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District 2 Edition
I attended the IATSE District 2 convention in Reno
over the
weekend.
President Loeb
spoke of organizing efforts success with Freeman and ongoing conflicts
with Swank in AV contracts. He also spoke of the difficult negotiations.
with the latest
motion picture general agreement. He reported on the political
environment in the country and urged members to recognize the importance
of not only voting in this November's election, but of actively
participating.
Resolutions from the floor included one endorsing legislative efforts for a sustainable, secure and
just healthcare system in
Arizona, Californa, Hawaii and Nevada and support for a single payer system in the country as a whole.
Another
resolution was to express opposition to the special
exemptions act which is on the November California ballot. This
initiative is designed to sound like it keeps special interest money out
of elections campaigns but is designed to limit contributions by labor
unions while preserving the rights of corporate Super-PACs to
contribute to campaigns.
There
was a training session on negotiating that included sessions on
preparations for bargaining and assessing the strengths and weaknesses
of the parties, writing unambiguous language in
the contract, and bargaining strategy and tactics.
There was a speech by Art Pulaski of the California Labor Federation and another by Angie Wei who works lobbying the legislature about upcoming bills including the film incentive program, workers comp, zombie loopholes and high speed rail.
Another energetic speaker was Chuck Rocha of Solidarity Strategies talked about the IATSE PAC. Check out his keynote at Netroots Nation.
The Public Relations Committee is an initiative to record short videos of personal testimony of what being a union member means to you to show at the International Convention and to post on the website. If you would like to participate or if you want to recommend someone to participate please let me know.
Only in San Francisco - "This is just some of the stuff my family had laying around, but I don't eat people so it just doesn't seem like something I
want to have," Stefanos explained.
