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International Alliance Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE)

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  • Operating engineers defend their internet rights

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  • Can union democracy coexist with union conglomeration?

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    If the New England carpenters who are seeking to have their regional council defined as a local eventually prevail in their lawsuit (see page 8) it will be a substantial victory for union democracy. Officers of the council, which spans six states from Connecticut to Maine, would be elected by direct secret ballot of the council’s 22,000 members instead of by delegates elected in the 26 locals. But such a geographically expansive local would still present immense obstacles to any insurgent group seeking to make a change.

  • Some unions hate to say, "you have legal rights."

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    When President Kennedy decided to appoint his own brother as attorney general---so the story goes---he explained how he intended to make the somewhat embarrassing news public. "Sunday at 3:00 AM, I will tiptoe out on the deserted White House lawn and whisper: it’s Bobby."

Web Links

  • IATSE.org

    (unofficial site) "We have been fighting the outsourcing of our jobs through runaway productions for decades. Now that the general public is aware of and sensitized to the problem of outsourcing we have a unique opportunity to marshal them to support the American film industry."

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