Women’s Committee @ 68th IATSE Convention
President John Salyers attended the IATSE Women's Committee Event ... Sunday, July 16,2017.
Senator Elizabeth Warren addressed the delegates from Washington, DC. She urged us all to keep up the fight for America's middle class. She said "she knows something about being a woman in a male-dominated work place."
Barbara Byers, who served as the Secretary Treasurer of the Canadian Labor Congress, and who also serves on the United Nations Civil Society Advisory Group, spoke about the fight for "bread and roses" --t he fight to feed our families and the luxury to enjoy life. She called for equal pay for equal work and access to affordable child care. She encouraged us to GO to our members, LISTEN to their needs, and BUILD a greater Local. I'd vote for this woman for any position she runs for.
The closing speaker was 30-year-old Amanda Sager, who just organized the stagehands, and backstage technicians, dressers, and hair and make-up to fight for a Union contract at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. For her efforts she was elected President of the newly formed local. She encouraged the younger members of IATSE to get involved in your locals, run for office, and make progressive change in the Union.