IATSE

IATSE leaders are urging their members to "stay united" and vote "yes" to ratify the tentative agreement for a new film and TV contract. In the latest message to their members, IATSE president Matthew Loeb and the leaders of Hollywood's 13 locals covered by the agreement acknowledged that there is opposition to the…

UPDATED with latest IATSE tweets: With its strike clock ticking inexorably toward 12:01 Monday morning, IATSE said today that it still hopes to make a deal with the AMPTP but warned that "if the studios want a fight, they poked the wrong bear." "Strikes are a disruptive tool workers are forced into using when all…

The Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800, will hold two membership town hall meetings on Thursday to discuss strike preparations and what will be expected of members if a strike begins on Monday. The meetings will be held at 7 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. PT. Earlier today, IATSE president Matthew Loeb said that the union will g…

UPDATED with AMPTP response, more details and text to IATSE members: IATSE president Matthew Loeb says that the union will go on strike Monday unless a deal is reached in the next few days. Loeb said the union "will continue bargaining with the producers this week in the hopes of reaching an agreement that addresses…

IATSE leaders are becoming increasingly frustrated by the slow pace of the ongoing negotiations with the AMPTP for a new film and TV contract. "Despite our best efforts at the table, the pace of negotiations does not reflect the urgency of the situation," Cathy Repola, national executive director of the Editors Guild…

IATSE is gearing up for a strike if contract talks with the AMPTP fail to produce a fair deal. "We are hoping for a deal but preparing for a strike," a union source tells Deadline. If there is a strike, the union has plenty of picket signs ready to go, as seen in the above photo, which was taken Sunday at Grips Local…

IATSE and the AMPTP have ended their fifth day of do-or-die contract talks and will resume bargaining for a new film and TV pact on Monday. But if a deal is to be reached, and a strike averted, it will have to be made soon. On Friday, Matt Loeb, the union’s president, said that either way, "It's a matter of days, not…

A threatened IATSE strike against the Kennedy Center has been averted. Following late night bargaining Friday and a unanimous vote to strike earlier this week, stagehands represented by IATSE Stagehands Local 22 have reached an agreement for a new three-year contract with the management of the John F. Kennedy Center fo…

IATSE and the AMPTP have concluded their fourth day of do-or-die bargaining and will resume negotiations for a new film and TV contract on Saturday. But if a deal is to be reached, and a strike averted, it will have to be made soon. "It's a matter of days, not weeks," IATSE president Matthew Loeb said tonight. Last…

UPDATED with Matthew Loeb’s full message to membership: IATSE has told its members that ongoing negotiations with the AMPTP for a new film and TV contract are "fluid" and that members should "disregard any information you read in the press as it is not necessarily an accurate representation of what is actually…

IATSE and the AMPTP are "still talking" and are expected to return to the virtual bargaining table again Friday. Armed with strike authorization from his members, IATSE president Matthew Loeb can call a nationwide walkout of film and TV workers at any time if he and AMPTP president Carol Lombardini can't reach a fair…