Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Stage Managers Endorse Hillary Clinton

There is a character in Thornton Wilder's Our Town called "The Stage Manager,"  but every production of Our Town has an actual stage manager who never appears onstage or gets a bouquet ... but should.  No theatrical production can succeed without a great stage manager.  So let's all salute them for choosing the absolutely best candidate for president in 2016!

IATSE Endorses Hillary Clinton for President

Wednesday, January 13, 2016
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) announced its endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president of the United States.
Based on her long record of fighting for workers’ rights and working families, the IATSE General Executive Board voted unanimously to endorse the former U.S. Secretary of State on Monday, January 11th.
“Hillary Clinton is the only candidate that reached out to discuss issues affecting members of the IATSE,” said IATSE International President Matthew Loeb. “She spent her valuable time discussing our unique issues and challenges with me, demonstrating not just her support of workers in general, but also that she is concerned with the well-being of members of the IATSE.”
Representing more than 125,000 workers in entertainment throughout the U.S. and Canada, the IATSE looks forward to working with Clinton on digital piracy, workers’ rights, misclassification of workers, and other issues affecting behind-the-scenes entertainment workers.
In July 2015, IATSE International President Loeb released a statement in support of Clinton calling out companies that misclassified workers as independent contractors, an issue that directly affects workers represented by the IATSE.
Here is Hillary's statement.

Hillary Clinton’s Statement on the Endorsement from the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

Hillary Clinton released the following statement about the announcement that the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees  have endorsed Hillary Clinton for President. Clinton now has the endorsement of 21 national labor unions or labor alliances representing over 12 million American workers.
“For decades, members of IATSE have entertained and delighted Americans, but that’s not all.  IATSE has fought for good pay and safe working conditions and the chance for everyone who works hard to get ahead.  As President, I will stand with IATSE and with hard-working Americans across our country.
“We’ll fight back against corporate efforts to misclassify workers as independent contractors in an attempt to shirk paying fair wages and earned benefits. And we’ll stand up for the right to organize and bargain collectively.  I’m proud to have the Theatrical Stage Employees standing with me and I’ll always stand with them.  Together we’ll protect the hard-won progress we’ve made, not let a Republican President rip it all away —because when workers are strong, families are strong, and when families are strong, America is strong.”
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Like the stage managers, we say #ImWithHer!

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