The Hollywood Teamsters float at L.A. Pride was upholstered with sparkly blue fabric provided by a location manager who has worked on Peacock's 'Bel-Air' and Netflix's 'The Politician.' The giant bubble letters were layered by a construction coordinator on Freeform's 'Good Trouble.' The horse heads were turned to gold by painters whose resumes include 'Jerry Maguire' and 'The Big Lebowski.
In early March, Teamsters Local 399 and the Hollywood Basic Crafts joined forces with IATSE to negotiate updates to their shared pension and health plan jointly for the first time in 36 years. Efforts to reach an agreement on that package are ongoing; pension and health benefits remain a sticking point in IATSE negotiations. Now, the Hollywood Teamsters and Basic Crafts are back to bargain simultaneously for six contracts covering different groupings of crew members.