CALGARY, AB — Stagehands at one of Calgary’s last unrepresented professional venues voted In July to be represented by 1600-Member Calgary-based IATSE Local 212.
Today, the Alberta Labour Relations Board determined that a certification vote for Stagehands working at Vertigo Theatre, has been successful. With 83.3% support, Stagehands at Vertigo Theatre have now won the right to IATSE representation.
Founded in 1971, the Company (originally known as Pleiades Mystery Theatre) has three performance venues: The Playhouse (350 seats mainstage); The Vertigo Studio (150 seats black box theatre); and the Rehearsal Hall.
“These Stagehands have spoken loudly, exercising their right to be represented by the largest entertainment Union in the world. Vertigo now joins the ranks of other professional Theatres in Southern Alberta who have IA represented crews. We look forward to representing this new bargaining unit to provide many of the benefits other stagehands enjoy as a right” said Damian Petti, IATSE International Vice President and President of the Calgary-based IATSE Local, #212
This representation vote is part of a growing wave of unionization in the entertainment industry across the United States and Canada. Workers who want to learn more about joining the movement can visit https://canada.iatse.net/how-to-join/ to connect with an organizer.
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The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees or IATSE (full name: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada), is a labor union representing over 170,000 technicians, artisans and craftspeople in the entertainment industry, including live events, motion picture and television production, broadcast, and trade shows in the United States and Canada.
For more information, please contact:
Jonas Loeb
IATSE, Director of Communications
Press inquiries: press@iatse.net
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