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24.08.2022 - 10:55 / deadline.com
Hollywood’s Teamsters Local 399 has been granted the film and TV jurisdiction of Teamsters Local 492 in New Mexico following an investigation by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and an audit of Local 492’s financial records. Effective immediately, Local 492 members working in the motion picture industry will become members of Local 399.
The dramatic move comes after IBT investigators were sent to New Mexico in May “due to significant member concerns around the referral rules and financial structure for New Mexico Movie Teamsters,” Local 399 leader Lindsay Dougherty said in a notification to members of both locals. “It was ultimately recommended that due to the findings from the audit, Teamsters Local 492 should no longer hold the jurisdiction to represent Teamsters in the motion picture industry. The recommendation was taken to a vote by the General Executive Board to not only remove the jurisdiction from Local 492, but, effective immediately, those in the motion picture industry in New Mexico would be transferred to Teamsters Local 399. Local 399 will now be the new representative of these members.”
Dougherty, who is Local 399’s secretary-treasurer, Director of the Teamsters Motion Picture Division, and an IBT Western Region Vice President, is also a member of the IBT executive board, but recused herself from the vote to avoid any conflict of interest. She was also a member IBT president Sean O’Brien’s slate that took control of the Teamsters in March.
“I am very aware that this decision has the potential to cause a lot of questions and concerns,” Dougherty wrote in her notice. “This decision however does not impact our current Local 399 members on the Industry Experience Roster, nor will it jeopardize the
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Lindsay Dougherty, leader of Hollywood’s Teamsters Local 399, has been reelected to a full three-year term as the local’s secretary-treasurer and principal officer. Dougherty, running unopposed, was first elected to the post by the local’s executive board in May to fill out the unexpired term of Steve Dayan, who retired after nine years in office.
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