District 2 represents 45,000 members across 49 local unions in Arizona, California, Nevada and Hawaii. Click here for a full listing and contact information for our member locals.
Learn about our health and safety program, workers comp, the IA Training Trust program, and links to many other useful sites including Union Plus benefits, Contract Services and more.
The IA District 2 Membership booklet will give you a glimpse of the various skills covered by District 2 locals, and what the requirements are to join them.
NY Times, Oct. 5
It was a balmy August morning in Santa Monica, Calif., and the city bus barreling down Olympic Boulevard toward the Pacific Ocean was packed. High school students crowded almost every seat, sandwiched in between a handful of actors and a movie director on a ride to nowhere.
Associated Press, Oct. 4
A dollar store cashier from Brooklyn. Five fire department paramedics in Chicago. An aspiring singer shunned by Nashville's country music establishment. Thanks to a $22 million legal fund, they've now teamed up with top-notch lawyers to pursue #MeToo-style sex harassment cases that they otherwise couldn't have afforded.
Cleveland.com, Oct. 4
Cleveland.com is launching a series, Steeplechase: Clearing hurdles to prosperity, that will examine the obstacles that face promising sectors of our economy and the solutions experts think can help overcome those barriers.
Variety, Oct. 4
One year after the producer's fall, ending abuse in the industry requires more than paying lip service to catchy slogans. Has it really been a year since the world first learned of Harvey Weinstein’s abuses?
Hollywood Reporter, Oct. 4
He will receive the Cinema Audio Society's Filmmaker Award at its Feb. 16 ceremony. Steven Spielberg will receive the Cinema Audio Society Filmmaker Award on Feb. 16 at the 55th annual CAS Awards at the Intercontinental Los Angeles Downtown.
Hollywood Reporter, Oct. 4
The actor, writer, director and producer is best-known for his starring role in 'M*A*S*H.' SAG-AFTRA has selected Alan Alda as the 55th recipient of its annual life achievement award, which he'll receive at the 2019 SAG Awards on Jan. 27.
Date: June 8-10, 2018
Where: At the beautiful Caesar’s Palace Hotel in Las Vegas
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The IATSE Women’s Committee is working with the Coalition of Labor Union Women and Healthy Women on a campaign called “Spread the Word” to disperse helpful health information to women.
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