Hollywood is threatened by another strike!

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Hollywood is being threatened yet with another strike as negotiations begins with yet another union, this time the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). The IATSE is basically a union that represents the people working in the entertainment industry as support. IATSE was founded in 1893 when representatives of stagehands working in eleven cities met in New York and pledged to support each other's efforts to establish fair wages and working conditions for their members. IATSE has since evolved to embrace the development of new entertainment media, craft expansion, technological innovation and geographic growth.

Today, IATSE members work in all forms of live theater, motion picture and television production, trade shows and exhibitions, television broadcasting, and concerts as well as the equipment and construction shops that support all these areas of the entertainment industry. IATSE represents virtually all the behind the scenes workers in crafts ranging from motion picture animator to theater usher.

The union now want better wages and working conditions for its people and threatens the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which is the same organization that had the strike against just last year by the actors' and the writers' unions. Last year's strike significantly impacted the film and TV industry with many films and TV shows cancelled or postponed for a much later date. Studios and streamers are buying and producing fewer projects. A lot of projects are being filmed out of California and out of the country, resulting in fewer job opportunities for those living in the heart of the entertainment industry.