pants were primarily projectionists, ushers, and film sales and distribution employees. Employers made contributions of $0.06 per hour per employee at the time. In 1963, Plan B was established, with fixed daily contribution rates of $0.75 for participants, who were largely traveling stagehands working under Pink Contracts. Plan A was merged into Plan B in 2002. Today’s daily contribution rates go up to $25 day. In 2002, Plan C was launched for participants who are mostly in motion picture production. Many agreements added Plan C pension benefits to their negotiations in the years that followed. Today, there are approximately 2,500 retirees and spouses receiving monthly pension benefits through Plans A and C. In 1973, the <strong>IATSE</strong> National Health & Welfare Fund was founded to provide health benefits for IA members in film sales and distribution roles, as well as stagehands working on tours. In 1992, the Fund addded a Plan C after the NABET merger, providing members of NABET Local 15 a benefit plan structured similarly to the one they had been receiving. Plan C was innovative in its creation of CAPP (Contributions Available for Premium Payments) accounts, which made it possible for <strong>IATSE</strong> members who did not work consistently to still participate in a comprehensive group health plan for themselves and their families. This was of special benefit to members in the motion picture industry, and it also enabled <strong>IATSE</strong> local unions to negotiate richer benefit packages. Another unique feature of Plan C is its Medical Reimbursement Program (MRP) which allows participants who have other group health benefits through a spouse or other employment to use that plan as their primary coverage, while having their deductibles, coinsurance, copayments and some out-of-pocket expenses reimbursed through the MRP. Starting in the late 1990s, the Health and Welfare Fund saw extraordinary growth in participation. Many Locals, including ATPAM, Local 4, Local 764, Local 798, and USA829, merged their plans into the National Fund and others have been able to obtain benefits for their members through collective bargaining. Today, more than 45,000 <strong>IATSE</strong> members, spouses and dependent children receive health coverage through the Fund. To further meet the needs of IA members, the NBF launched two other funds in 1973. The <strong>IATSE</strong> Annuity Fund established a defined contribution pension for members, with two distinct 401(k) features so that workers under different types of collective bargaining agreements can fund their nest eggs with pre-tax deferrals up to IRS limits. Today, it has more than 77,000 participants. The <strong>IATSE</strong> Vacation Fund ensures that members not working year-round can still take paid vacations. It provides an annual check of post-tax monies primarily contributed by Pink Contract employers for members working on such agreements. The Fund has approximately 4,000 participants. The combined assets of all four funds now exceed $1.8 billion, representing a more than two-hundred percent increase over the previous ten years. The Funds have enjoyed double digit contribution increases over the past fifteen years, reflecting the strength of <strong>IATSE</strong>’s collective bargaining agreements and providing members with health and pension benefits that are the envy of virtually all non-union workers and many workers in other industries. 64
65
- Page 2 and 3:
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Matthew D. Loeb
- Page 4 and 5:
PRESIDENT MATTHEW D. LOEB reflectio
- Page 6 and 7:
The year is 1893. Grover Cleveland
- Page 8 and 9:
THE LEGACY OF LEE HART Lee Hart is
- Page 10 and 11:
order its members to withdraw from
- Page 12 and 13:
THE FIRST JURISDICTIONAL BATTLES Me
- Page 14 and 15: THE MOVING PICTURES When moving pic
- Page 16 and 17: at West End Park. The Holland broth
- Page 18 and 19: The city became an open battlegroun
- Page 20 and 21: never seen before. Steps, ledges an
- Page 22 and 23: 22
- Page 24 and 25: In 1921, the collective salaries of
- Page 26 and 27: (1927), Hollywood changed forever.
- Page 28 and 29: widely considered the Golden Age of
- Page 30 and 31: In the studios, craft workers gaine
- Page 32 and 33: The Alliance and a splinter group,
- Page 34 and 35: WAR: AT HOME AND ABROAD With the ou
- Page 36 and 37: 36
- Page 38 and 39: Carpenters, the AFL committee issue
- Page 40 and 41: systems set up in many theaters aro
- Page 42 and 43: the organizing difficulties when he
- Page 44 and 45: AND NOW FOR THE NEWS During this ti
- Page 46 and 47: THE STORIES IA MEMBERS CAN TELL As
- Page 48 and 49: “AND NOW IN LIVING COLOR” By th
- Page 50 and 51: manship of theater-based IA carpent
- Page 52 and 53: to start rebuilding its theater com
- Page 54 and 55: THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY TRANSFO
- Page 56 and 57: acting in a Cinemascope picture was
- Page 58 and 59: ALFRED W. DI TOLLA — PIVOTAL LEAD
- Page 60 and 61: CENTENNIAL In July 1993, the IATSE
- Page 62 and 63: HEALTH AND RETIREMENT SECURITY Prov
- Page 66 and 67: 66
- Page 68 and 69: 4 Local 796 Texas, covering the Hou
- Page 70 and 71: GAINING POWER AT THE BARGAINING TAB
- Page 72 and 73: DIGITAL AGREEMENT As motion picture
- Page 74 and 75: 74
- Page 76 and 77: The work in safety that began in th
- Page 78 and 79: IATSE included George Fern Co., All
- Page 80 and 81: NEW LEADERSHIP RISES The year 2002
- Page 82 and 83: 82
- Page 84 and 85: Colorado. Workers at these faciliti
- Page 86 and 87: opportunities in legitimate theatre
- Page 88 and 89: history and culture. Young people o
- Page 90 and 91: coverage with the Producers paying
- Page 92 and 93: track the Hollywood Basic Agreement
- Page 94 and 95: Office. The database has built-in r
- Page 96 and 97: EMPOWERING MEMBERS THROUGH EDUCATIO
- Page 98 and 99: In its first four years, the IATSE
- Page 100 and 101: tainment Safety OSHA 10 class at th
- Page 102 and 103: able, and taking other bold initiat
- Page 104 and 105: AV ESSENTIALS For many years, sever
- Page 106 and 107: A 21ST CENTURY UNION FOR 21ST CENTU
- Page 108 and 109: INTERNAL RESTRUCTURING In, 2012, th
- Page 110 and 111: time staff who work out of the IATS
- Page 112 and 113: 112
- Page 114 and 115:
Ratifying this wisdom of this strat
- Page 116 and 117:
Acknowledgments This special issue
- Page 118 and 119:
M 634 SUDBURY/NORTH BAY, ON‐Keith
- Page 120 and 121:
S 629 AUGUSTA‐Anthony Capaz, 2312
- Page 122 and 123:
M 616 MERIDIAN‐Benny Eggler, abeg
- Page 124 and 125:
(216‐621‐9537) (Fax: 216-621-35
- Page 126 and 127:
M 141 LaCROSSE‐Peggy Sannerud, ps
- Page 128:
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.