Union & Labor · Wavemist Certified

IATSE, Unions & Labor

What you'll learn

• ✓ Explain how IATSE's federation-of-locals structure means a producer hires from a specific local holding jurisdiction over a venue's geography and craft, not from 'IATSE' as a whole
• ✓ Identify the components of a union labor rate stack (ST/OT/DT, fringes, premiums, minimums, meal penalty, turnaround) and why omitting fringes under-prices a bid
• ✓ Describe how a fair hiring hall fills calls by defensible out-of-work order, and what fairness record wins a grievance
• ✓ Map the other unions in the room (AEA, Teamsters, AFM, the above-the-line guilds) and why jurisdiction determines who can be hired and at what cost

Read the short course, then pass the exam with a perfect score — retake it as many times as you need — to earn a verifiable certificate. It teaches the framework and the vocabulary; exact union rates always come from the governing agreement, never a number memorized for a test.