Employers
If you
are looking for the best technicians to service
your production or event, contact our Business
Agent, John Brasseux:
Office
Phone: 202 269 0212
We
offer access to personnel on short notice, with
fast turnaround, and with full management. Our
contracts all include benefit packages. We have
access to payroll subcontractors. We offer
intimate knowledge of all the major venues in
our 3-state jurisdiction, including equipment
vendors, security procedures, and payroll
procedures. We accommodate all sizes of
productions and budgets, and tailor our
contracts accordingly.
Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts
Wolf
Trap’s Filene Center
Warner
Theatre
National Theatre
Ford’s
Theatre
Washington Convention Center
The
Verizon Center
Strathmore Music
Center
Jiffy
Lube Live Pavilion
D.A.R.
Constitution Hall
National Building
Museum
Dulles
Expo and Conference
Center
Ronald Reagan Building and
International Trade Center
We
have a complete training program in-house,
covering all basics and advanced training of
all kinds, including lift certification,
participation in InfoComm’s AV training, and
partnership in the Prince George’s Community
College Theater and Entertainment Technology
Certificate Program.
We are
members of:
InfoComm
United
States Institute of Technology
(USITT)
National Fire Protection Association
Safety
Council of Maryland
AFL-CIO Washington Metropolitan Labor
Council
Northern Virginia Labor
Council
Virginia State Labor
Council
Maryland State Labor
Council.
Union Advantages, Local 22, IATSE
For employers:
The increases in expense associated with a new union contract will obviously have an impact, regardless of budget elasticity. How much effect there will be depends on negotiations and other factors. However, there is a very real possibility of enhancing production efficiency by realigning and bettering employee- employer relations through a union contract:
- Production staff are key to production quality, which is #1 in affecting bottom line revenue. We are the source for the most highly trained, professional, experienced labor in the area; some of our members have national reputations and many have experience in venues worldwide.
- Retaining and attracting quality staff can be central to the efficiency of production budgets, again a key to bottom line performance. Our contracts promote employment of professional, quality staff with better wages, benefits, and work conditions.
- Because our contracts are in most of the best venues and with the most professional employees in the area, association with Local 22 attracts better employees to all our venues. They learn, not only from our training program, but also on the job, from their peers and from other industry professionals, and take that experience to all the venues where they work.
- Any production business has to deal with constantly changing labor needs. Building shows, rehearsals, and performance schedules change, and the labor force fluctuates daily. Access to the Local 22 database and referral list, as a condition of any contract, will supply staff or over-hire labor, trained, experienced, and reliable, when and if needed, on a 24-hour basis.
Association with Local 22 and the IATSE International will attract other benefits:
1. Association with staff professionals in other area prime venues
2. Access to professional training through Local 22’s Training Department, and our partnership with Prince Georges Community College in our Entertainment Technology Certificate program.
3. Access to the extensive knowledge base and professional contacts of Local 22 members, who are open to consultation on any kind of technical problems.
4. We are members of PLASA, USITT, ASSE, InfoComm, NSC, and NFPA, all professional industry organizations.
5. We are members of area political groups, and stay active in relevant political developments.