Welcome to the Local 764 Website
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The History of Local 764 |
| The Theatrical Wardrobe Union (TWU) Local 764 has represented wardrobe
personnel in the New York area since it was founded in 1919 and chartered under
the American Federation of Labor as Theatrical Wardrobe Attendants Union #
16770. On August 1, 1942, the Union was granted a charter by the International
Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of
the United States and Canada (I.A.T.S.E.) and became Local #764 of the
International. In October 1982 a revised charter was issued in the name of
Theatrical Wardrobe Union. In 1990, with the merger of NABET Local 15 and the
I.A.T.S.E., Local 764 became the only local representing wardrobe workers in the
New York City area. |
| The Theatrical Wardrobe Union (TWU) Local 764 has represented wardrobe
personnel in the New York area since it was founded in 1919 and chartered under
the American Federation of Labor as Theatrical Wardrobe Attendants Union #
16770. On August 1, 1942, the Union was granted a charter by the International
Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of
the United States and Canada (I.A.T.S.E.) and became Local #764 of the
International. In October 1982 a revised charter was issued in the name of
Theatrical Wardrobe Union. In 1990, with the merger of NABET Local 15 and the
I.A.T.S.E., Local 764 became the only local representing wardrobe workers in the
New York City area. |
Jurisdiction |
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Local 764 is unique in that it has contracts in all areas of the entertainment
industry. Its members work as Wardrobe Supervisors, (or Costumers) and
Assistants on feature films, pilots, soap operas, commercials and a variety of
television programs. They are Wardrobe Supervisors, Assistants, and Dressers at
venues including Broadway theatres, the Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center
Theatres, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Madison Square Garden, Nassau Coliseum, and
Radio City Music Hall. |
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The physical jurisdiction is defined as within a 50 mile radius of Columbus
Circle for film and New York City, Long Island and Westchester County for
theatre. |
What a union can do for you |
| A Union is a group of workers who may come together to promote their common
interests. The employees' role in a unionized workplace is unique. With a
union, those who work for a particular employer are no longer just a group of
individuals; they are a collective unit, as well. The Union has the
right-and legal duty-to speak with one voice on behalf of all the employees in
what is called the "Collective Bargaining Unit", thus the employer loses the
advantage of dealing with each employee individually. In a non-union
setting, workers count on only their own strength; as a union member, workers
still have their own strength, PLUS the strength of the group. Chief Justice
Charles Evans Hughes put it this way in a 1937 Supreme Court Decision: |
Long ago we stated the reason for labor organizations. We said they
were organized out of the necessitates of the situation; that a single
employee was helpless in dealing with the employer...that the union was
essential to give laborers the opportunity to deal on an equal basis with
their employers. |
| His words ring just as loud today. |
| Deregulation, overzealous spending sprees on credit, mortgages not worth
anything close to the real value of the house, and plain old apathy over the
past two decades has created this credit and housing market bubble and their
subsequent collapse. Indeed, now more than ever, it is important for
workers everywhere to unionize, to speak with one voice and to look out for each
other in what should be a tough year economically for many, many of our members.
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