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control rooms instead of having production<br />
trucks at remote locations.<br />
Local 119 Bay Area / San Francisco<br />
It was reported that Local 119 recently<br />
hired a new full-time Business<br />
Representative. The Local’s Agreement<br />
with its major crewing contractor was renegotiated<br />
and ratified by the members.<br />
SAMMCO Crewing is the major labor<br />
provider for all regional sports work in<br />
the San Francisco Bay area and Sacramento.<br />
The Local’s new contract with<br />
that employer contains improvements in<br />
wages, benefits, and working conditions.<br />
Local 317 Indianapolis<br />
The Alliance’s youngest Broadcast<br />
Local—Local 317 in Indianapolis—<br />
continues to do the work necessary to<br />
become an autonomously functioning<br />
Local. The Local has drafted its constitution,<br />
which was approved by President<br />
Loeb and ratified by membership. Officers<br />
have been elected and sworn in.<br />
Thanks to General Secretary-Treasurer<br />
Wood and President Loeb, Local 317<br />
officers attended this past summer’s International<br />
Convention. They found the<br />
experience valuable, enlightening, and<br />
inspiring. Their presence proved beneficial<br />
to the members of Local 317. The<br />
Local is becoming proficient at handling<br />
its finances and working in conjunction<br />
with the Broadcast Department to<br />
address issues that arise within its jurisdiction.<br />
Local 317 now has executed contracts<br />
in place with Fox Sports Midwest<br />
and Program Productions. It is currently<br />
finalizing an agreement with the Big Ten<br />
Network. Plans are also underway to<br />
send officers to at least one <strong>IATSE</strong> Officer<br />
Training Institute this year. Broadcast<br />
Department representatives will also<br />
conduct steward training and continue<br />
to assist the Local with its plans to organize<br />
other employers operating within<br />
its territorial jurisdiction.<br />
Local 487 Mid Atlantic Area<br />
Comcast has rebranded their regional<br />
sports networks as NBC networks. The<br />
Baltimore and Washington, D.C. regional<br />
network has been included in the<br />
rebranding. The contract between the<br />
<strong>IATSE</strong> and this regional network will<br />
expire in June <strong>2018</strong>. Supervisory personnel<br />
changes have taken place in this region<br />
and the Local is reviewing several options<br />
in anticipation of its upcoming contract<br />
negotiations.<br />
Local 745 Minnesota<br />
The contract covering Local 745’s jurisdiction<br />
with Fox Sports Net North is set<br />
to expire this year. Dates for bargaining<br />
have been set for late February. Local 745<br />
has had an active organizing presence in<br />
Minnesota and thanks to the efforts of its<br />
Local leaders, has been able to double its<br />
membership in the last year.<br />
Local 793 Washington and Oregon<br />
The Department is working to standardize<br />
contracts in Washington and<br />
Oregon for a major regional broadcast<br />
network and the main local crewing contractor<br />
under common terms. Meanwhile,<br />
the Local continues to integrate its membership<br />
in both Portland and Oregon into<br />
one united Local.<br />
Local 748 Arizona<br />
Spring pre-season baseball in Arizona<br />
was previously done through a myriad<br />
of sub-contractors and traditional rights<br />
holders. For this season’s spring baseball,<br />
more broadcast work will be covered<br />
under standard regional sports network<br />
agreements. Many of the pre-season<br />
events will be using limited technology<br />
or control room facilities for part of the<br />
work. However, employees in Local 748’s<br />
jurisdiction will enjoy their standard contract<br />
benefits for this work.<br />
Local 748 has also been involved in<br />
the multi-regional Fox contract, which<br />
was conceived several years ago. This<br />
continues to be a landmark contract. It<br />
is the first multi-state regional sports<br />
contract and it has significantly advanced<br />
employees’ working conditions,<br />
overtime, staffing, and general economics.<br />
The crews working under the Fox<br />
western regional agreement are largely<br />
satisfied. The Broadcast Department<br />
continues to assist with problems as they<br />
arise.<br />
In addition to reporting developments<br />
and bargaining objectives within<br />
the territories of various local unions, the<br />
Department also reported upon negotiations<br />
with multiple crewing contractors<br />
throughout the western region of the<br />
U.S. Crewing contractors with national<br />
reach are close to satisfactory terms for<br />
the western region. Others with a more<br />
limited scope are similarly negotiating<br />
to address their more limited territorial<br />
scope.<br />
The Broadcast Department continues<br />
to expand relations with the Big Ten<br />
Network. The territories surrounding<br />
several additional universities are now<br />
covered by standard terms of the <strong>IATSE</strong>’s<br />
contract. Other matters (concerning traveling<br />
crews, pre-game and post-game<br />
shows and an additional market) were<br />
recently addressed in January <strong>2018</strong> meetings.<br />
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