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BULLETIN THE Local 728 studio electrical lighting technicians the only iatse local dedicated to set lighting Full color version available at www.iatse728.org Chartered May 15, 1939 Vol. 26; No. 2 2016 hollywood CALIFORNIA also inside: Local’s Enhanced Leadership Role President’s Column The Heart of 2016 Endorsements Business Representative’s Column Unnecessary Pain and Suffering Pascal Guillemard explains Members Celebrate Kingdom Day There’s Never been a better time to participate in Your Union! Breakfast is S ERVED Bonus Pages! Important voter information available in our online version of The Bulletin. We’re celebrating our members, discussing important union business and even cookin’ up some hot dishes! A look at our own Jarrod Hettler and the gourmet breakfasts he creates for members. President Alan M. Rowe congratulates member William (Bill) Tenny on receiving his 70-year Service Pin at the January Membership Meeting. Bill joined Local 728 in 1946. e Local also honored John S. Corbett with his 70-year pin but he was unable to attend the meeting. Check out Pages 5 & 8 for other awardees Sweet 70! Page 4

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BULLETINTHE

Local 728 studio electrical lighting techniciansthe only iatse local dedicated to set lighting

Full color version available at www.iatse728.org

CharteredMay 15, 1939

Vol. 26; No. 22016

hollywoodC A L I F O R N I A

also inside:Local’s Enhanced Leadership Role

President’s Column

The Heart of 2016 EndorsementsBusiness Representative’s Column

Unnecessary Pain and SufferingPascal Guillemard explains

Members Celebrate Kingdom Day

There’s Never been a better time to participate in Your Union!

Breakfastis served

Bonus Pages! Important voter information

available in our online version of The Bulletin.

We’re celebrating our members, discussing

important unionbusiness and even cookin’

up some hot dishes!

A look at our ownJarrod Hettler

and the gourmet breakfasts

he creates for members.

President Alan M. Rowe congratulates memberWilliam (Bill) Tenny on receiving his

70-year Service Pin at the January Membership Meeting. Bill joined Local 728 in 1946. The Local also honored John S. Corbett with his 70-year

pin but he was unable to attend the meeting.

Check out Pages 5 & 8 for other awardees

Sweet 70!

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by Alan M. Rowe, President

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I.A.T.S.E.Local 728

Hollywood, California

PresidentAlan M. Rowe

Vice PresidentGreg Reeves

Business Rep-SecretaryPatric J. Abaravich

Treasurer-Call StewardPascal M. Guillemard

Executive BoardBranch Brunson

Joseph GalloMichael Gips

Darryl HerzonRoger L. Lattin

Charles H. McIntyre, IIIIain O’Higgins

Michael Paul OreficeR. Bruce Prochal

Jeremy SchonwaldJason R. Young

Sergeant-At-ArmsRichard McConihay

ParliamentarianPascal M. Guillemard

Safety & TrainingAlan M. Rowe, Director

Shop StewardsCBS - John L. Murray

Fox - Gina M. IsaacsParamount - Frank Valdez

Sony - John JacobsUniversal - John Kennedy

Warner Bros. - Chris Hathaway

CLC DelegatesPatric J. Abaravich

Dennis K. GrowPascal M. Guillemard

Darryl HerzonIain O’Higgins

S. Cricket PetersAlan M. Rowe

The BulletinPublisher

Margie StitesEditor

Alan M. Rowe

Office StaffSean Harkess

Julianna BesseyClaudia Smith

IATSE LOCAL 7281-800-551-21581-818-954-0728

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Thank you for placing your trust in my leadership of Local 728 during this time of political upheaval. Right

now, there are powerful political figures who have vowed to destroy labor unions and they have a lot going for them. Along with the decline of the American middle class, union membership has been dwindling since the 1980s. There is legislation being put forward in various state and federal venues that is specifically intended to undermine a worker’s right to bargain with an employer which will directly impact our ability to provide for our families and better our communities. We are among the lucky ones in many regards. Most of us love what we do; we have to or we wouldn’t do it. Our jobs take a brutal toll on the body and the long hours are time spent away from our families and from doing things that we love. We go to work every day with great people on projects that will amaze, inspire, and amuse the rest of the world. And if the people aren’t so great or the project is not-so-inspiring, then all we have to do is wait a little while and another will come along that is better. We also enjoy relatively good relationships with our employers although it may not seem like it sometimes. The rest of the world is not so lucky. Many people go to work in jobs that they find tedious or boring. They work because they have to work, not because they want to work. Sometimes they will work two or three jobs. Working in the outside world often means that you stay in one job, or at least one company, for decades. If you don’t like your boss or colleagues, you have to balance the risk of losing any accrued health care and/or pension to venture out into some-thing different. A majority of these people have no say whatsoever in what they get paid or benefits they receive. There is no one bar-gaining on their behalf and what the com-pany decides is final. The only choice most

people have is to take what they are given or quit. This is known as “job lock” and it is a major problem for millions of people who don’t belong to a union. Since our industry is so unique and what we do is so different, we often don’t see our-selves as the same as other workers. In many ways we are different but in some areas we are not. Just like the mail carrier or the teach-er, we go to work every day with one goal in mind: to support our families and strength-en our communities. When the anti-union forces assail the public sector unions for costing too much, they are also coming after us. They are hoping that private sector union members see themselves as different and won’t object. After all, they like to tell us that private sector union members are taxpayers too and those benefits afforded to the public sector unions are picking our pockets. I hate to say it, but it is all a smokescreen. Those employers agreed to pay benefits just like ours did. Those workers spend their lives expecting to have negotiated benefits when they retire just like we do. If they pass a law which weakens the public sector unions and allows employers to strip them of their benefits, you can bet that it will be written to apply to us as well. As we have witnessed time and time again, the anti-worker strategy is to divide and conquer. Local 728 has always put our members first and we will continue to do so. It is time, however, for Local 728 to take on a new leadership role and that is in our communi-ties. We need to look around and see what we – through our collective actions – can do to improve our communities and strengthen the reputation of our union. Our commit-tees will look for activities we can perform, like participating in toy drives, spending time at the Motion Picture Home or volunteer-ing at your local animal shelter, which will

newly-elected president pens his first columnLocaL 728

embarking on enhancedLeadership Role

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UnionSpotlight

First NoticeFlavio Buenrostro, Chris Chalk, Alicia Clifford, Chase Cooper, Justin Flood, Adam Leene, Gregory L. Loe-bell, Javier Lopez, Vito Mes-sina, Austin Newburn, Justin Raths, Paul Reifenberg, Roman A. Rivero, Zacha-ry Robert Savitz, Michael Schmidt, Janette Shugart, Usevalad Shybkou, Kevin W. Skaggs, Kevin Seth Stal-lard, Chandler Tango, Car-ter Weathers and Garrett Williams.Second NoticeAntonio Aguilar, Artem Aleksashenko, Nicholas V. Behrmann, Donald L. Bix-by III, Jesse Calas, Brett Carleton, David Christian Carleton, Todd Cole, James M. Cox Jr., Ari Davidson, Michael DeStefano, Justin Garcia, Nicole Glasscock, Jeremy M. Grant, William Groshon, Jay D. Guffey, Jef-frey A. Horbachewski, Rudy Marcial, Bret Nabors, eric S. Nystrom, Michael Par-rillo, Mark Seger, Jeffrey Schrage, Robbie Shamma, Sophie Shellenberger, Tiffany Spicer Keys, Chance J. Stever, Kenny Tong, Oscar Valle, Joseph M. Webb, Garrett Williams and Jaime Zamora.New membersCongratulations to the following new members who were sworn in on:January 16, 2016:Brad Budde, David Figueroa, Nicole Glasscock, Luis Man-zo, George R. San Vargas andShaun Stallard; Jan.19, 2016: Maurice R. Dupleasis; Jan. 22Matthew McNeal.

by Patric J. Abaravich, Business Representative, Secretary

GeneralMeMbership MeetinG

will be held on

March 12, 20169:00 a.M. sharp

iatse local 7281001 w. MaGnolia blvd.

burbankplease brinG Your

union card

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As you may have heard, the IA recently endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. I know some of

our Bernie Sanders fans are up in arms thinking this decision is out of touch and they want President Loeb to recant the endorsement. I’d like to point out that it’s early and we don’t know who the democratic candi-date eventually will be. Moreover, the IA doesn’t have the best track record with our early endorsements. Let’s not forget we picked Gephardt in 2004, Hillary in 2008 and Wendy Gruel for L.A. mayor – and we all know how that turned out. Those of you that may disagree with the endorsement must know this by no means signifies that if Bernie gets the nomination the IA wouldn’t put all of its efforts into getting him into the White House. It also doesn’t mean the IA doesn’t like Bernie. We need to make sure the best labor and family-friendly person wins the presidency or we stand to lose all that we have gained – workplace laws, minimum wage, employee provided health plans, Medicare, Social Security, etc., the list goes on. There’s no doubt in my mind we are at risk of losing all of the things that have taken decades to get if we don’t do everything we can to get a pro-middle class politician elected. That person will also be nominating Supreme Court justices. Just looking at the decisions the court has made in the recent years – and ones they are considering now (Right to Work/Frie-drichs v. California Teachers Association [CTA]) – and it’s easy to understand why it’s important to elect a labor-friendly presi-dent. That person will carefully consider the appropriate pro-middle class justice(s) for the country’s highest court. But no matter who wins the nomi-nation, we need to keep our eyes on the prize. I know how busy everyone is and

Pro-middLe cLass & Labor must be at the heart of

2016 endorsements

how easy it is to get our news in soundbites. A lot of the candidates running for the presidency can and do say anything in those calculated moments to win your approval. But, they may not be able to accomplish any of what they are saying. With all of the great changes President Obama had promised, some of the most significant legislation came in the first four years of his presidency when there was a congress and senate that supported his agenda. Then, there was a congressional body that vowed to get in his way on every big and small decision he made whether or not it had bi-partisan support in the past. There has been no compromise and this legislative body has the dubious distinction of being one of the least accomplished congresses in history. Somewhere in all this circus there has to be some middle ground that makes sense. If the labor movement and the middle class starts deteriorating faster than it already has, who’s going to save our film jobs from go-ing to China? Who’s going to save our con-tracts and agreements from being capped at the California minimum wage? It is one of the highest in the country and looking to go to $15.00 an hour, but what if all of our contracts and agreements were backed into a corner by people who support Right to Work and a national minimum wage? Would everybody be happy making $15.00 an hour? The Supreme Court is hearing argu-ments in the Friedrich v. CTA which may decide that public service union members may not have to pay union dues but will be able to collect all of the same benefits of a full-paying member. The Abood v. Detroit School Board case correctly calls these people freeloaders. Although these are the public sector unions, it affects the strength of all unions. There’s only a very small percentage of public sector unions left in

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Breakfastis served

A Look at Jarrod Hettler - a busy guy who’s got a lot on his plate but he’s cookin’ up the best at our General Membership Meetings

Photos & story by LocaL 728 member Gina isaacs

At 6 a.m. before every General Membership Meeting, Jarrod Lee Hettler is at the hall, firing up the

oven, chopping and prepping a fresh made breakfast for our members attend-ing the meetings. And because he cares so much, he constructs and prepares a new menu each meeting. He often recruits the help of good friend, Chris Dansak, or sometimes his wife, Dena. Other times, he’ll just tackle it all on his own, as was the case at the July 2015

meeting.

Jarrod’s July’s delicious breakfast menu consisted of:

• Baked Ham with an Orange, Fig Marmalade Glaze

• Scalloped Potatoes with Green Onions

• Blanched Asparagus with Sesa-me Seeds, Orange & Lemon Zest

• Fruit Salad• Rolls, with and without Seasame

Topping Jarrod was excited to inform me of his menu plans for September’s meeting. While he was talking about his menu plans, he was working out the logistics of how to make it happen. September’s menu consisted of:

• Steak & Scrambled Eggs

• Country Fried Potatoes with Onions & Bell Peppers

• Fruit Salad He has been volunteering his time preparing our breakfasts for about the past year. And he is particularly proud of the fact that he has been able to serve breakfast to our mem-bers – for up to or less than – the amount the Local spent to provide coffee, donuts, and bagels with lox & cream cheese. A member of Local 728, for about 8 years, Jarrod worked at Warner Bros, for a few years and then he bounced around for a while. He has been working mostly commercials for the past three years or so. Jarrod started to discover his passion for the culinary arts at the age of 14, when his mom and aunt used to work at a local diner – which gave him an ‘in’ when he pleaded with them to help him get a job at the diner starting as a prep cook, dish-washer and busboy. Later, after joining a local church, Jarrod eventually got involved in a men’s group “HIS Men” (Honor, Integrity, Service) where he was of service to his community in Burbank. Part of the service they provided was to feed the homeless, which Jarrod did for about three years. Working with ex-Marine and head cook, Don Carpenter, Jarrod learned to prepare large amounts of food, and was fur-ther inspired by Don. Jarrod comes up with his meal plans from listening to requests, as well as watching what works, and what doesn’t work on sets for other crew members, this also gave him new ideas, and new recipes to try. Something struck me as Jarrod and I spoke; he had mentioned a wid-

owed woman with no family in home hospice whom he and his family were helping. Now here’s a man working in this industry (as we all do, sometimes up to 75 hours in a week) yet he still has time to be of service, not only to our Local, but to his community. Mary Merritt, the woman in hospice, passed less than a week after Jarrod and I spoke at the July Meeting. He met Mary because of volunteering at Disney Ele-mentary School to keep an untended, overgrown garden from being paved over and extending the playground. Jarrod and his wife, Diya volunteered to reinstate the garden, and they raised over $40,000 in funds and materials, which then led him to meet Mary, the president at the Garden Club in the Valley. As it turned out, she was the woman who had originally initiated the garden at Disney Elementary 30 years earlier.

Thank you, Jarrod.

Jarrod and his wife, diya are busy raising two daughters and yet find

the time to voLunteer on a number of community ProJects. the Pair somehow

aLso finds the energy to sPearhead and organize the annuaL

LocaL 728 hoLiday Party.

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There’s Never been a better time to participate in Your Union!

Here’s wHat you missed if you didn’t attend tHe January 2016 meeting

Outgoing Local 728 President Greg Reeves passed the gavel to newly elected

President Alan M. Rowe

President Alan Rowe congratulated 50-year Service Pin awardees including Thomas Thatcher, John Stadler, Charles Nippell, Earl Williman, Jr., Norm Lang,

Bill Glasscock, II, Ron Miller and Steve Blaich.

Local 728 Board mem-bers were sworn in

including Greg Reeves, Iain O’Higgins, Jason Young, Alan M. Rowe, Charlie McIntyre, III,

Roger Lattin and Michael Gips

Doug Mathias and Roger Blauvelt were awarded with their 55-Year Service Awards.

Congratulations!

VP Greg Reeves (L) swore in

new members Nicole Glass-cock, Shaun

Stallard, George San

Vargas, David Figueroa and Luis Manzo.

2016 meeting dates:March 12May 14July 23

September 17November 12

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Any Local 728 member repre-senting an employer by filling calls or who is in need of assistance with such, must contact the Local office during business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday by calling 818-954-0728, texting to 818-438-0728 or emailing [email protected]. If you urgently need to fill a call outside of regular business hours, you must contact the Call Steward at 818-438-0728. Members seeking weekend work should notify the Call Steward on Friday during business hours. Anyone who hires off roster or hires any member who is not current with their dues may have charges filed against them and are subject to assessment penalties.

ImportantInformation

RegardingHIRING

by Pascal M. Guillemard, Treasurer-Call Steward

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Pascal

Members’ stories of unnecessary pain and suffering prompts article on Staph Infections

You slip carrying a stick of cable and scratch your elbow. You kneel down and a nail you didn’t see cuts your

knee. You’re surfing and a wave pounds you into the sand causing abrasions. You’re gar-dening and a plant thorn pricks your finger. You don’t think twice about it because who hasn’t suffered these minor wounds a million times in their lives? You should think twice about minor skin injuries. They should be cleaned and treated, and if need be, get professional medical treatment for any skin injuries – particularly hand, knee, foot and elbow injuries – as soon as you can. Why is the Call Steward writing this article? Too many times I have heard terrible stories from our members who have suf-fered or know someone who has suffered a “minor” wound that lead to great pain and suffering and a loss of work from preventable infections. While severe staphylococcus infections are rare, the occurrence of staph infections has become more common over the past few years. When staph infections happen they can be mild, barely noticeable, or they can become devastating causing severe pain, long term loss of work and in rare cases the need for hospitalization. Is the increase of staph infections and the difficulty in the treatment of some strains of staphylococcus infections due to society’s increased usage of antibiotics and society’s growing tolerance of antibiotics? It is thought to be likely among medical professionals. Some strains of staph will not respond to many common antibiotic drugs in the methicillin antibiotic family such as penicillin. Some strains of staphylococcus are known as MRSA (pronounced mersa) bacterial strains. The Centers for Disease Control considers MRSA a “superbug’ highly resistant to treatment. Staphylococcus is a naturally occurring bacterium in our daily environment that lives on animal and plant surfaces, including our own skin. It can survive for consider-able amounts of time on many non-living surfaces such as clothing. It is ever present in our lives. With most minor injuries the body

identifies the introduction of the staph bacte-ria where it doesn’t belong and our immune system deals with it. But staph infections can quickly grow into major health problems from the most seemingly innocuous and routine injuries. The trouble often starts when circum-stances prevent or delay your ability to prop-erly clean a minor cut, abrasion or puncture wound quickly and effectively thus leading to the introduction of staph bacteria into the blood stream or into a joint. Once there, staph can settle into and infect your lungs, heart, bones or joints. Most staph infections result in minor skin infections, swelling, redness and small boils. The effects of a serious staph infection are long lasting. Staph infections are difficult to combat and the treatment process is often very long, during which time you will not be able to perform daily routines, particularly work. You are more susceptible to staph infections if you suffer from skin eczema conditions, diabetes, lung disease, vascular disease, weakened immune systems and cancer. Food handlers who do not wash their hands properly can transfer staph into the food we eat. While the food may look, taste and smell normal, it can cause an intestinal staph infection (food poisoning). Fortunate-ly in most cases, intestinal staph infections more often than not resolve themselves in one to three days. If staph gets into your blood stream it can cause sepsis, a condi-tion that can lead to death. Unfortunately hospitals are also a source of staph infections, particularly if you’ve had intravenous cathe-ters or surgical incisions. Staph infections are contagious. Direct contact with shaving razors, bandages, etc. can lead to further infections. Staph infec-tions can occur from burns. Casual contact does not pose great risk for those in good health. Treatment for minor staph infections includes non-prescription triple antibiotic ointments and oral antibiotics. If abscesses are present they are drained. More serious infections require intravenous antibiotic regimens. The cleaning and treatment of minor cuts, scrapes and puncture as close to the time

of the injury is crucial. Getting professional medical treatment as soon as there is an obvi-ous sign of infection is also crucial. These are all good and common sense measures, but all too often in our busy lives these steps are neglected resulting in more serious than necessary problems.

Cheers,

improve the quality of our communities without putting a demand on our Treasury. While we may be different from mail carriers, teachers, steel workers, and Team-sters we have to stand with them. The forces allied against them will focus on us once they are out of the way and we are much better fighting with them now than without them later. Those against us say that it is unfair that we have health care and pension benefits because we force our employers to negotiate with our leadership when over 90% of workers in America don’t have the protection of a union. They ask why should union members have is so good when the rest of the work force is struggling? The question is not why do we have it so good, but why doesn’t everyone else see the rewards of their hard work the same as we do?

president’s coluMn

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It’s been a busy two months with the Safety & Training courses

offered at the Local.

Between December 6 and January 29 we held 29 classs and filled 255 seats.

Whew!

The Safety & Training classes are on hiatus and will kick back up again in March. We’ll keep you posted on all

the spring offerings soon.

- A.M. Rowe

You Need to Know

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CelebratingMLKDay a 2016 Kingdom day Parade rePort

by Brother Malakhi Simmons

Dear Executive Board and Members of IATSE Local 728,

On Monday, January 18th members of IATSE Local 728 took part in the 31st annual Kingdom Day Parade honor-

ing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

While a number of members expressed interest in attending, many could not make it due to previous commitments or work-relat-ed obligations. As you know, MLK Day is still not a recognized union holiday. The mem-bers that were able to attend were: Mathew Deetsch, Karron Johnson, Malakhi Simmons, and Rondalis Tandy. In addition, Mathew Deetsch brought along his two daughters, and Tandy brought his daughter, three grandchil-dren, and one of his granddaughter’s friends. In total, we had 11 souls walking on behalf of Local 728.

Breakdown of the day: We all arrived at the meet-up location at the end site of the parade. After the arrival of the members, we boarded two Uber cars and were shuttled to the starting site of the parade. There, Broth-er Deetsch met us with his two daughters. We put together the 728 banner, distributed 728 t-shirts, and talked with other parade participants, focusing extra time on the labor unions: namely the Teamsters, who had 50-70 members walking, and members of SEIU.

The parade took approximately one hour and 45 minutes to complete, and was broad-cast live on KABC Channel 7.

Highlights of the day: As always, it’s great to meet and talk with members of Local 728 outside of work. Along with our shared profession, the added bond of walking in a parade together creates a lasting memory. While I can only speak for myself, there were two major highlights that touched me that day: 1). The fact that 728 members brought their families with them to not only instill a life lesson about the importance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but by default, also to instill

a life-long memory of Union Brotherhood and pride. 2). While we may have been few in number, there was a surprising response from attendees of the parade. On more than one occasion, someone from the crowd would shout out that they were members of other labor unions, and thanked us for representing IATSE in the parade. One person went as far as to pull out his union membership card, shouting “Union Pride!”

The day ended with a picnic-style lunch at a local park. Lunch included po’boy sandwiches from Orleans and York, potato salad, coleslaw, assorted drinks, and chips. In total $179.09 was spent on food and drinks for the day. There we talked about the impor-tance of Local 728’s involvement in the parade, and the need to make more of an effort to get more members to attend. Then of course, Tandy left us all laughing and smiling as only he could. It was a good day.

Sincerely Yours,

Members who attended the annual Kindom Day Parade Breakfast at the Westin Bonaventura Hotel in Los Angeles

included from L-R: Fritz Banks, Cordell Boyd, Alan M. Rowe, Malahki Simmons,

and seated, Rondalis Tandy.

Rondalis Tandy, U.S. Representative John Lewis (D-Gerogia) and Fritz Banks

Malakhi Simmons and Congressman John Lewis

Roland “Malakhi” Simmons

I.A.T.S.E. Local 7281001 W. Magnolia Blvd.

Burbank, California 91506

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America, and they’re going to try to knock us all out with national Right to Work legislation. Once that happens, there will be a push for the burger flippers to get $7.00 or less an hour, which would affect our wages. Health benefits would be reduced, and in some cases retiree benefits would be eliminated. Pensions would be removed from an organization (which is already happening outside of the film industry) and some experienced financial investors would tell us to go figure it out on our own. While the debates rage on between both the republicans and the democrats and blogs and Facebook rants continue raving one party over another or one person versus another, each of us has to decide how we want to live and how we want our careers to move forward. So it’s just not the presidential election. I would almost say that person is secondary, but the group is not. We need to look at everything – pro labor, pro middle class, pro U.S. – because it all works together. In California, we have one important senate seat up with the announced retirement of Barbara Boxer, as well as over 50 congressional seats. You need to look at the people running in your district. Who is really going to help us ensure that our jobs and benefits stay as secure as they are?

We don’t need to make America great again because WE ALREADY ARE. What we need is to move in the direction of mak-ing the middle class strong again. That’s what built America and that’s what’s going to make America thrive again. It’s not somebody’s slo-gan, empty promise or well-timed soundbite.

(BIG sidenote: If you’re reading the print version of this Bulletin, please note we have a complete listing of all 53 congressional seats up, as well as California Assembly election information on the web version of this pub-lication at www.iatse728.org. If for whatever reason you aren’t registered to vote, now’s the time to do it. Even more so, consider getting an absentee ballot. With our crazy schedules, we all could easily be voting absentee. That way you can make sure that even on the busiest day you know you’ve already sent your ballot in. Visit www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration to register online, learn how to get your absentee ballot or to check your registration status.

business rep’s coluMn

At the January General Membership MeetingDaviD Watson and

RogeR Lattin were each presented with a

Certificate of Commendation for their service to the Local.

To you both we say,Thank you for your dedication

to your Brothers & Sisters!

Thank You!

Congressional district Incumbent This race

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Incum-bent

Status Candidates

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Doug LaMal-fa

Republi-can

2012Undecid-ed or un-declared

Gregory Cheadle (Republican)[84] Dan Levine (Repub-lican)[84] Doug Wright (Re-publican)[85]

Califor-nia 2

Jared Huff-man

Demo-cratic

2012 RunningJared Huff-man (Democratic)[86]

Califor-nia 3 D+3

John Gara-mendi

Demo-cratic

2009Undecid-ed or un-declared

Eugene Cleek (Re-publican)[87]

Califor-nia 4

Tom McClin-tock

Republi-can

2008Undecid-ed or un-declared

Bob Derlet (Demo-cratic)[88] David Peterson (Democratic)[89]

Califor-nia 5

Mike Thomp-son

Demo-cratic

1998Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 6 Doris Matsui

Demo-cratic

2005 RunningDoris Mat-sui (Democratic)[90]

Califor-nia 7 Ami Bera

Demo-cratic

2012Undecid-ed or un-declared

Scott Jones (Repub-lican)[91]

Califor-nia 8 Paul Cook

Republi-can

2012Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 9 D+6

Jerry McNer-ney

Demo-cratic

2006Undecid-ed or un-declared

Kathryn Nance (Re-publican)[92]

Califor-nia 10 R+1 Jeff Denham

Republi-can

2010Undecid-ed or un-declared

Michael Eggman (Democratic)[93]

Califor-nia 11

Mark DeSaul-nier

Demo-cratic

2014Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 12 Nancy Pelosi

Demo-cratic

1987Undecid-ed or un-declared

Preston Picus (Inde-pendent)[94]

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2016

Congressional district Incumbent This race

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Califor-nia 13 Barbara Lee

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1998Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 14 Jackie Speier

Demo-cratic

2008Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 15 Eric Swalwell

Demo-cratic

2012 RunningEric Swal-well (Democratic)[95]

Califor-nia 16 D+7 Jim Costa

Demo-cratic

2004Undecid-ed or un-declared

Johnny Tacherra (Republican)[96]

Califor-nia 17 Mike Honda

Demo-cratic

2000 Running

Ron Co-hen (Republican)[97] Mike Hon-da (Democratic)[98] Ro Khan-na (Democratic)[99]

Califor-nia 18 Anna Eshoo

Demo-cratic

1992Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 19 Zoe Lofgren

Demo-cratic

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Califor-nia 20 Sam Farr

Demo-cratic

1993 Retiring

Casey Lucius (Re-publican)[100] Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)[101] Matt Bruner (Inde-pendent)[102]

Califor-nia 21 D+2

David Valad-ao

Republi-can

2012Undecid-ed or un-declared

Emilio Huerta (Dem-ocratic)[103] Daniel Parra (Demo-cratic)[104]

Califor-nia 22 Devin Nunes

Republi-can

2002Undecid-ed or un-declared

Teresita Andres (Democratic)[105]

Califor-nia 23

Kevin McCa-rthy

Republi-can

2006 RunningKevin McCar-thy (Republican)[106]

Congressional district Incumbent This race

DistrictRepresen-

tative Party First

Incum-bent

Status Candidates

Califor-nia 13 Barbara Lee

Demo-cratic

1998Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 14 Jackie Speier

Demo-cratic

2008Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 15 Eric Swalwell

Demo-cratic

2012 RunningEric Swal-well (Democratic)[95]

Califor-nia 16 D+7 Jim Costa

Demo-cratic

2004Undecid-ed or un-declared

Johnny Tacherra (Republican)[96]

Califor-nia 17 Mike Honda

Demo-cratic

2000 Running

Ron Co-hen (Republican)[97] Mike Hon-da (Democratic)[98] Ro Khan-na (Democratic)[99]

Califor-nia 18 Anna Eshoo

Demo-cratic

1992Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 19 Zoe Lofgren

Demo-cratic

1994Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 20 Sam Farr

Demo-cratic

1993 Retiring

Casey Lucius (Re-publican)[100] Jimmy Panetta (Democratic)[101] Matt Bruner (Inde-pendent)[102]

Califor-nia 21 D+2

David Valad-ao

Republi-can

2012Undecid-ed or un-declared

Emilio Huerta (Dem-ocratic)[103] Daniel Parra (Demo-cratic)[104]

Califor-nia 22 Devin Nunes

Republi-can

2002Undecid-ed or un-declared

Teresita Andres (Democratic)[105]

Califor-nia 23

Kevin McCa-rthy

Republi-can

2006 RunningKevin McCar-thy (Republican)[106]

Congressional district Incumbent This race

DistrictRepresen-

tative Party First

Incum-bent

Status Candidates

Califor-nia 24 D+4 Lois Capps

Demo-cratic

1998 Retiring

Katcho Achadji-an (Republican)[107] Salud Carbajal (Democratic)[108] Justin Fareed (Re-publican)[109] Tyler Gross (Repub-lican)[110] Steve Isakson (Inde-pendent)[111] Matt Kokkonen (Re-publican)[112] Bill Ostrander (Dem-ocratic)[113] Helene Schneider (Democratic)[114]

Califor-nia 25 R+3 Steve Knight

Republi-can

2014 Running

Bryan Cafo-rio (Democratic)[115] Lou Vince (Demo-cratic)[116] Steve Knight (Republican)[117]

Califor-nia 26 D+4

Julia Brown-ley

Demo-cratic

2012Undecid-ed or un-declared

Rafael Dagnesses (Republican)[118]

Califor-nia 27 Judy Chu

Demo-cratic

2009Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 28 Adam Schiff

Demo-cratic

2000 Running

Adam Schiff (Democratic)[119] Yuriy Seretskiy (In-dependent)[120]

Califor-nia 29

Tony Carde-nas

Demo-cratic

2012Undecid-ed or un-declared

Congressional district Incumbent This race

DistrictRepresen-

tative Party First

Incum-bent

Status Candidates

Califor-nia 30

Brad Sher-man

Demo-cratic

1996Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 31 D+5 Pete Aguilar

Demo-cratic

2014 Running

Pete Agui-lar (Democratic)[121] Paul Chabot (Republican)[122]

Califor-nia 32

Grace Napol-itano

Demo-cratic

1998 Running

Grace Napoli-tano (Democratic)[123] Roger Hernández(-Democratic)[124]

Califor-nia 33 Ted Lieu

Demo-cratic

2014Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 34

Xavier Bec-erra

Demo-cratic

1992 RunningXavier Becer-ra (Democratic)[125]

Califor-nia 35 Norma Torres

Demo-cratic

2014Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 36 R+1 Raul Ruiz

Demo-cratic

2012Undecid-ed or un-declared

Dwight Kealy (Re-publican)[126] Jeff Stone (Republican)[127]

Califor-nia 37 Karen Bass

Demo-cratic

2010 Running

Karen Bass (Democratic)[128] Shariff Hazan (Re-publican)[129]

Califor-nia 38

Linda San-chez

Demo-cratic

2002Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 39 R+5 Ed Royce

Republi-can

1992Undecid-ed or un-declared

Brett Murdock (Democratic)[130]

Califor-nia 40

Lucille Roy-bal-Allard

Demo-cratic

1992Undecid-ed or un-declared

Congressional district Incumbent This race

DistrictRepresen-

tative Party First

Incum-bent

Status Candidates

Califor-nia 30

Brad Sher-man

Demo-cratic

1996Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 31 D+5 Pete Aguilar

Demo-cratic

2014 Running

Pete Agui-lar (Democratic)[121] Paul Chabot (Republican)[122]

Califor-nia 32

Grace Napol-itano

Demo-cratic

1998 Running

Grace Napoli-tano (Democratic)[123] Roger Hernández(-Democratic)[124]

Califor-nia 33 Ted Lieu

Demo-cratic

2014Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 34

Xavier Bec-erra

Demo-cratic

1992 RunningXavier Becer-ra (Democratic)[125]

Califor-nia 35 Norma Torres

Demo-cratic

2014Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 36 R+1 Raul Ruiz

Demo-cratic

2012Undecid-ed or un-declared

Dwight Kealy (Re-publican)[126] Jeff Stone (Republican)[127]

Califor-nia 37 Karen Bass

Demo-cratic

2010 Running

Karen Bass (Democratic)[128] Shariff Hazan (Re-publican)[129]

Califor-nia 38

Linda San-chez

Demo-cratic

2002Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 39 R+5 Ed Royce

Republi-can

1992Undecid-ed or un-declared

Brett Murdock (Democratic)[130]

Califor-nia 40

Lucille Roy-bal-Allard

Demo-cratic

1992Undecid-ed or un-declared

Congressional district Incumbent This race

DistrictRepresen-

tative Party First

Incum-bent

Status Candidates

Califor-nia 41 D+9 Mark Takano

Demo-cratic

2012 Running

Doug Shepherd (Re-publican)[131] Mark Takano (Democratic)[132]

Califor-nia 42 Ken Calvert

Republi-can

1992Undecid-ed or un-declared

Kerri Condley (Dem-ocratic)[133]

Califor-nia 43

Maxine Wa-ters

Demo-cratic

1990Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 44 Janice Hahn

Demo-cratic

2011

Retiring to run for the Los Angeles Coun-ty Board of Super-visors

Nanette Barragan (Democratic)[134] Christopher Castillo (Republican)[135] Isadore Hall, III (Democratic)[136] Marcus Musante (Democratic)[135]

Califor-nia 45 R+7 Mimi Walters

Republi-can

2014Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 46 D+9

Loretta San-chez

Demo-cratic

1996

Retiring to run for the Unit-ed States Senate

Lou Cor-rea (Democratic)[137] Joe Dunn (Democratic)[138] Bao Nguyen (Demo-cratic)[139]

Califor-nia 47 D+8

Alan Lowen-thal

Demo-cratic

2012Undecid-ed or un-declared

Sandford Kahn (Re-publican)[140]

Califor-nia 48 R+7

Dana Rohrabacher

Republi-can

1988Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 49 R+4 Darrell Issa

Republi-can

2000Undecid-ed or un-declared

Doug Applegate (Democratic)[141]

Congressional district Incumbent This race

DistrictRepresen-

tative Party First

Incum-bent

Status Candidates

Califor-nia 50

Duncan D. Hunter

Republi-can

2008Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 51 Juan Vargas

Demo-cratic

2012Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 52 D+2 Scott Peters

Demo-cratic

2012Undecid-ed or un-declared

Jacquie Atkinson (Republican)[142] Denise Gitsham (Republican)[143] John Horst (Republi-can)[144]

Califor-nia 53 Susan Davis

Demo-cratic

2000Undecid-ed or un-declared

Jim Ash (Republi-can)[145] Matt Mendoza (Re-publican)[146]

Congressional district Incumbent This race

DistrictRepresen-

tative Party First

Incum-bent

Status Candidates

Califor-nia 50

Duncan D. Hunter

Republi-can

2008Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 51 Juan Vargas

Demo-cratic

2012Undecid-ed or un-declared

Califor-nia 52 D+2 Scott Peters

Demo-cratic

2012Undecid-ed or un-declared

Jacquie Atkinson (Republican)[142] Denise Gitsham (Republican)[143] John Horst (Republi-can)[144]

Califor-nia 53 Susan Davis

Demo-cratic

2000Undecid-ed or un-declared

Jim Ash (Republi-can)[145] Matt Mendoza (Re-publican)[146]