IATSE 857

To All Participating I.A.T.S.E Locals:
 
The email blast below will be sent to all Health & Welfare Plan C participants who have a registered account on the Funds website today. We would appreciate your assistance helping us to get the word out to your members and if possible, posting this notice on your website as well.

Due to Covid-19, this year’s Plan C Open Enrollment statements will be handled a bit differently. You will be receiving a packet, via regular mail, containing all of your important open enrollment materials to assist you in making your coverage selection for 2021. Please review them and hold on to them until you receive your statement.  Review them with your family, if applicable, and contact psc@iatsenbf.org if you have any questions.
 
Your Open Enrollment Statement will be mailed to you separately around November 18th. If you are a registered user on the Funds website, you will receive an email when your statement is available to view online.
 
The Plan C relief approved by the Trustees will be reflected on your statement. Click here to read the Health & Welfare Plan C relief notice that was sent to participants on October 7, 2020.
 
Please be advised that you cannot make your coverage selection online until your statement has been generated.
 

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When Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in late-March – providing temporary economic relief for entertainment workers – it was already clear that subsequent COVID-19 legislation would be required in short order to address substantial issues that working people continue to face as a result of the ongoing pandemic.

House Democrats answered the urgency of the moment by passing the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act on May 15th.
Yet, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans stood firm for months on the reckless position that another relief package wasn’t necessary. In that time the health crisis has worsened, and the economic strain thrust upon entertainment workers has deepened. 

After finally relenting on the need for more federal relief – rather than taking up the HEROES Act – Leader McConnell waited until July 27th to unveil Senate Republicans’ plan, just 4 days before the expanded unemployment insurance benefits from the CARES Act are set to expire. This brazen political stunt is risking the livelihood of thousands of displaced entertainment workers who are relying on the $600 weekly federal supplement to state unemployment benefits to sustain them until a safe return to work is possible.

Matthew D. Loeb, International President of the IATSE, released the following statement in response to the introduction of the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools (HEALS) Act: 

“The HEALS Act as currently drafted is woefully inadequate in addressing the needs of entertainment workers in the ongoing health crisis. The proposed reduction in Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation to $200 per week for two months is strikingly insufficient for IATSE members to make ends meet, as the entertainment industry will continue to be disproportionately impacted by this pandemic for the foreseeable future. 

While seeking to reduce unemployment benefits for workers, Senate Republicans have conversely seen fit in this bill to expand access to federal economic support for chambers of commerce but continue to exclude nonprofit labor unions from eligibility for the same relief. 

Unlike the HEROES Act, the HEALS Act is alarmingly silent on a federal COBRA subsidy to keep working families insured on their job-based healthcare plan; it lacks any economic relief for pension plans affected by the pandemic; and it ignores the need for an OSHA emergency temporary standard to protect those going back to work.

IATSE calls on the Senate to dismiss this legislative draft outright and begin negotiations on the House-passed HEROES Act which will provide the federal relief that working families across the country require.” 

Dear Brothers, Sisters, and Kin,

On July 1, 2020, the IATSE West Coast Office will be hosting another Food Bank Drive Thru sponsored by the LA County Fed & LA Food Bank. This food drive will be open to all Entertainment Industry Union Kin. No membership ID will be required to receive food.

When: Wednesday, July 1, 2020. 9am-12pm

NEW: In order to decrease traffic delays in and around the West Coast Office, Locals will be given individual time slots for their members to drive through the Food Drive. Please see the time slots below:

Time:
9-10am
LOCALS: 33, 44, 80, 600, 695, 700

10-11am
LOCALS: 705, 706, 728, 729, 768

11am-12pm
LOCALS: 800, 857, 871, 884, 892, B192

Location: 2210 W. Olive Ave Burbank CA 91506

Volunteer Information: Due to social distancing, we can only allow so many volunteers to help. Please click the link below to sign up for a volunteer shift. The volunteers will be chosen on a first come, first serve basis. Volunteers must be okay with lifting 30 pound boxes and/or standing for up to 5 hours. A confirmation email will be sent to all volunteers at the provided email address. Volunteers that report without aconfirmation email will not be allowed to volunteer in order that we may maintain social distancing.

Volunteer Sign-Up
Safety Information: CDC safety guidelines will be practiced on site. Volunteers will be wearing face masks, gloves and social distancing will be enforced. To keep our volunteers and attendees safe, this food drive will be a no contact pickup. While no one will be turned away, we strongly advise attendees to arrive in a vehicle. Members will enter the West Coast Office parking lot off of Olive Avenue, a volunteer will load a box of food into their trunk, and then members MUST exit right onto W. Oak Street. Volunteers will be directing traffic throughout the pick-up line but please see the diagram below for clarification.

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In Solidarity,
Ron Garcia
International Representative
IATSE West Coast Office

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2210 W. Olive Avenue, 2nd Floor
Burbank, CA 91506
Tel: (818) 980-3499
Fax: (818) 980-3496

Please read the statement IATSE has made regarding the death of George Floyd and subsequent protests. Local 857 stands by and supports the IA in their statement.

Statement on Death of George Floyd and Subsequent Protests