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10 PRODUCTION SOUND & VIDEO – Summer 2023 The IATSE Local 695 Young Workers Committee is dedicated to bridging the gap between experienced members and newcomers while also providing a sense of community within IATSE Local 695 and the other IATSE locals through a combination of entertainment, education, and ecological events. The committee has become most recognized for our bimonthly hikes. In 2023, we have organized two hikes thus far, each with a large turnout of more than forty hikers. We open these up to prospective and inter-local IATSE memberships so we can foster mentorship and solidarity amongst other departments. Each hike has diverse representation from 600, 700, TAG, 80, 800, 705, 729, 44, and of course, 695. Quickly becoming a favorite aspect of these hikes is our labor-and-union-based educational trivia, complete with prizes! So please join if you like exercise or flexing those trivia skills. Massive thanks to Local 695 member David Franklin for being the main hand in putting these hikes together! The committee has also had a hand in environmental and political actions. On Earth Day, we participated in Friends of the LA River's yearly LA River cleanup at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve! For May Day, members of the committee proudly represented IATSE Local 695 in the yearly city- wide May Day Rally and March. We marched alongside not only other IATSE locals, but members from every union in town, as well as organizations fighting for immigrants' rights. Our biggest accomplishment this year has been organizing an educational screening of Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight with live commentary from the production sound team!! We were extremely fortunate to host Boom LATE & UNREPORTED MPI HOURS The Local has received complaints of late and unreported MPI Plan hours. All members are encouraged to check their MPI accounts through the MPI website. If any hours appear to be missing, you can call the support line at (818) 769-0007, ext. 2381 or email support at CPParticipantInquiries@mpiphp. FROM THE YOUNG WORKERS COMMITTEE Ops Tom Hartig and Patrick Martens, then-sound trainee Ray Westman, as well as Production Sound Mixer, and former Local 695 President, Mark Ulano, who Zoomed from out of the country! Sound Utility Mitchell Gebhard couldn't attend in person, so he made some detailed notes that proved to be super helpful. Thanks to the generous support of Scott Bernard and the Executive Board, we were able to have this event at the Academy's Linwood Dunn Theater at the Pickford Center of Motion Pictures and Television. Endless thanks to the presenters, our volunteers, the theater staff, including a Local 695 projectionist, Chris Seo, and Ryan Carpenter who authorized, prepped, and presented the Academy's own 70mm roadshow print of the film. This was a truly special evening and could not have happened without the care of all involved! The committee is slowly filling out the calendar for the rest of the year with more events and projects. We have a host of entertainment and educational events on the horizon, so feel free to email us at YWC@local695.com and follow us on Instagram @695ywc to get more involved! NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS