United Scenic Artists local USA 829, is a United States labor union of designers, artists, and craftspeople in the entertainment and decorative arts industries. It is a nationwide autonomous Local of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Until 1999, the organization was part of International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades but it chose to reaffiliate with IATSE to be in a union that focused on entertainment workers. United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, organized to protect craft standards, working conditions and wages for the entertainment and decorative arts industries. The members of Local USA 829 are Artists and Designers working in film, theatre, opera, ballet, television, industrial shows, commercials and exhibitions. The current active membership totals nearly 3,800. As with most unions Local USA 829 establishes wages for designers and artists, and negotiates with employers to secure the best possible terms and conditions of employment as well as access to Health Insurance and Retirement benefits through employer contributions of Pension, Welfare, 401(k) and Annuity benefits.
Local USA 829 currently has many Collective Bargaining Agreements some of which include: National: League of Resident Theatres (LORT) Eastern Region: Broadway, Opera, Ballet, ABC, CBS, NBC; Scenic Suppliers in New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Florida; Motion Pictures in New York, New England and Philadelphia; Commercials. Central Region: Scenic Suppliers and theatre and opera Scenic Shops in Chicago and St. Louis; The Court and Victory Gardens Theatres, Chicago Opera Theatre, St. Louis MUNY, CBS, NBC. Western Region: The Ahmanson Theatre, the Los Angeles Opera and the San Francisco Opera; The Marin Theatre Company and The Magic Theatre in the San Francisco Bay area; Seattle Children's Theatre.
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