Theatrical Employees Local B18
of the International Alliance of
Theatrical Stage Employees
IATSE Local B18
450 Harrison St, Rm 208
San Francisco, CA 94105
phone: 1-415-974-0860
Member Services:
membership@
iatse-local-b18.org
Welcome to Local B-18!
A local affiliate of I.A.T.S.E.
Founded in 1937, Local B-18 serves the employment needs of those who work as back stage door keepers, ticket takers, ushers, box office staff and other key personnel.
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Because financial resources are now very limited, notification of meetings and other important news can only be handled by e-mail and posting on this website.
If you know a member who does not have access to e-mail and/or the web, please pass information along to
them if at all possible.
Or help the member get access to e-mail, and pass on any new e-mail address to the office.
NEWSLETTER
On December 15, the annual newsletter went out by e-mail from President Leonytne Mbele-Mbong.
Your Local is also making every effort to get it to members without a recorded e-mail address. It may be the last time for a while that the Local is able to do so: see notice above.
If you believe a member may not have gotten the newsletter, please either contact
Member Services
or assist that member yourself. In either case, thanks!
(Posted 12/16)
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
The first quarterly general meeting of 2021 is scheduled for Monday, January 11 at 6:30pm.
This meeting will be virtual, as were the last 2 quarterly meetings of 2020. Details for attending online or
by phone were sent to members by e-mail on December 27, and remain the same as they have been since July.
If you didn't get that e-mail (and have checked any junk/spam folder) please contact
Member Services.
(Updated 12/30)
DUES AND OTHER MEMBERSHIP FEES
Core dues for 2021 are now payable. The Executive Board has extended the period without a late-fee until August 1. Please consider paying now, to help your Local meet financial obligations.
As a convenience, members may pay their dues online using credit/debit cards. Click HERE. (Online payments are subject to a fee to recover what the Local is charged for online processing.)
Some members still owe 2020 dues. These total $82: a late fee was applied for 5 weeks, until venues started to be closed under COVID-19 directives.
Membership Fees also include a 1% assessment on B18-wages. Please remember that this is applicable to any B18 wages you get in
2020. Member Services
will calculate the amount owed if you supply a readable photo or PDF of your latest paystub(s) from your B18 employer(s).
(Updated 11/26)
REMEMBERING BROTHER DAVID MERAZ
B18 notes, with great sadness, the death on December 10 of David Meraz, a long-time usher at the Curran and for BroadwaySF.
He was a regular at the Golden Gate Theater, where The Last Ship was his last show.
David greeted everyone—fellow ushers and audience members alike—with his trademark “thank you for coming.”
In March, David quietly celebrated his 40th anniversary as a member of the Local.
(Posted 12/29)
A WORKER AT CHASE CENTER?
If you are on the workforce at Chase Center, please complete IATSE's Authorization for Representation form.
Fill out the entire form:
under “Current Crafts” put your job title from the offer letter (e.g. ticket taker, usher, etc.).
Please also inform Member Services that you are working at Chase. If you prefer to file your authorization on paper, notify Member Services as well.
By filing the Authorization for Representation online,
you will help the Local begin to negotiate on your behalf, just as it does all over San Francisco.
(First posted 7/15/19)
LOOKING FOR WORK?
B18 offers a way to register and update your interest in getting one-time jobs or learning of other work through your Local. Members may submit this Work Referral Form online.
The Local will use your information when contacted by employers for lists of members who may be available for jobs or shifts they have open.
Please contact B18 Member Services if you have any questions.
(Updated 10/10/2017)