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November 2016 Issue 253

IATSE Local 80 2520 W Olive Ave Burbank, Ca 91505

818-526-0700 800-994-1080 818-526-0719 fax

[email protected]

Editor: Kent H. Jorgensen

Web site:

www.iatselocal80.org

President Hillary Clinton

United States Senator Kamala Harris

Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Election Endorsements

Congressional CA Congressional District 25

Bryan Caforio CA Congressional District 27

Judy Chu CA Congressional District 28

Adam Schiff CA Congressional District 29

Tony Cardenas

CA Congressional District 32 No Recommendation

CA Congressional District 33 Ted Lieu

CA Congressional District 34 Xavier Becerra

CA Congressional District 35 Norma Torres

CA Congressional District 37 Karen Bass

CA Congressional District 38 Linda Sanchez

CA Congressional District 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard

CA Congressional District 43 Maxine Waters

CA Congressional District 44 Isadore Hall III

CA Congressional District 47 Alan Lowentha

Senate CA Senate District 21

Johnathon Ervin

CA Senate District 25 Anthony Portantino

CA Senate District 27 Henry Stern

CA Senate District 33 Ricardo Lara

CA Senate District 35 Steven Bradford

Assembly CA Assembly District 36

Darren Parker CA Assembly District 39 No

Recommendation CA Assembly District 41

Chris Holden CA Assembly District 43

Ardy Kassakhian CA Assembly District 45

No Recommendation CA Assembly District 46

Adrin Nazarian CA Assembly District 48

Bryan Urias CA

Assembly District 49 Ed Chau

CA Assembly District 50 No Recommendation

CA Assembly District 51 Jimmy Gomez

CA Assembly District 52 Freddie Rodriguez

CA Assembly District 53 Miguel Santiago

CA Assembly District 54 Sebastian Ridley-Thomas

CA Assembly District 57 Ian Calderon

CA Assembly District 58 Cristina Garcia

CA Assembly District 59 Reggie Jones-Sawyer

CA Assembly District 62 Autumn Burke

CA Assembly District 63 Anthony Rendon

CA Assembly District 64 Mike Gipson

CA Assembly District 66 Al Muratsuchi

CA Assembly District 70 Patrick O’Donnell

State Ballot Measures Yes on Proposition 51 Yes on Proposition 52 No on Proposition 53 No on Proposition 54 Yes on Proposition 55 Yes on Proposition 56 Yes on Proposition 57

Yes on Proposition 58 Yes on Proposition 59 No Recommendation on

Proposition 60 No Recommendation on

Proposition 61 Yes on Proposition 62 No Recommendation on



Proposition 65 No on Proposition 66 Yes on Proposition 67

LA Supervisorial

LA Supervisorial Seat 4 Janice Hahn

LA Supervisorial Seat 5 Kathryn Barger

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Nov 2016 the eightynews

Nov 6, 10:00 am: General Membership Meeting

Nov 8: Election Day

Nov 20, 9:00 am: Executive Board Meeting

Nov 24 & 25: Thanksgiving Day Holiday (office will be closed)

Dec 4, 10:00 am: General Membership Meeting

Dec 11, 9:00 am: Executive Board Meeting

Dec 26: Christmas Day Holiday (office will be closed)

Calendar

1st Quarter Dues are Due December 31 NOTICE OF DUES INCREASES FOR 2017

Full dues will be $220.00 commencing with the first quarter of 2017.

Minimum dues will be $110.00 commencing with the first quarter of 2017.

In compliance with Article 19 Section 14 of the IATSE Constitution and Bylaws, Hardship dues for Active members will be $59.00 per quarter commencing with the first quarter of 2017.

Dues for Plan #3 Retirees will also be $59.00 per quarter commencing with the first quarter of 2017.

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Brothers and Sisters of Local 80, Are you having a heart attack? I was. Do you have a burning sensation across your chest?

A feeling of impending doom? Are you fatigued easily? No pain down your left arm, but your neck aches, feeling lightheaded?

September 2, 2016, the air is thick with smoke, the heat oppressive. I'm having trouble breathing; the air quality index is off the charts. Just walking outside and back is exhausting. My neck hurts, but this is not unusual to many injuries.

I call Dave Sharlein. He gives me a ride to the E.R.: oxygen, EKG, draw some blood, chest x-ray. Blood pressure is 150/100.

I'm told they are going to transport me to Bakersfield Heart Hospital. Once there an MRI and a heart sonogram confirm that I have at least two clogged arteries.

September 3, I meet the cardiologist, and I’m told as soon as I'm stable he is going to perform an angioplasty: twilight sleep, insert a balloon to widen the arteries.

September 4, I wake up to meet the hospital

cardiovascular surgeon; my arteries are too clogged. One is 70%, the other 80%, and they can't really see, but it appears a third is 100%. I need a triple bypass!

September 5, the surgical team saws my chest open. They pull a vein from my leg, another from my chest. I have a tube down my throat. The surgery is a success.

September 8, I'm released. It will be awhile before I can drive. I can't lift over 5 lbs. I have a teddy bear (Sir Koff-a-lot) used to keep me from pulling the surgical wire through my sternum before it heals 6 to ten weeks. My diet is undergoing big changes; low sodium, low fat.

Can you avoid this? Yes. Go to the American Heart Association website follow the links for diet. Exercise regularly, quit smoking. Talk with your doctor, express your concern about that pain over your heart; possibly it's not heart burn.

By the way, a chest x-ray will not show clogged arteries; only a heart sonogram can do this accurately. If you have concerns, if your family has a history of heart disease, talk to your doctor.

Thankfully here, Rebel Schunke

One Brothers Experience Might Help Save Your Life

Letter to the Editor

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Work has picked up quite dramatically, and it

seems that it will stay that way for most of the balance

of the year.

If you are not working, but want to, be sure to call

at least once each week to make sure that your name is

on the appropriate available list.

Ask the call steward what telephone or cell phone

numbers they have for you. Ask what skills are listed

for you, and have any that are no longer valid removed

(we can't all continue to work up high, or do layout

board, or put up steel deck forever).

When every Local 80 member who is available

to work has themselves listed at the callboard, when

every member who is listed as available actually is

available, when every member troubles themselves to

make certain that their contact numbers are current, and

when every member has their correct skills and job

preferences listed, calls can be filled quickly and

efficiently.

When calls for work can be filled quickly and

efficiently, there is little chance that more off-Roster

workers will gain days towards membership than there

are jobs to support members.

That is the way that the callboard is intended to

work, it is the way that our call stewards would like it

to work, and it is the way that it would be the most

beneficial to our Local's members to have it work.

Please do your best to not be one of the members

who keep it from working that way.

The Holiday season somehow manages, or so it

seems, to begin a bit earlier each year, bringing with it

the temptation to pour more money than you should

really be spending into gifts that are likely to be more

expensive than they really should be.

Holiday decorations started appearing in stores

before the end of September, and there are already

companies running Holiday Sale ads (most of which

seem to be designed quite specifically to make you feel

as guilty as they possibly can for not maxing out every

last one of your credit cards, as well as taking out a

home equity line of credit so that all of your children

and grandchildren can enjoy the latest soon-to-be-

forgotten video game or smart phone app.)

Don’t let yourself be sucked into that financial

morass: getting back out of it can easily consume all of

the time and emotional energy that you should have

been investing in the very people that working to pay

off excessive debt keeps you away from.

It is not the money that you have paid for a gift

that makes it something that will be treasured; it’s the

gift’s least obvious quality. Least obvious, that is, to an

outside observer,

The quality that makes gifts valuable to the

recipient is clearly visible to the recipient, and is nearly

always the direct result of the personal consideration

that goes into them, and the emotional content of the

memories associated with them: the stuffed animal that

you buy for your child that reminds them of a happy

day spent with you at the zoo will be treasured long

after the most expensive new video game is forgotten.

Going out on a financial limb to buy gifts will

almost inevitably prove to have been counterproductive

in the long run. What your loved ones need more than

anything else from you is your time and emotional

investment. If you are worrying about how you are

going to pay your bills when you are with them,

because you spent more than you could really afford on

gifts, they might not know exactly what is wrong, but

they will know something is. Worse yet, they will pick

up on the fact that it has something to do with them.

If you are working to pay off bills for expensive

gifts instead of spending time with your kids, what they

understand is not that you are working because you

love them, but that money is more important to you

than they are. If you are lucky, they might realize their

mistake by the time their own kids are the age you are

now.

Your wife or husband will probably be able to

understand in an intellectual way why you aren’t

spending more time with them, but the emotional

burden can still crush the life out of a marriage.

The most meaningful gifts that you could possibly

give to your children, your spouse, or to anyone that

you love, are your time and attention, spent doing

something that they, and you, find meaningful. It’s a

gift that you will never be able to afford to give if you

are spending that time working to pay for expensive but

meaningless toys.

From the Desk of the Secretary-Treasurer

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NOTICE OF DUES INCREASES FOR 2017 Full dues will be $220.00 commencing with the first quarter of 2017.


In compliance with Article 19 Section 14 of the IATSE Constitution and Bylaws, Hardship dues for Active members will be $59.00 per quarter commencing with the first quarter of 2017.


Members Suspended From Membership As of October 26, 2016 Article XV Section VI

“Any member three months in arrears for dues shall be suspended”. Per Article XV Section VI of the Local 80 Constitution and Bylaws the following have been suspended from membership.

Joseph, Roshion J.

Babcock, Greyson M. Backlinder, Michael

Benson, James

Beringhele, Robert Boldroff, Dan E.

Bowman, Abraham S. Brennan, Timothy W.

Broeske, John S.

Budlong, Eric Campenni, Tony

Carmer, Steven W.

Carter, Josh M. Case, Jamale L.

Casseus, L. P. Castelazo, Carlos G.

Castillo, Alfred

Cervantes, Jesse G. Cohen, Steven L.

Davidson, Steven L.

Davis, James De Fabry, J. Eric

Defazio, John P. Devine, Sean M.

Dexter, G. Cliffton

Diehl, Daniel T. Dungey, Ken

Estes, Matthew J.

Figueroa, Salvador Forrest, Robert G.

Franklyn, Erin

Freeman, Jaik E.

Frumin, Vadim L. Garcia Rodriguez, Abel S.

Gardea, Enrique

George, Michael A. Gomez, Antonio

Haden, Jimmy T. Handley, James F.

Harding, Kirt

Hernandez, Joe Herrera, Edward

Jackson, Patrick K.

Jimenez, Derek S., Jr Johnson, Dannon

Johnson, Scott J. Kangrga, Gary A.

Kauahi, Daniel H.

Kenne, Michael M. Maclean, Neil

Mania, Matthew P.

Manzoni, Kenneth A. Mcelroy, Brady A.

Mcgee, Timothy M. Mcginness, Patrick H.

Mcmullen, Nathan W.

Mendez, Manuel L. Miller, Anthony

Mills, Kevin D.

Monroe, Christopher L. Montes, Alex B.

Mora, Marcos S.

Nevarez, Gilbert A.

Nolasco, Dennis Nunez, David

Nunez, Richard

O'Dell, Bryan O'Hickey, Michael K.

Orozco, Jesse R. Palleva, Kelsey R.

Palma, Martin A.

Parker, Joseph R. Peungraksa, Calvin D.

Pickrell, Edward E.

Popp, Heidi Portugal, Christopher W.

Price, Kelly Prieto, Reynaldo

Ramirez, Peter M.

Reid, William F. Reyes, Michael J.

Rice, Sean M.

Roller, Desiree N. Romero, Joe S.

Ryan, Anthony T. Ryan, James M., Jr

Samuelson, Richard S.

Sanchez, Jeffrey J. Sanchez, Juan E., Jr

Sandoval, Brandon A.

Sasgen, David Sheedy, Kevin R.

Shinneman, Theodore A.

Simpson, Van J.

Smith, Brent A. Sowders, Lon

Speiser, Daniel

Starnes, Calvin R. Stotesbery, S. D.

Stuart, Chad M. Swaim, Glenn L.

Sykes, James

Terry, David C. Toberer, Shannon A.

Trejo, Gary

Trexler, Karen E. Van Dyke, Suzie

Wade, Troy Whitmore, Tony

Wills, Gary

Wiltse, Douglas Wright, David C.

Young, Matthew C.

To Key Grips: The Key Grip is responsible for determining that no members of his/her crew is in violation of Article XV

Section VI of the Local 80 Constitution and may be charged with such responsibility before the Local 80 Executive Board

should violations be found under Article 1 Section 1 of Local 80’s Bylaws.

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Help Brother’s Cause. Donate What You Can

Calendar of General Membership Meeting of Sunday, November 6, 2016 Call to Order: 10:00 a.m.

Flag Salute

Moment of Silence

Roll call of Officers

Reading of the Minutes of previous meetings:

General Membership Meeting of October 2, 2016

Executive Board Meeting of October 23, 2016

Motions passed (unless otherwise noted)

1) To loan an injured-on-the-job member up to $600.00 from the Jim Buck Memorial Benevolent Fund to become current on dues for the purpose of returning to work or retiring.2) To loan a member up to $600.00 from the Jim Buck Memorial Benevolent Fund to become current on dues for the purpose of returning to work.

2) To honor a retiree's belated request for reimbursement of prescription copayment receipts due to unusual circumstances.

3) To purchase two tickets to the Miguel Contreras Foundation's 2016 Annual Awards Celebration: not to exceed $300.00.

4) To approve a researcher's access to files of deceased Local 80 members; no personally identifiable information to be published without approval of the member's survivors; Local 80 to have right to deny publication.

5) To direct the business representative to have documents prepared to transfer the Local 80 Entertainment Industry Employee PAC to Local 80.

Executive Board Meeting of November 6, 2016

Secretary - Treasurer’s Report

Business Representative’s Report

Committee Reports

Communications

Unfinished Business

New Business

Good and Welfare

Adjournment: not later than 12:30 PM

Letter to the Editor

To my LOCAL 80 Brothers & Sisters, This is Steve Martinez here, I will be going to

Standing Rock, North Dakota around the 2nd week of December to prayerfully help protect water, land and life against the Dakota Access Pipeline. I am and will be gathering donations of Winter clothing for men, women,

and children, blankets, from our Medics band aids, bandages, and over the counter medications.

If you are able to help by making a donation, please contact me at 310-569-7876.

Thank you, Stephen B. Martinez

310-569-7876 #NoDAPL

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FOR RENT: Guest House in Sherman Oaks, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, fully furnished, private, patio, parking space included. Very quiet neighborhood. $1600/month including utilities, short term preferred. Please call for info. 818-635-2215.

FOR SALE: Premium layout board made like it was prior to Los Angeles factory closing. Van Nuys warehouse location. By the sheet or the pallet. Union member discount. Better and less expensive than Mole or any other vendor. Thelayoutcompany.com, call 818-813-8310.

FOR SALE: Who wants to buy Greg Beard’s big red grip truck? 1997 GMC Sierra K-1500series, 4x4, lifted truck. New: GMC engine (not rebuilt), transmission, BFG mud tires, custom paint, everything new. 13,000 mile on engine w/ documentation. Beautiful truck being sold by his widow. Please call Debra Beard, 818-579-3166/

WANTED: Grip gear. 48 footer or 10 ton or equipment package. Call 213-618-2376.

FOR SALE: 1 Elemac Bazooka, $2000; 1-4’, 8 Ball slider w/case, $5000; 1-3’ 8 Ball slider w/case, $5000. Call Brad, 323-496-7600

FOR SALE: $1000.00 or best offer. Backstage Grip Senior Cart style # G-04 w/out net basket. Excellent condition. Customized on one side for 1/2 milk crates. $1855 new. Also for sale: 8x8 solids, 1/4 grids and 1/2 grids. 12x20 1/2 grids. Call Jim Dunford 818.321.8025

FOR RENT: 24' Crafts Service Trailer with a health permit, large refrigerator, sandwich bar, carts and other equipment available also. Laura Bagano 818-472-2864. [email protected]

FOR SALE: '05 Ford E450, 16' cubevan, 4 jockey boxes, liftgate, Linex floor, PS, AC, auto trans, 6.8L engine and 86,500 miles. Purchased in ‘07 with 82,000 miles. Custom stairs, handrail. Empty except for some cabinets. $12,000. Please call Dan Hall, 310-713-1105 or email [email protected]

FOR SALE or RENT: Crafts Service truck, lift gate, geni, fridge, freezer, ice cream freezer, sandwich bar. Int & ext satellite TV, air cond, all stainless box, 4 sinks, serving window. Lots of equip. if needed. Health Dept approved. 818-209-5389.

FOR SALE: Speedrail 11/2” fittings

approx 800 of the most popular ones. Elbos, tees, base, 45 degree, side out, corners, top corners and more. Good clean condition. Also 11

/2” alu sch 40 & 80 pipe. Knaak boxes 30" and 48" some rigging equipment also. Email [email protected] or call Max 323-251-7894 or Dean Lyras, Local 600, 213-713-1202. For pictures and info.

FOR RENT: Furnished Room For Rent $800 per month Includes Utilities, Wifi, and Cable. 8 minutes North of the Burbank Airport. Furnished Bedroom 12 x 13 ft, Full size bed, memory foam mattress. Sharing the house with 3 dogs, 1 cat, me (owner) and 1 male roommate. Not accepting any additional pets. Pool, air, laundry. Looking for quiet, responsible roommate. No Drugs. Security Deposit $1000. bad credit ok. Male or female. Bathroom is shared with considerate male roommate. Contact, 818-919-9197

FOR SALE: Grip.michaelfastoso.com Are you a grip who uses a lot of mini-meat axes? Do your hands hurt sometimes. If so, then please check out, grip.michaelfastoso.com. Thanks Michael 323-839-7049

FOR SALE: Camera mounts in 3 rolling cases. Everything needed for camera support. Bazooka, dolly troughs, custom sled dolly, dolly monitor, and much more. Specialty rags all sizes, carts, rigging equip., 1 1/4” Speed Rail, gels, and much more, too much to list. Like new. Must see and make offer. Serious buyers only (Modern Studio Equip. & Back Stage) Will email inventory on request. Call Levon at Grip West Productions Service, 818-522-3391

FOR SALE: 32' fifth wheel trailer with grip package Contact Mike 661-622-7035

FOR SALE: Crafts Service Trailer, 27’

Topline trailer. Brand new cabinets and countertops w/safety drawers, deli bar, 3 door refrigeration unit, soda cooler, refrigerator, espresso machine, 3 burner, coffee maker, 5 pan electrical hot bar, water cooler, sink, microwave, covered pagoda, Rubbermaid carts, coolers, utensils, awnings, burner stoves, etc. Ready to go. Call Ernie, 310-200-0783 or Carolyn, 213-399-1974.

FOR RENT: Crafts Service Truck, lift gate, all stainless, triple sink, hand sink, triple troulson stand up, triple deli bar w/triple fridge below, cable ready, surround sound, t.v., air conditioning, plenty of counter, storage, jockey boxes, mop closet, windows, and sun roof. Available for long term, 818-437-6956.

FOR RENT: Crafty Equipment. Full kit rental to key a show, metal framed carts, rubber maids, coolers, ice bins, coffee machines, capp machines, tongs to baskets, pretzel, popcorn machines, grill, griddle, double oven 220 flat top. Whatever you need to put together a crafts service package. Short or long term. 818-437-6956.

FOR RENT: 3, 5, and 10-Ton Grip packages. 3’ Camera Slider, dolly track & skate wheels. Specialty camera rig & car mounts. Call USA Grips for custom key grip package pricing. www.usagrips.com Jason Rupe 760-809-6742.

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NOTICE Effective December 5, 2011, all fees charged by any charge card issuer or pro-cessor for the payment of dues, fees, fines and assessments, and all other charg-es related to membership shall be added to the member’s charge.

RETIREE PRESCRIPTION CO-PAYMENT REIMBURSEMENT REMINDER

Local 80 strongly recommends that retirees mail their prescription co-payment receipts to Local 80 as soon as possible after the end of each calendar quarter; receipts that are received after the following deadlines cannot be reimbursed:

January, February and March receipts must be received no later than May 1st

April, May and June receipts must be received no later than August 1st

July, August and September receipts must be received no later than November 1st

October, November and December receipts must be received no later than February 1st

Submissions should be addressed to:

RX CO-PAY IATSE LOCAL 80 2520 W OLIVE AVE STE 200 BURBANK CA 91505-4529

NOTICE OF DUES INCREASES FOR 2017

Full dues will be $220.00 commencing with the first quarter of 2017.


In compliance with Article 19 Section 14 of the IATSE Constitution and By-laws, Hardship dues for Active members will be $59.00 per quarter commencing with the first quarter of 2017.


NOTICE As of October 25, 2010, Local 80 will no longer be able to accept payments by American Express.

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Local 80 Officers

President Russell C. Nordstedt

Vice President William Brady Majors

Secretary/Treasurer Rick Schunke

Business Representative Thom Davis

Executive Board Damon T. Doherty Dejon Ellis, Jr Chris Hager Kent H Jorgensen Angie Kern

Michael A. Mendez Lloyd M. Moriarity Bill R. Sordal Eric Whitehead Page Williams

Sergeant-at-Arms Chris Adams

Trustees Tommy Adams Adriana De La Cruz Fred Perdue

Business Agents Craig Conover Russ Nordstedt

Vehicle Lighting for Non Traditional Camera Rigging Sunday November 5

1 pm to 7 pm This course focuses on techniques for safely and effectively rigging cameras and lighting systems in vehicles with non-traditional cameras such as the GoPro. This class will cover using portable generators, battery systems, and control systems frequently used on these vehicles. This class is taught in conjunction with Local 728.This class will be on the Local 80 Sound Stage. Call or email Kent to sign up, 818-526-0701, [email protected].

Rope, Knots & Traditional Rigging

Sunday, November 6 1 pm to 7 pm

This is a combined Local 80 & 728 class. It will cover rope and rope systems used in entertainment rigging applications People interested in taking the certification exams that are available to become certified riggers will find this helpful. This class will be on the Local 80 Sound Stage. Call or email Kent to sign up, 818-526-0701, [email protected].

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General Membership Meeting in November 6

Calendar

November

6th, 10:00 am: General Membership

Meeting

20th, 9:00 am: Executive Board

Meeting

December

4th, 10:00 am: General Membership

Meeting

11th, 9:00 am: Executive Board

Meeting

1st Quarter Dues are Due December 31

PRESORTED FIRST CLASS MAIL

U.S. POSTAGE PAID

PERMIT NO. 14954 LOS ANGELES, CA.

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