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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' — styled historically '''I.A.T.S.E.''' or more fully as the '''International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees''' — is an [[wikipedia:AFL-CIO|AFL-CIO]]-affiliated [[union]]. It represents such a wide swath of behind-the-scenes personnel in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] that it had to adopt an even ''longer'' formal name. Fully known as the '''International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada''', the IATSE has locals covering every part of the US and Canada. | The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' — styled historically '''I.A.T.S.E.''' or more fully as the '''International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees''' — is an [[wikipedia:AFL-CIO|AFL-CIO]]-affiliated [[union]]. It represents such a wide swath of behind-the-scenes personnel in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] that it had to adopt an even ''longer'' formal name. Fully known as the '''International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada''', the IATSE has locals covering every part of the US and Canada. | ||
A specific local, the '''Motion Picture Studio Production Technicians I.A.T.S.E. Local 891''' out of [[Vancouver]], [[Canada]], received on-screen, credited thanks for its assistance in making [[Doctor Who ( | A specific local, the '''Motion Picture Studio Production Technicians I.A.T.S.E. Local 891''' out of [[Vancouver]], [[Canada]], received on-screen, credited thanks for its assistance in making [[Doctor Who (TV story)|the 1996 tele-movie]]. {{as of|2013}}, it is the only [[union]] local to ever be credited on a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' adventure — even though British unions are known to have played a long and active role in the production of the programme. | ||
The 891st has jurisdiction over the motion picture technicians — but not the camera operators —in British Columbia and the Yukon, meaning that it has become, since about the [[1990s]], one of the busiest locals in the whole union. Their members worked not only on the 1996 tele-film, but many other genre-related programmes, like ''[[w:c:Smallville:Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:The X-Files|The X-Files]]''. | The 891st has jurisdiction over the motion picture technicians — but not the camera operators —in British Columbia and the Yukon, meaning that it has become, since about the [[1990s]], one of the busiest locals in the whole union. Their members worked not only on the 1996 tele-film, but many other genre-related programmes, like ''[[w:c:Smallville:Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:The X-Files|The X-Files]]''. | ||
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* [http://iatse.com/ The 891st's home page] | * [http://iatse.com/ The 891st's home page] | ||
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[[Category:Real world unions]] | [[Category:Real world unions]] | ||
