On Sunday, Teamsters Local 399 made history. The union representing some 5,800 drivers, casting directors, location managers and other Hollywood workers appointed its first female leader, the local said Sunday.
The union representing some 5,800 drivers, casting directors, location managers and other Hollywood workers appointed its first female leader, the local said Sunday., who will retire on April 30. She will serve out the remainder of his term, which runs through the fall.
In November you were elected International Western Region Vice President, and you will be the first female leader of the Hollywood chapter of the union. About 20% of all 399 members are women . How important is that and the drive forI feel very lucky because I’m a second-generation Teamster, and I’ve been in this industry for many years, since the first time I was around a movie set when I was 12. I’ve grown up in this industry.
, which is making our industry safe, but at the same time it’s also causing mental stress. You’re working all of these hours and not getting the rest that even you normally did before, I think people were tired of it. We have a lot of fights that we have to take on. This is a time when we do have the highest amount of member engagement, but we also have a lot of new members because of how busy it’s been throughout the last couple of years. And then COVID has actually created jobs for us as well. We have to make sure that we’re educating our members and getting them ready to be involved in these negotiations.
And we want to transform the Teamsters into a more fighting union. So I think that’s going to be our goal, not just, you know, for Teamsters Local 399, but the Teamsters in general.for crew against COVID-19 for parts of the sets or for the whole production. How have your members taken that?
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