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IATSE & Teamsters Leaders Rally Members Of Crew Unions Before AMPTP Talks Begin; “If We Don’t Get What We Want, We Will Shut It Down”
Union Leaders Rally Members Of IATSE & Teamsters Before AMPTP Negotiations Begin; "If We Don't Get What We Want, We Will Shut It Down"
Using fiery language like “solidarity is the solution to corporate greed” and “if we don’t get what we want, we will shut it f–king down day one,” union leaders on Sunday held what was dubbed a “unity rally” to rev up workers before joint negotiations begin Monday between IATSE and Teamsters Local 399 with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. To return the favor since so many below-the-line workers joined actors and writers on the picket line last summer, members of SAG and WGA were front and center to hear the speeches and yell “many crafts one fight” along with everybody else. “Isn’t it great to have a rally without a strike?” asked Lindsay Dougherty, chief negotiator for Teamsters Local 399, while looking out over a parking lot workers — most of whom wore black and sported shirts that read “pay equity now” and “nothing moves without the crew.”
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