“The los Angels-Basted Teamsters LOCAL 399 HAS BEGUN ONBOARDING DOZens of New Members Who Works on Film and Television Projects After “a pattern Been Uncovered Through An Audit of the Oklahoma City-Based Local 886. After a unanimous vote from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ General”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
After a unanimous vote from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ General Executive Board Sealed The Deal, Local 399 Has Assisted Jurisdification For Motion Picture Work in Oklahomo. “A local union has a fiduciary responsability to act in the best interests of the membership, the enliching the Proper USE and Management of Union Funds, Resources and Assets Sean o’brien explained in a recommendation memo Shared on thursday. “AS SUCH, I BELIEVE IT IS IN THE BEST INTERESS OF THE MEMBers in the Motion Picture Industry, Currently Represented by Local 886, to be moved to teamsters local 399 Support and Leadership for Its Motion Picture Members. ”
Roughly 100 Teamsters Are Joining The Hollywood Teamsters As A Result of the Change, WHICH The Hollywood Reporter Has Learned Was Preceded by the Results of An Audit of Local 886.
IN A NOTICE DATED MARCH 11 THAT WAS SHARED WITH ThrTeamsters Chief O’Brien Said that The Local Had Been Plaked Under An Emergency TrustEeship Following Audit Findings that “Revealed a pattern Membership and The International Union. ”
Among the Alleged Findings Were Receipts for Dues and Deposits Into the Local’s General Fund that Were Were Missing, A Neglect To File an IRS FORM 990 that resulted Members About the Local’s Assets, Staff Raises that Wrenwell by Approved by Union Members, InApproprate Entries in Accounting Software and “Check-Signing Irreg. Signature and Improper Signature Stamps. ” An Internal Investigation, Meanwhile, Found “Unaccounted Cash Dues Payments and Collection of Cash Dures by Unbunded and Unauthorized Persons.”
The Local Had Previosly Been Audited But Did Not Follow The International Union’s Prior Guidance on “The Proper Handling of Receipts, Motions and Financial Transactions Requault Membership ORUSHIP ORDUCIPTIV. Creation of A Travel/Expense Policy and More, “O’Brien Added.
As An Investigation Is Underway, O’Brien Appointed the Business Manager of An Alabama Local to Serve as A Trustee Overseeing Local 886. Make Sure Contracts Are Intact and “Restore Democratic Procedures and Oversight of the Membership Over the Affairs of the Local Union.” As of Monday, The Local’s Webpage and Facebook Page Had Been Taken Down.
LOCAL 886 HAS BEEN The SUBJECT OF COMPLAINTS BEFORE. Just a few months beFore the Trusteeship Went Into Effect, The Tulsa-Based Fox23 News Station Published Two Reports Investigating Hiring Practices For Local TEAMSTER FILLA AND TELEV irregularites. In one of the reports Union Driver Susan Dale (Twisters, Reservation Dogs) Described Discriminatory Hiring Practices that favored men and drivers on the western Side of the State. “There’s A Select Few that get to work all of the jobs,“ she said.
A Lawyer for Local 886 Told the News Station that Union Keps A List of Potential Drivers that is not Ranked by Seniority and that Project Producers Have “Complete Control”.
Dale Filed an Unfair Labor Practice Charge with the National Labor Relations Board Against the Local in Late 2024. The Board Has Yet to Rule on the Case.
Reached on Friday about the news that local 399 was assuming jurisdification for oklahoma motion picTure work, Dale Clated She Had Been Advocating on Behalf. About a year. Of LOCAL 399, She SAID, “WE KNOW that they will do a far better job than what kind of union was doing.”
IT’s A Moment of Déjà Vu for Local 399, Which Assisted Resistance for Union Members in New Mexico In 2022 Following A Reported Financial Audit. After “Significant Member Concerns AROUND OF THE REFERRAL RULES AND FINANCAL STRUCTURE” of the New Mexico Local, The International’s General Executive Board MOVED ITS MOTURE JURE JUSER JULATE JULATE Reported that year.
Oklahoma Has Become A Majoor Player in the Domestic Production Scene in The Last Few Years, Playing Host to Projects Including Minari, Tulsa king an Killers of the flower moon in addition to Reservation Dogs an Twistersthanks to a generos rebate Program, Capped at $ 30 Million Annuly. In some cashes, local government -like Nation Nation Offer Their Own Tax Perks for Productions Looking to Locate to Their Jurisdices.
In a statement to ThrTeamsters Motion Picture Division Director and Teamsters Local 399 Leader LindSay Dougherty Said She Was Looking Forward to Working with Oklahoma Film and Making Workers. Expedited, Transparent and Efficient As Possible. ” She added, “we are dedicated to repressenting each member equally with the Utmost Dignity and Respect.”