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EXCLUSIVE: Former Santa Fe IATSE boss Jon Hendry has been hit with a third sexual harassment lawsuit – this one by a former assistant who accuses him of a laundry list of other allegations, including racketeering and campaign finance violations. Hendry, once the most powerful labor leader in New Mexico, was ousted in…

Facing almost certain firing, Jon Hendry, the longtime business agent of IATSE Local 480 in Santa Fe, has resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment. News of his resignation came today at a raucous membership meeting, which had been called to consider his ouster. The local’s president, Doug Acton, will serve as…

EXCLUSIVE: A near-fatal crash of a craft services truck in 2015 that left a woman with disabling and disfiguring injuries is reviving conflict of interest questions that have swirled for years about Jon Hendry, the embattled boss of IATSE Local 480 in Santa Fe. Hendry, who was ousted as president of the New Mexico…

Jon Hendry, the embattled boss of IATSE Local 480 in Santa Fe, is no longer running the day-to-day operations of the union in the wake of sexual harassment lawsuits filed against him. The union will hold a general membership meeting on Sunday to decide whether or not Hendry should be removed from office. "At this…

A second woman has come forward with allegations that Jon Hendry, the boss of IATSE Local 480 in Santa Fe, NM, sexually harassed her. Hendry, who until recently was one of the most powerful labor leaders in the state, was ousted as president of the New Mexico Federation of Labor AFL-CIO on Monday after Christa Valdez…

Jon Hendry, the business agent of IATSE Local 480 in Santa Fe, NM who is facing sexual harassment allegations, has been removed as president of the New Mexico Federation of Labor AFL-CIO. "Jon Hendry is no longer in the position of NM State Fed President, and the AFL-CIO does not have jurisdiction over internal local…

A groundswell of opposition has risen up against Jon Hendry, the IATSE union boss in New Mexico, in the wake of sexual harassment allegations that surfaced earlier this week. A movement has begun calling for his ouster, and Deadline has been inundated with calls from members complaining that he runs the union like a…

The head of the IATSE local in Santa Fe, New Mexico has been accused of sexually harassing the union's outside public relations rep and then terminating her contract after she complained. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Santa Fe, Christa Valdez claims that Jon Hendry, business agent of IATSE Local 480, sent her a text…