety at show site, customer service, and subcontracting. The CFO Roundtable, included a discussion about industry trends and changes, offering business models to address current issues. Finally, the Department has conducted training/education seminars for the following Locals: AV Essentials Local 8 Philadelphia Local 13 Minneapolis, St. Paul Local 15 Seattle Local 27 Cleveland Local 28 Portland Local 274 Lansing Local 321 Tampa Local 336 Phoenix Corporate Campaign Training Local 107 Local 122 Customer Service Training Local 28 Portland Local 31 Kansas City Local 76 San Antonio Local 127 Dallas Local 415 Tucson In addition to the training delivered by the Department, Representatives also attended training. Namely, Representatives Cota and Gorey attended the Officers’ Institute in Los Angeles. The Department also recently developed an Orientation for New Tradeshow Representatives. Representative Gorey attended this training after joining the Department. Canada PSAV In October of 2016, IATSE Local 58 - Toronto filed its first application for certification seeking to represent all full-time and part-time PSAV employed at the Sheraton Centre Toronto. Based on the response filed by PSAV, and in particular the number of employees identified on the employee list by PSAV, Local 58 made a strategic decision to withdraw this first application. In January 2017, Local 58 filed a second application for certification against PSAV seeking to represent all house crew audio-visual technicians and riggers regularly employed by PSAV at the Sheraton Centre. The bargaining unit sought by Local 58 was aimed at securing bargaining rights for all full-time regular and part-time regular audio-visual technicians working only at PSAV’s Sheraton Centre location. PSAV took issue with the bargaining unit sought by the Local, and in particular, the Local’s attempt to narrow the bargaining unit description to only one of the alleged 19-plus PSAV venues in Toronto. Given the nature of the dispute, all ballots cast by voters have been segregated and the ballot box sealed. In September 2017, after four days of hearings at the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Board issued a decision confirming the appropriateness of the Local’s single venue bargaining unit. PSAV immediately filed a lengthy request for reconsideration, seeking to have the Board overturn its original decision. The Local filed detailed submissions in opposition. In December 2017, the Board issued a decision denying PSAV’s request for reconsideration and confirming its original decision. It remains open to PSAV to file for judicial review of the Board’s decision but no such application has been filed to date. The parties are now in the process of determining the number of employees that are properly on the PSAV employee list at the Sheraton Centre. At issue is the employee status of 71 individuals in addition to the 14 employees that are already agreed to be on the employee list. To date, the parties have filed detailed and lengthy submissions on the employee list issue. Additional hearing dates to finally deal with this issue are likely to be scheduled in the spring of 2018. Once the disputes over the employee list are finally determined by the Board, the Local expects the ballot box will be opened and the votes cast counted. The Local is confident it is well positioned 32 OFFICIAL BULLETIN
for a positive ballot box outcome. Freeman AV As noted in previous reports to the General Executive Board, several Canadian Locals have good working relationships with Freeman AV in their respective jurisdictions and provide sizable crews to Freeman AV on a regular basis. The International continues to work with a number of these Canadian Locals with a view to incorporating these longstanding working arrangements into formal written collective agreements. President Loeb recognized the significant volume of work being done by the Department and thanked those reporting for their work. In doing so, he emphasized the need for progress in expanding the IATSE’s membership and jurisdiction in trade show work. IATSE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT Communications Coordinator Matthew Cain appeared before the Board to provide an update on the activities of the Communications Department since the July 2017 Board meeting in Hollywood, Florida. It was first reported that Communications Department Director Emily Tao left her position at the IATSE in January 2018. In her six-and-a-half years with the IATSE, she built the IATSE’s social media presence, oversaw an update of the award-winning IATSE website, spearheaded prominent digital campaigns, and headed the then-new Young Workers Committee. Upon her departure she expressed her gratitude to many people she worked with throughout her tenure with the Alliance, especially Vice President Dan Di Tolla and International Trustee Patricia White for their support and guidance; General Counsel Samantha Dulaney for her invaluable advice; and President Loeb for giving her the opportunity to build the first-ever IATSE Communications Department. The Communications Department added Matthew Cain as Communications Coordinator in September 2017. Most recently, he was the Digital Campaigns Coordinator for Caring Across Generations, a long-term care advocacy campaign launched by the National Domestic Workers Alliance and Jobs with Justice. Previously, he worked in communications for the Working Families Party. His expertise in digital communications will help IATSE members continue to grow their activism. The report detailed additional developments concerning the IATSE website. Homepage updates were completed in November 2017. As reported at the last Board meeting, the first navigation and homepage improvements were completed in May 2017. The second phase of updates were implemented after the 2017 Convention. Additional visual elements were added to the page along with an emergency action button (which will highlight urgent actions for members). Overall, the improvements will ease users’ searches for content. As social media and other communication methods evolve, the IATSE is adapting. The 2017 Convention theme— “Growth Equals Strength”—has resonated throughout the digital realm. The Communications Department has noted the prominence of that message along with similar (e.g., “organizing makes us stronger”) trending statements across the IA. In digital and traditional communications, more local unions and members celebrate new members being sworn in alongside the successes of tenured members. Matthew Cain, new Communications Department Director. The IATSE Facebook and Twitter accounts have grown significantly in the last six months. Twitter followers increased by almost 10,000 and Facebook followers have grown by thousands as well. The impact of the IA’s social media is also seen in other analytic measures. Top IA posts on Facebook centered on the entertainment industry. One recent post reached almost 51,000 people. The IATSE’s statement against sexual harassment reached more than 16,000 people and generated hundreds of important responses. A notable Labor Day message reached more than 22,000 people and received almost 1,500 responses, many of them from members expressing their union pride. At least ten other posts during the last six months of 2017 reached more than the 24,000 people. Top posts on Twitter focused on IA activism and organizing. The IATSE’s FIRST QUARTER 2018 33
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