The Entertainment Union Coalition Launches Movement to Counter Runaway Production
February 24, 2014
On Saturday, over 1,500 members of IATSE plus other California-based unions and guilds, including the local branch of the Teamsters, gathered at a Burbank rally with California state elected officials to support legislation to keep more film and television productions both shooting and posting in California. With the longtime tax incentives offered by Canada, but also more recently by other states including New York, Georgia and Louisiana, many productions have fled Southern California, leading to widespread job loss and familial disintegration.