Studios, Teamsters to renew talks later this month

variety.com: Negotiations will resume in late June between the major studios and Hollywood Teamster drivers along with four other basic craft unions -- with key pension and health issues already settled. Leo Reed, secretary-treasurer of Local 399 of the Intl. Brotherhood of Teamsters, made the announcement on the local's web site. He noted that the Teamsters had jointly negotiated on healthcare issues for the first time with the West Coast locals of Intl. Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees -- which reached a tentative overall deal in April that's out for ratification. "This unity was unprecedented," Reed said.