“IATSE”, these five letters are so well known that they
are often a symbol and sometimes a call to arms rather than a description of
worries, of the building of roots in a milieu, or in the vast field of
activities of the organization of which they are the acronym, organization
which is simply called “the Alliance” or “the International”. The Alliance
is also known in Quebec by its French acronym “AIEST”. Little does the
appellation or the abbreviation used matter; the simple reality behind the
legend or the myths associated to our organization is as follows :
IATSE is a collective of people that work in the industry
of entertainment, of cinema and of any other domain that is related no
matter what the nature of their work or of their trade.
