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IATSE and Other Guilds Offer Assistance to Those Displaced by Wildfires
IATSE and other guilds are offering assistance to those displaced by wildfires.
In a release, IATSE, the union that represents the workers behind-the-scenes said, “If you or a fellow member has been displaced due to the wildfires, please contact the Local office as soon as possible to let us know your/their current circumstances, as well as provide any temporary address and contact information you may have, so that we may mobilize resources appropriately.” The guild advised that Local 80, representing motion picture grips, crafts service, marine, first aid employees and warehouse workers has opened its Burbank stage as a relief shelter. Fires continue to rage across the Los Angeles area, destroying hundreds of buildings and causing mass evacuations.
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