Home Industry News How Unionizing Script Coordinators and Writers Assistants Foreshadowed #PayUpHollywood
Last January’s general executive board meeting of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, the union representing many of Hollywood’s craftspeople and technicians, had all the trappings of an archetypal business conference: a fluorescent-lit hotel ballroom, reports on the union’s philanthropic efforts and latest business successes, an address by a politician showing his support (Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who thanked IATSE for its work on behalf of movies and the middle class).