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A SOMBER ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY Please take a moment today to reflect on the past year Today, Friday, March 12, 2021 marks one year since Film, Television, Live Theatrical and Commercial Production stopped. Everyone remembers when Broadway went dark and the cameras stopped rolling as a new, novel coronavirus was spreading. We all thought we would be back to work in a few weeks. ... Who of us imagined then that the entertainment industry would be shut down for months and months, with Live Theatrical still shut down, and that more than half a million people in the United States would perish from COVID-19. There are relatives, friends and co-workers who are no longer with us as a result of this virus. While some of us have been able to return to work due to the collaborate effort of the IATSE Unions and Guilds, when work dried up, it left many of our sisters, brothers and kin with few ways to earn a living. Please remember them when you start a job and put your departments together. As we take a moment to reflect on all that has happened, let's be grateful for what we have today. Here's to a better tomorrow!

Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act by a vote of 225-206. The bill passed largely along party-lin...es with all but one House Democrat voting in favor, but also garnered bipartisan support with 5 House Republicans approving the measure. In addition to passing the American Rescue Plan Act into law later this week, which will provide comprehensive COVID-19 relief to IATSE members and all Americans, House leadership has prioritized the most important legislative objective for working people this Congress the PRO Act. IATSE commends the House for passage of this landmark labor law reform and applauds those Representatives who stood with working people in support of this bill. As we stated when Congress introduced the bill in early February, the PRO Act would be the most significant worker empowerment legislation passed since the Great Depression. It would help level the playing field in an economy pillaged by inequality and anti-worker legislation and would make the freedom to negotiate collectively a reality for 60 million American workers. The PRO Act would: Establish a mediation process to help management and labor find common ground Give the National Labor Relations Board authority to order employers to negotiate in good faith with their workers and enforce penalties to prevent union-busting or deliberate misclassification by bad actors Eliminate the right-to-work (for less) laws of the Jim Crow Era that enable free riders Ban compulsory captive audience meetings and use of intimidation as a union-busting tactic Protect the right to strike and make it illegal for bosses to fire and replace workers who walk off the job to protest for better conditions The passage of the PRO Act is an important step to rebuilding the American working class, not just from the policy failures of the last few decades, but also the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This crisis has shown the importance of having a voice in the workplace, and support for labor unions is at historic highs. The IATSE urges the Senate to pass this bill and help us build an economy that works for all working families.

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Hi Brothers and Sisters! I know money is especially tight and tenuous at this time, but the NY YWC of 798 is holding an online fundraiser to raise money for Cit...y Harvest. Our goal is $1500 By the end of the month. We are currently sitting at $697 raised so far. Donations will help City Harvest rescue good, nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste and get it to the New Yorkers who need it most. Every $100 donated will help feed nearly 400 people for a day. If you have a dollar or two to spare, please consider helping hungry New Yorkers by making a donation to the 798 campaign. If you can't help financially, please share this so we can reach as much as we can! See more

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Local 798 Vice President Angela Johnson in Times Square representing 798! #RedAlert #IATSE #iatse798 #PUA #WeMakeEvents

The Make-up Show is going Virtual! Local 798 Members receive a discount!

Join your IATSE kin this Thursday for a special webinar: "Why Unions Still Matter: How Worker Power builds an economy that creates jobs, raises wages, and promotes a better quality of life for All." Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/regist/1095771497497237776

Pass the HEROES Act. Reject Mitch McConnell's bill. #1u

Today, July 22, the AFL-CIO is leading a national call-in day to demand that the Senate take up the HEROES Act. See below and make the call! https://mailchi.mp/local798/unemployment-ending-soon