New York Production Vets Expect IATSE Strike Threat To Hamper Film And TV Shoots Before 2025 Rebound – MediaMKRS Summit
deadline.comFour New York film production veterans, spanning the perspectives of unions, vendors and city government, agreed that the looming IATSE strike threat will restrict shoots this year before a rebound in 2025.
Tommy O’Donnell, President of Theatrical Teamsters Local 817, which represents workers in transportation, casting, and locations for film, TV and Broadway, sees signs of production “slowing down,” but doesn’t think “there will be any more strikes” in the near term.
He said the expiration of the IATSE deal at the end of June and the Hollywood Teamsters contract a month later will prompt a pullback.
Nevertheless, “I think it will settle down, and 2025 will be a big year,” he added. “The contraction of the industry is going to be temporary,” agreed Kwame Amoaku, Deputy Commissioner of the Film Office at the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment.
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