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IATSE president Matt Loeb has joined the chorus of complaints about the upcoming Oscar telecast, demanding that the Academy "reverse course" and reinstate cinematographers, editors and makeup artists and hairstylists to the full Oscar program. Last week, the Academy announced that the Oscars for those three categories…

Former IATSE Sound Local 695 business agent Jim Osburn is taking his fight against IATSE president Matt Loeb all the way to the Supreme Court, accusing Loeb of "stifling dissent" through "dictatorial tactics." Loeb placed the Sound Local into trusteeship in February 2014 and removed Osburn from office just weeks after…

EXCLUSIVE, updated with Rhino Staging Northwest statement: IATSE's ongoing labor dispute with Rhino Staging Northwest has spilled over to Michelle Obama's book tour. The union is seeking to enlist the former First Lady in its efforts to win a contract with the company, a subcontractor that supplies riggers and…

In a year-end message to her members, Cathy Repola, national executive director of Editors Guild Local 700, said that IATSE president Matt Loeb "had no interest in any input from me" during the union's recent negotiations for a new film and TV contract. "He was not interested in what I had to say and was completely…

IATSE president Matt Loeb is hailing Tuesday night's election returns as "a victory for working people all across the country," saying that "IATSE-supported candidates won in almost every state where we competed." One of those winning candidates was Democrat Katie Hill, who unseated Republican Steve Knight in a tight…

UPDATED with statement from Editor Guild executive: IATSE president Matt Loeb has sternly rebuked Editors Guild leaders Cathy Repola and Alan Heim, telling them that their claim that she was removed as a director of the union's pension and health plans in retaliation for her opposition to IATSE's new film and TV…

EXCLUSIVE: IATSE international president Matt Loeb has unceremoniously booted Cathy Repola off the board of directors of the union's pension and health plans after she tangled with him over the ratification of the union's new film and TV contract. Repola, the national executive director of the Editors Guild, IATSE…

UPDATED: IATSE members have ratified a new three-year film and TV contract in one of the most hotly debated and contentious votes in the union's 125-year history. The contract was ratified by a vote of 308-73 in an electoral college-style system that allots so many votes to each local based on the size of their…

In recommending a "no vote" on the ratification of new IATSE film and TV contract, Editors Guild Local 700 says that the pact's new media residuals formula has such an "extraordinarily narrow scope" that it "excludes nearly all of new media." In a posting on its website, the guild says that Netflix's Bright "was the…

EXCLUSIVE: Cathy Repola, the national executive director of the Editors Guild, has fired back at IATSE president Matt Loeb, who earlier today accused her of having "violated federal labor law" by taking part in the union's recent negotiations for a new film and TV contract. "I grew up in an IATSE household and have…

Social media is abuzz with resistance to the new IATSE film and TV contract, with opponents urging members to reject it and send the parties back to the bargaining table to hammer out a better deal. But a no vote could just as easily result in a strike without any resumption of talks. It would all be up to IATSE…

IATSE president Matt Loeb and the leaders of 11 of the union's 13 Hollywood locals have signed a letter urging their members to ratify the union's new film and TV contract, saying that it will pump an additional $153 million in employer contributions to the union's health plan. The agreement also will create "a new…