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The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, or I.A.T.S.E., (Full name: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada) is a labor union. Originally chartered by the American Federation of Labor as the National Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes in 1893, its name has evolved over the course of 110 years of geographic and craft expansion as well as technological advancement. The current title, adopted in 1995, more accurately reflects the full scope of activities in the entertainment industry.
It has a history with organized crime. In 1941, George Brown, former president of the union, and Willie Bioff, a labor racketeer, were charged with extortion, convicted and imprisoned.
External links
IATSE official website (http://www.iatse-intl.org/index_html.html)
Neither its constitution and [*234] by-laws nor the constitution and by-laws of the International provide for any classification of its members as juniors and seniors; nor, in fact, is any distinction made in those documents as to members.
The applicants were then initiated and took the "oath [**10] of allegiance to the union." The ceremonial formalities of their admission were exactly the same as those of the seniors.
InternationalAlliance, andc., supra) until the unscrupulous labor leader or business agent is shorn of his autocratic power.
The InternationalAlliance of Theatrical and StageEmployees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts (known as the “IA”) was established in 1893 to organize stagehand workers in theaters across the nation.
After chartering locals in major cities such as Chicago, the IA expanded its jurisdiction by organizing theater projectionists who screened the short films introduced during the late 1890s.
The InternationalAlliance of TheatricalStageEmployees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada.
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