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IATSE and Teamster Talks Will Open With Focus on Pension and Health Plans
IATSE and the Teamsters will begin bargaining with a joint focus on the pension and health plans in March.
Negotiations on new union contracts with Hollywood crews will begin in early March with a focus on shoring up the pension and health funds, which took a severe hit during the writers and actors strikes last year. At the same time, the plans incurred significant costs to extend health benefits to workers who lost qualifying hours due to the strikes. “It’s important for our unions to be on the same page as we collaboratively negotiate for the plans not only because sustainable benefits is a shared priority of our memberships, but also because recent hardships have brought behind-the-scenes crews together in historic fashion.”
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