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“They Should Fear Us”: Teamsters & IATSE Link Arms For March Contract Talks With Studios
No one has said the word “strike” yet, but some of Hollywood’s strongest unions just flexed some serious muscle with the studios. With their current contracts set to end on July 21, the Internation…
Certain to set the stage for what could be another year of Tinseltown labor anxiety, IATSE and the Teamsters will be joined in talks on their shared Motion Picture Industry Pension and Health Plan proposals by fellow Hollywood Basic Crafts groups the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 40 (IBEW), Laborers International Union of North America Local 724 (LiUNA! Coming off the bitter WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes of last year, and the sweet updated deal the favored nation DGA scored earlier this month with the studios, that is the point. Today’s long whispered announcement of the joint talks, comes as Donald Trump sat down with Teamsters brass in DC in a Hail Mary move to get the union’s 2024 endorsement.
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