Unprecedented Partnership Between New York State, College and IATSE Local 52; Program Will Train Students for Employment on NY Film and TV Productions On October 2, 2018, Empire State Development (ESD) announced Bronx Community College (BCC) will be launching the Film Production Training Program, a new 14-week program that will train up to 100 students […]
IATSE Local 52 Settles with New York State Over Equal Job Opportunities
Nepotism in union trade like IATSE Local 52 might seem like old news. But for most blacks and Latinos – regularly excluded from electrical, grip, property, sound, and video work on film and video production – such good paying union jobs were fantasies. IA 52’s active membership totals some 3,500 employees working in New York and four other states…