Motion Picture Costumers IATSE Local 705

09/30/2026

CALL YOUR LOCAL UNION FOR THE PASSWORD TO RSVP. Saturday, October 10th starting at 6 pm. https://allinmixer.com/

CALL YOUR LOCAL UNION FOR THE PASSWORD TO RSVP. Saturday, October 10th starting at 6 pm. https://allinmixer.com/

09/30/2026

✅November 3, 2026 - General Election ✅

Make your voice heard, vote early! Return your ballot by mail as soon as you receive it.

✨Important dates✨
📅 October 5
❇️ County elections officials begin mailing ballots.
❇️ Ballots can be dropped off at a drop-off location, county elections office, or returned by mail.
❇️ Secure ballot drop-off locations open.

📅 October 19 – Last day to Register to Vote
❇️ Last day to register to vote. Visit https://registertovote.ca.gov/

📅 October 24
❇️ Skip the lines on Election Day. The first vote centers open for early in-person voting in all Voter’s Choice Act counties on October 24.

📅 October 27
❇️ To ensure your ballot is postmarked by Election Day make sure to mail it at least 7 days in advance. Mailed ballots must be postmarked on or before November 3.

📅 October 31
❇️ In-person early voting locations throughout California will be open on Saturday, October 31.

📅 November 3 - ELECTION DAY!
❇️ The last day to vote in-person or return a ballot by 8:00 p.m. Polls are open 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.
❇️ If mailing a ballot on November 3, get a manual postmark from a postal employee inside a United States Post Office.

09/24/2026

🚨 ACTION ALERT: American film and television jobs are leaving the country, and Congress has the power to bring them back.
Today, IATSE applauded the introduction of the bipartisan Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act (MPTERA), which would level the playing field for American workers, return productions to the U.S., and protect family-supporting jobs in every state. Now we need to make our voices heard!
Write to your representatives today and tell them to pass MPTERA: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-pass-the-bipartisan-motion-picture-television-and-entertainment-revitalization-act-mptera

09/16/2026

✨ IATSE Kin! ✨

Have you got your tickets 🎟️ for the All-In Mixer yet??!!

Do you like Fun🎉, Food🌮🍕🍔, Games 🎲🎾 and Prizes🎁🧸🎁??!!
Then swing by and join us for the IATSE All-In Mixer!

📆 October 10
🕚 6pm-midnight
📍 Local 80

(IATSE members and member's guest only, no children)

Register at https://allinmixer.com (Link in Bio)
Contact your local for the PAC form password.

09/11/2026

September 11, 2026 marks exactly 25 years since the world changed. A quarter of a century has passed, and an entire generation of adults has grown up with no living memory of the events as they unfolded on that clear September morning. Every year on this anniversary we have repeated, “never forget.” But how can someone pledge to remember what they never experienced?
As time passes, it will fall to the story tellers among us to help the next generation remember the men & women who lost their lives, and the first responders who defined courage with their heroic actions on that terrible day.
Do you remember where you were?

09/08/2026

✨ IATSE Kin! ✨

Do you like Fun🎉, Food🌮🍕🍔, Games 🎲🎾 and Prizes🎁🧸🎁??!!

Then swing by and join us for the IATSE All-In Mixer!
📆 October 10
🕚 6pm-midnight
📍 Local 80

(IATSE members and member's guest only, no children)

Register at https://allinmixer.com (Link in Bio)
Contact your local for the PAC form password.

09/07/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 Emmy Winners!

Outstanding Period Costumes For A Series

PALM ROYALE
Carolyn Dessert, Costume Supervisor
Jennifer Wolf, Key Costumer
Valerie Keiser, Head of Workroom

Outstanding Contemporary Costumes For A Series

MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES
Brooke Thatawat, Costume Supervisor
Mallory Bradley, Key Costumer
Tara White, Head of Workroom

Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes

FALLOUT
Conan Castro, Costume Supervisor
Christopher Lawrence, Key Costumer

Outstanding Contemporary Costumes For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie

BEEF
Sarah Basta, Costume Supervisor
Kellie Ishisaki, Key Costumer

Outstanding Costumes For Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Programming

THE MASKED SINGER
Grainne O’Sullivan, Costume Supervisor
Maro Isakulyan, Head of Workroom

Congratulations to all our Local 705 crews who contributed to this year's Emmy Winning Productions!

09/02/2026

Shopping for a motion picture production is not for novices.

Featured earlier this year in the Spring Issue of are the Costume Department’s “Acquisition Experts: 705 Costume Shopper and Buyers.” Interviews with Tiffany Randel, Kristi Stark, and Audrey Eisner.

Contributor: Erin Wenrick.

View the issue here: https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1542297-spring-2026/

09/01/2026

IATSE Applauds Building Momentum for US Federal Film and Television Production Incentive As Trump Announces Support

IATSE welcomes President Donald Trump's public endorsement of a federal film and television production incentive and is encouraged to see growing support for a policy the union has championed for years, Tuesday.

IATSE was the first labor group in the United States to call for a federal incentive to strengthen domestic film and television production. The union has long believed a federal incentive is an necessary tool to level the playing field with countries that have aggressively attracted production through generous, and often permanent incentive programs.

IATSE has been at the forefront of efforts to advance a federal production incentive and is actively working with Special Ambassador Jon Voight and industry stakeholders to develop a framework that can win broad support. Earlier this year, Voight highlighted the importance of a federal approach to strengthening domestic production and protecting American entertainment jobs. Through that effort, IATSE has worked as the tip of the spear in bringing labor's voice directly into the conversation and ensuring that workers remain at the center of any solution.

IATSE is actively engaged with a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in Congress to draft, introduce, and pass federal incentive legislation as quickly as possible to return and maintain film jobs in America.

08/24/2026

Did you know there's a difference in the costumes built for stage and those built for film and tv?

Our Spring issue of featured Marcia Moore, who breaks these differences down for you.

“Working on garments for television requires much more precision. Everything is more noticeable on camera than on a stage. It can feel more tedious, but I enjoy every step of the process, and seeing my work bring a character to life. The main difference between working in theater versus TV is the way the garments are constructed. In theater, garments are flatlined, which makes alterations easier and faster due to time constraints and the need for versatility for different principal actors and stand-ins, whereas in TV, there must be multiple garments, each tailor-fitted to principals and doubles.”

Contributor: Kathleen Qiu

View the issue here: https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1542297-spring-2026/