IATSE Members “Deserve Respect” Says Union As Strike Authorization Ballots Hit Inboxes This AM

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EXCLUSIVE: The countdown has officially started this morning in what could be one of the largest labor actions in Hollywood history.Tens of thousands of IATSE members woke up early Friday or were already on their way to set when they received an email with a link to their strike authorization ballot.Seeking to put the stalling studios and producers’ AMPTP representatives on a Def Con 2 scale notice after talks on a new contract weeks went silent from the other side weeks ago, the rank and file in 13 below-the-line locals across the West Coast and more elsewhere in the country are being asked to give their leadership the ability to put their power where their picket line is if necessary.Once signing on to the link provided in this morning’s