In concert halls, theaters, cinemas, auditoriums, arenas, amusement parks, cultural centers and other similar places, the members of the Alliance accomplish a multitude of tasks that are as much essential as varied: stage technicians, costumers, ticket salesperson, usher-doorman, make-up artists, hairdressers, film set technicians, clerk employees and many more.

They also perform their activities with touring shows (amongst others, Les Miserable, The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, and all the shows of caliber such as the Rolling Stones, Madonna, Pink Floyd, U2, Ricky Martin, etc) that travel America and the world.

We also find our members in all the steps of film and video productions and in all trades pertaining to them: artistic directors, scriptwriters, animators, decorators, painters, drawers, seamstresses, machinists, electricians, photo directors, set photographers, hairdressers, make-up artists, sound recorders, editors, laboratory technicians, projectionists.

There are now over 800 local sections of the Alliance in Canada and the United states. The oldest among these, beginning with the ones that were formed by stage employees, represent specific trades. However, we often find many trades at the center of more recent sections, which are outside the scope of big production centers.

The members of the Alliance have always been proud of the fact that their organization encompasses the ensemble of stage trades. So, the implication of members of the Alliance goes from the conception of a film to its last presentation at the theater…and to its transfer to videotape.

The same goes for shows: our members effect all necessary operations to the mounting and unfolding of the show, from the unloading of the trucks up to the operating of high technology equipment.

Even today in various cinemas our members are present as much at the level of projection at the technical level as at that of customer service, therefore from your entrance into the cinema, from the ticket wicket to the snack counter, passing by the welcoming attendant.

This inclusion in all these trades and their unification at the core of the same organization have been the directing principles of success, as seen by the influent position occupied by the Alliance in the union movement, but also seen in the work conditions and the salaries enjoyed by the members, and that remain the best ever obtained by specialized workers.

As the proverb says, “union makes the force”, and nothing is as strong as the meeting at the core of a same organization of all the players of an industry, no matter what their trade, their sector of activity or their work place.