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The work in safety that began in the 1990s, planted the seeds for all of the future craft and safety training to come. NEW DEPARTMENTS ESTABLISHED In 1998, the General Executive Board established five new departments: Stagecraft, Motion Picture and Television Production, Organizing, Tradeshow and Display Work, and Canadian Affairs. Each department was created to meet the unique challenges facing each industry and craft by developing strategies to guide and assist all local unions in these respective areas. The original Department Directors were Michael J. Sullivan (Stagecraft), Daniel Di Tolla and Sandra England (Organizing), Matthew D. Loeb (Motion Picture & Television Production), Richard Varani (Tradeshow and Display Work), and James B. Wood (Canadian Affairs). STAGECRAFT DEPARTMENT The Stagecraft Department consists of more than threehundred IATSE local unions. Most are Stage, Wardrobe, Mixed and Projectionist Locals, though many other crafts are also represented. THOMAS SHORT: A LEGACY OF GROWTH Thomas Short led IATSE as President from 1994 through 2008, a period when the Alliance dramatically increased its membership, expanded its market share in the entertainment industry, and bargained a series of strong contracts improving the lives of members throughout the U.S. and Canada. Among his many achievements, President Short made a commitment to organizing that grew IATSE’s ranks from 76,000 when he took office to 111,000 when he retired. That 46 percent increase was virtually unrivaled in the labor movement — and all the more remarkable for occurring at a time when most unions’ membership declined. President Short joined IATSE in 1968 when he was initiated into Stagehands Local 27, Cleveland, Ohio. He is a Charter Member of Special Department Local B-27, where he served as Business Agent. He was elected to the Executive Boards of Stage Local 27 and Studio Mechanics Local 209 of the State of Ohio, in 1971, and in 1978, he was elected Local 27’s President. In 1988, he was elected Eleventh International Vice President at the 59th IATSE Convention. He held that office until February 1993 when the General Executive Board unanimously elected him to fill the vacated position of General Secretary-Treasurer, serving in that position until December 16, 1994, when he was elected International President after President Alfred W. Di Tolla resigned due to illness. His successor, International President Matthew Loeb, paid tribute to President Short on his retirement, saying, “I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Tom Short who made desperately needed institutional changes that will allow me to continue to build on a solid foundation. We are well positioned to meet the challenges of the future.” 76
Since its inception, the Stagecraft Department has sought to organize many different areas of production. Low-budget touring attractions were organized under modified Traveling Pink Contracts. Television specials and award shows were organized, as noted previously. Scenic shops were organized with the goal of establishing a national contract. LORT theatres and amphitheaters were also organizing targets, as were conventions and industrial shows. The Stagecraft Department is continually involved with negotiations, especially with IATSE’s growing emphasis on national contracts. MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT The Motion Picture and Television Production Department consists of Production Locals throughout the Alliance. The Department aims to negotiate term contracts where possible, thus securing consistent terms and conditions and binding employers for all of their projects. These include the Area Standards Agreement, the IATSE/Producer Basic Agreement, the New York Production Agreement, the West Coast Commercial Agreement, and the AICP National Agreement. Hundreds of employers sign these agreements, bringing IATSE crews into their productions. The Department’s initial organizing efforts were concentrated on cable production, low budget feature film production, award shows, special event shows, movies-of-the-week, episodic television production, reality television shows, and music videos. The number of low-budget companies that seek out the IATSE has been continually on the rise over the past several decades. This trend is expected to continue due to the quality of IATSE crews and the elimination of a non-union workforce through organizing. In addition to negotiating contracts and organizing, the Department processes grievances and manages deposits. Grievances with merit are vigorously pursued according to each contract’s terms. Deposits protect members in the event of a company’s financial collapse or malfeasance. The deposit amount is not returned until all wages, benefits, and outstanding grievances have been resolved. ORGANIZING DEPARTMENT From its inception, this Department was focused on the goal of organizing one hundred percent of each workplace, rather than merely concentrating on smaller craft groups. This gives all employees greater bargaining strength through union density. Early efforts focused on stagecraft, projectionists, front of the house staff, sports broadcasting and mobile video trucking companies, with a special emphasis on freelance workers. TRADESHOW & DISPLAY DEPARTMENT The Tradeshow jurisdiction has been critical to IATSE’s growth, due to the dramatic expansion of the industry. The Department’s work in this area has been especially critical due to the interest of other trade unions, despite the work’s traditional home in the Alliance. Locals benefitting from the tradeshow boom have included those in Orlando, Atlanta, New York and Indianapolis. At the core of the Tradeshow Department is IATSE Local 835, the largest Local dedicated to tradeshow work. The Department’s early accomplishments included negotiations in many cities in the West with GES, a large national tradeshow company. In Atlanta, Local 834 successfully negotiated an agreement with the “Big Four” tradeshow contractors. Local 720, Las Vegas, experienced very significant increases in tradeshow work due to aggressive organizing, negotiating agreements with GES and Freeman. Other companies that signed pacts with the 77
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Matthew D. Loeb
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PRESIDENT MATTHEW D. LOEB reflectio
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