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!
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.
Statements
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!
