Local 44 Constitution & By-laws Ratification

Dear Local 44 members,

Your Constitution and By-laws Committee, in conjunction with the Executive Board, has been working diligently to rewrite our existing Constitution and By-laws to make important changes—such as hybrid meetings, digital voting, and lowered meeting quorum requirements. These proposed changes, along with the current Constitution and By-laws, are available in the links below for your review.

As members, you will have the opportunity to vote on these changes, and instructions on how to vote will be provided soon. Stay tuned!

IATSE Local 44 Constitution and By-Laws Voting Timeline:

  • September 12: Ballots will be emailed to members by MK Election Services no later than 8:00 AM
  • September 18: Voting concludes at 9:00 PM
  • September 19: Election results will be published

Welcome to Local 44

Affiliated Property Craftspersons Local 44 is a professional association of craft persons having specialized skills and talents within the entertainment industry. Local 44 is affiliated with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada (I.A.T.S.E.).

Our Local was chartered by the I.A.T.S.E. in May of 1939. Like all unions, we are a democratically run organization.

Local 44 has numerous collective bargaining agreements, employing over 6,200 members in more than sixty-five companies in Los Angeles and throughout the world. We represent a diverse group of crafts that are the best in their field. Local 44 represents members working in many diverse, but related fields of the entertainment industry, such as: Motion Picture, Television, Commercials, Music Videos, and Independent Shops.

The various Crafts we represent are: Construction Coordinator, Draper, Floorcover, Greens, Propmaster, Propmaker, Property, Sewers, Set Decorator, Special Effects, Upholsterer, Commercial Master, Commercial Propmaker, Commercial Property, and Commercial Set Decorator.