[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 184 (Tuesday, December 27, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1740]
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                      IN RECOGNITION OF JOHN FORD

                                 ______
                                 

                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 27, 2016

  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay 
tribute to Mr. John Ford, the current President and Business Manager of 
the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving 
Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, 
Its Territories and Canada (IATSE). Mr. Ford is being honored at 
Taminent Regular Democratic Club's 85th Annual Dinner Dance with the 
Man of the Year Award.
  The IATSE was founded in 1893 when representatives of stagehands 
working in eleven cities met in New York and pledged to support each 
others' efforts to establish fair wages and working conditions for 
their members. The union has since evolved to embrace the development 
of new entertainment mediums, craft expansion, technological innovation 
and geographic growth. Today, the over 130,000 members work in all 
forms of live theater, motion picture and television production, trade 
shows and exhibitions, television broadcasting, and concerts as well as 
the equipment and construction shops that support all these areas of 
the entertainment industry.
  John Ford is a third generation member of IATSE Local 52 Motion 
Picture Studio Mechanics, and he has been a member since 1978. He 
served on the Executive Board as the Property Department Representative 
from 1992 to 1998. Mr. Ford also served as Secretary and Treasurer from 
1999 to April 2004.
  In addition to serving as the President and Business Manager since 
April 2004, John Ford serves as a Trustee on the Motion Picture 
Industry Pension and Health Plans. Mr. Ford presently serves as a 
Trustee on the Local 52 401k Plan. He also currently serves as the 
International Vice President of the Executive Board of IATSE, a 
position to which he was elected in July of 2006.
  The entertainment industry has played a strong role in our great city 
by providing good paying jobs to thousands of workers. IATSE ensures 
that stagehands receive fair pay and good benefits for their essential 
work.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in celebrating the 
extraordinary work that John Ford has done for the IATSE and his larger 
impact on the great city of New York.