Connect… COVID-19 Resources 19 Mar 202010 Apr 2020 Unemployment W2 Workers - sign up for unemployment (Minnesota link). Waiting could mean lower benefits. Apply online and keep trying as they are experiencing a high volume of applicants. You…
Educate Gig Tracking 1 Mar 20204 Mar 2020 By Roger Until 2011, I was a single-employer worker with one income plus my spouse’s. The recession of 2011 changed all that. Lacking other options, I returned to stagehand work…
Connect A History of Women Joining IATSE Local 13, with Wendy Carr 1 Mar 20204 Mar 2020 By Wendy On August 26, 1970 the Women’s Strike for Equality took place to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment which earned women the right…
Connect… Theater Artist Leadership Coalition (TALC) and the Minnesota Theater Standards 1 Mar 2020 By Sam I attended a meeting Monday night, February 17th, 2020 held by the Theater Artist Leadership Coalition (TALC) led by Laura Stearns, Maria Asp, and Elena Gianetti. Expecting to…
Educate Better for Employees? – A Brief Primer on Social Security 1 Mar 2020 By Ray and Paul A recent stagehand discussion on Facebook inspired this piece. In a discussion about Social Security: Put bluntly: this is completely wrong, as we'll see below. One…
Connect Why I Became Interested in Workplace Health and Safety, with Pat Landers 1 Mar 2020 By Pat I became interested in safety because, quite simply, being unsafe scares the heck out of me. Growing up, my family members had hobbies in which you fabricated or…
Connect Wishing you a Kind Holiday 2 Dec 20191 Mar 2020 Hello, out there Welcome to December. Winter is here and the Solstice approaches. The Holidays are upon us again. BUT… This year, I do not wish you a Merry Christmas…
Educate… Having an Effective Talk About Inappropriate Behavior 2 Dec 2019 By Roger with help by Allana I confess I am self-conscious while writing tonight. You see, I’m not an expert or a trained professional at dealing with other people and…
Educate… Union FAQs: Grievances 2 Dec 20192 Dec 2019 By Carrie In our March newsletter, we answered some FAQs about unions and union membership. This month we hope to answer questions about another union related topic: grievances. What is…
