[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 61 (Monday, April 28, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S2420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IATSE LOCAL 720 75TH ANNIVERSARY

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I rise today to honor and recognize the 75th 
anniversary for the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage 
Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts, 
IATSE, Local 720. Local 720 was chartered on February 23, 1939, by the 
nine original members--Mickey Burton, Barney Deussen, Clyde Gilbert, 
Harry Beuford, Arden Lusch, Rudy Rear, Harry Keller, Wally Roper, and 
Howard Folley. Since that time, because of the hard work and dedicated 
service of its founding members and their predecessors, it has grown to 
represent over 2,500 professionals in the entertainment industry, 
performing over 50,000 dispatches and receiving $60 million in gross 
wages in the last year alone.
  The union may have started with nine stagehands, but today it 
represents some of the most highly trained and skilled technicians in 
the country, including theatrical carpenters, electricians, riggers, 
audio/video technicians, video projectionists, camera operators, grips, 
gaffers, trade show technicians, audio engineers, stitchers, 
hairstylists, and make-up artists. It is the hard work and passion of 
these members that helped make Las Vegas the Entertainment Capital of 
the World.
  For 75 years Local 720 has fought for the rights of Nevadan workers. 
I applaud and celebrate with IATSE Local 720 on their 75th anniversary.

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