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Ratifying this wisdom of this strategy, the more than 870 delegates representing 261 local unions re-elected President Loeb by acclamation, along with his entire slate of candidates, including General Secretary-Treasurer Wood, thirteen International Vice Presidents, three International Trustees, and one delegate to the Canadian Labour Congress. This leadership vision and stability has been critical to IATSE’s success. But the IA’s emergence as a modern and progressive union on the cutting edge of the labor movement is ultimately due to one factor above all else: The Alliance’s 140,000 members, whose commitment to their craft, their union, and one another is simply unrivalled. It is an axiom that a union is only as strong as its members are active. And IATSE members demonstrate their activism in so many ways. One is their expertise and their dedication to stay ahead of the curve of technological change by taking advantage of the training and lifelong learning opportunities provided by the IATSE-TTF. This means that any motion picture or television producer, any broadcaster, any theatrical production, any convention, any tradeshow, or any other entertainment operator will hire IATSE members to ensure the quality, productivity and safety they need to succeed. Another is IA members’ dedication to training in leadership skills through efforts such as LEAP and more recently, the Officer Institutes. This means that Local leaders and activists gain the knowledge and skills to be the most effective organizers, bargainers, and advocates anywhere in the labor movement — and it strengthens the IA at every level. Third, IATSE members participate in union actions and contract campaigns, attend rallies, contact their elected officials, volunteer to elect pro-worker candidates, and donate to the IATSE- PAC, recognizing that it is their union and that their involvement in Alliance activities is the only way to maximize its effectiveness. Member empowerment and activism are thus the keys to IATSE’s ability to navigate turbulent waters, which have not only existed for many years but may well become even more roiled in the future. This includes increasingly vicious attacks on unions and workers’ rights, led by billionaire extremists like the Koch brothers who are setting the agenda for the executive branch, Congress, and even the courts, as witness the Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME decision making the entire public sector “right to work.” It also includes economic and technological turmoil. In the former category, we have seen massive mergers like Comcast- NBCUniversal, and the stunning rise of live streaming services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. This has had a two-fold impact on the industry. First, it undercuts the dominance of broadcast and cable television networks and reduces the audience for firstrun motion pictures. But on the flip side, it has led to a dramatic increase in the production of television series and motion pictures made for the new media, which in turn has expanded members’ work opportunities. Whether this trend can sustain itself into the future or whether it levels off is an open question. In the technology arena, we are experiencing the digital revolution in every single field in which IATSE members work, which in turn requires new skill sets and continual training, and changes the types of jobs required on many productions and events. The pace of these changes will only accelerate in the future. But for every challenge, the remedy, cure and antidote are one and the same: Organizing, solidarity and inclusion. For example, in stagecraft — especially live events like rock and roll concerts — there had been many contractors competing to be the lowest bidder, posing a threat to the living standards of industry workers. But because IATSE members are by far the most qualified workers to perform lighting, sound, stage construction and other essential functions, the Alliance has been able to turn threat into opportunity — and even cut out the 114
middle man when it comes to large producers like Live Nation. In the audio/visual field, every hotel that hosts meetings and conventions needs qualified staff and contractors, especially with the move to digital. Again, it is IATSE that provides the qualified craftspeople. So long as IATSE controls the entertainment industry workforce, so long as IATSE has the most skilled and safest professionals, and so long as IATSE members are fully empowered through training and activism, employers will have no alternative but to work with the Alliance. Whether in motion picture and television production, broadcasting, live theatre, other live events, tradeshows, conventions, and any other venue, employers that want the kind of quality and production value that will attract audiences must hire IATSE members — period. And if the IA and its members maintain and strengthen this status moving forward, the Alliance’s power to improve members’ lives will only grow no matter how hostile the overall environment for the labor movement might be. So on this 125th anniversary, IATSE stands as a modern, progressive union in every way — socially, politically, economically and internally. It is a model of inclusion, accountability and transparency. The Alliance is empowering women members and leading the fight against harassment and discrimination. It is cultivating the next generation of IATSE leadership through the Young Workers Committee. And it is expanding its outreach to students and many others to develop the next generation of entertainment industry craftspeople. If the founders of this great union could see the craftsmanship IATSE members bring to their work today, they would find most of it unrecognizable. Even on the stage — the one venue they would find familiar — they would be astonished at what it takes to bring many higher-end productions to life. Similarly, if we could somehow magically see the future, we would surely be even more astounded to witness the craftsmanship IATSE members will bring to their work one hundred and twenty-five years from today. But in looking at the role, the function and the workings of IATSE, chances are we would find much of what we see today: a union of highly-skilled members standing together in solidarity, fully empowered to improve their lives, continually adapting to change, and deeply dedicated to organizing, activism and inclusion. If so, this would stand as a legacy left by this generation that would be worthy of those brave souls in 1893 who risked everything to build the great institution that stands today: The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada. 2017 Convention Hall Photo 115
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Matthew D. Loeb
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PRESIDENT MATTHEW D. LOEB reflectio
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The year is 1893. Grover Cleveland
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THE LEGACY OF LEE HART Lee Hart is
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order its members to withdraw from
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THE FIRST JURISDICTIONAL BATTLES Me
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THE MOVING PICTURES When moving pic
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at West End Park. The Holland broth
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The city became an open battlegroun
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never seen before. Steps, ledges an
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In 1921, the collective salaries of
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(1927), Hollywood changed forever.
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widely considered the Golden Age of
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In the studios, craft workers gaine
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The Alliance and a splinter group,
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WAR: AT HOME AND ABROAD With the ou
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Carpenters, the AFL committee issue
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systems set up in many theaters aro
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the organizing difficulties when he
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AND NOW FOR THE NEWS During this ti
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THE STORIES IA MEMBERS CAN TELL As
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“AND NOW IN LIVING COLOR” By th
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manship of theater-based IA carpent
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to start rebuilding its theater com
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THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY TRANSFO
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acting in a Cinemascope picture was
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ALFRED W. DI TOLLA — PIVOTAL LEAD
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CENTENNIAL In July 1993, the IATSE
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HEALTH AND RETIREMENT SECURITY Prov
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