IATSE Local 417 Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Fayetteville, and Wilmington NC

Author: Jim

  • Why organize?

    I’m frequently asked what the benefits of belonging to a union are. Our Political Coordinator, Christopher Anderson, passed along this Twitter post detailing the benefits of belonging to a union. Matthew Hahn, the writer, lives in California which has better worker protection laws and a more labor-friendly climate than North Carolina but even here, in…

  • Joining vs Working with 417

    Joining the union is a fairly involved process. Working with the union through the hiring hall not so much. You don’t have to be a member of the union to work with us. Local 417’s jurisdiction covers most of the eastern half of North Carolina and live event production services that are not movie and…

  • Brothers, sisters, and kin!

    IATSE Local 417 has a blog. We’re hoping to add a number of new and different ways to communicate with members, potential members, clients, potential clients, and anybody else that’s interested in what we do. This is one of those ways.