About IATSE Local 15

Local 15 is a Labor Union organized in the crafts of Stage and Projection. We are the Western Washington Local of The International Alliance Of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists And Allied Crafts Of The United States, Its Territories And Canada . We are affiliated with the AFL-CIO , Canadian Labour Congress , Washington State , King , Pierce , Snohomish , and Whatcom County Labor Councils . Local 15 was granted a charter in Seattle in 1894, the 15th local in the nation.

Our geographic jurisdiction is generally defined as Western Washington State. It specifically includes the metropolitan Seattle area and all territory extending northward to the U.S./Canadian Border, westward to the Pacific Ocean, east and southward to a point halfway between Seattle and the nearest affiliated local union with like craft jurisdiction, Portland and Spokane. Our craft jurisdiction is Stage, Audio-Visual and Projection in the Entertainment, Corporate Meeting, Trade Show and Film Exhibition industries. Our workers are builders, riggers, electricians, sound engineers, etc.

We hold about a dozen theatrical contracts thoughout Western Washington including the 5th Avenue Theatre, the Paramount Theatre, Seattle Opera, Pacific NW Ballet, Beneroya Hall and Seattle Symphony, Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Seattle Children's Theatre, the Auburn Performing Arts Center, the Pantages & Rialto Theatres and Mount Baker Theatre. In addition to our stage contracts, we work at the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Center, Summer Nights at the Pier, WOMAD/USA and Chateau St. Michelle Winery on concerts and festivals. We do convention work at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center and many Seattle hotels.

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