But the meteoric growth had a dark side.īy 1934, a crime syndicate associated with the now-jailed Al Capone had effectively taken over IATSE, installing former pimp Willie Bioff and corrupt stagehand George Browne as its leaders. At the end of the day, they ended up being a bit more conservative and not really supporting other strikes," Regev says.ĭuring the 1930s, as the studio system became a well-oiled, exploitative machine, IATSE membership boomed. "Another key we have here… is that they actually call themselves guilds, which is a very telling sign, that you don't want to be called a union. (Ironically, when SAG went on strike in 1960 to fight for residuals, it was led by actor Ronald Reagan who, as President of the United States, would in 1981 fire thousands of air traffic controllers for striking.) With the exception of the more progressive WGA, these guilds didn't show much solidarity with their below-line counterparts. But their interests often weren't aligned with IATSE or its workers. The Directors Guild of America followed in 1936. The Screen Actors Guild and Screen Writers Guild (now the WGA) were founded in 1933. It's just that at that point in time, you had the government on the side of unions," Regev says. It doesn't matter if it's in automobiles, iron. The management always objects to unionization. There were some attempts but mostly unsuccessful ones due to the fact that studios refused to recognize them. "For actors, directors and writers, it's really a New Deal story. In the nearly 100 years since then, IATSE has never gone on strike. According to the 2018 Official IATSE Bulletin, the deal, called the "Studio Basic Agreement," was "not so much a contract but an agreement to negotiate wages, benefits, hours and working conditions, as well as grievances." In 1926, the union reached its first agreement with the entertainment industry. IATSE asserted its power in the growing film industry by waging small strikes in Hollywood in 1918, 19. Local chapters sprung up, from Chicago to San Francisco. Two years later, IATSE had an office in Los Angeles.
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That way they can just shut down the entire industry," Regev says.īy 1905, IATSE had begun to organize crew members in the burgeoning film industry, according to Regev. IATSE has the interest of including as many professions as possible under its umbrella. New York, with its Broadway theaters, cabarets and vaudeville houses, was the entertainment capital of the country.
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At that point, filmmaking technology was in its infancy and L.A.'s movie industry was non-existent. In 1893, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees began organizing people who worked behind the scenes in live theater. The entertainment industry's unregulated working conditions were already a problem in the Victorian era.
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