IATSE Local 891 Presents: Apple Box Talks

"We're in the kitchen, we're cooking up this blood...it's a lot of water, acrylics, paints, and thickening agents. That blood is fantastic."From the department bringing the gore, the glamour, and everything in between, our newest guest is 891 Makeup member Cory Roberts. With credits to her name including The Recruit, Batwoman, and Resident Alien, Cory shares some stories from the world of motion picture makeup, how she made her way into the industry, and the evolution of training opportunities as a Union member.Pull up a blood-stained Apple Box, and let's talk!

Our newest guest on the Apple Box is a champion of workers' rights, committed to equity, inclusivity and ensuring that worker voices are heard at every level of government and industry. Siobhan Vipond serves as the Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Labour Congress, a position to which she was first elected in 2021. Prior to her CLC election, she served four terms as Secretary-Treasurer of the Alberta Federation of Labour — and she is also a proud IATSE member! Pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk!

**WARNING: This podcast features topics that may be distressing for some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.**Welcome to Season 3 of Apple Box Talks! Our first guest is IATSE Local One member, Kayleigh Truman. Currently a Ph.D. student studying Labor and Industrial relations, Kayleigh is a mental health first aid instructor, and proud activist based in New York City. Currently working on their second Master's thesis titled, "Three Identities in a Trenchcoat. How Neurodivergent Entertainment Workers Navigate the Entertainment Industry," Kayleigh is a big proponent of labour education and has developed multiple mental health workshops based on their research. Pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk!If you or someone you know needs mental health support, please see the following resources: Suicide Crisis Helpline — Call or text 9-8-8 BC Crisis Centre — Call 1-800-784-2433 Talk Suicide Canada — Call 1-833-456-4566 or Text 45645 Trans Lifeline (operators are all transgender) — Call 1-877-330-6366 Indian Residential School Survivors Society — Call 1-800-721-0066 or 1-866-925-4419 891 members and their families can access free mental health counselling anytime through the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) — call 1-800-667-0993 or request services online here

"If you're not at the table...you're on the menu."Our newest guest on the Apple Box Talks podcast shows what it means to walk the talk in the union world, as we welcome CUPE BC President Karen Ranalletta. No stranger to union leadership, Karen also served three terms as CUPE BC General Vice-President, and four terms as President of CUPE 2950, while sitting on several other boards and committees. To hear about what it means to show up in the labour world, pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk!

Please see the following resources to honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Listen to the Woven Spirit: Threads of Wisdom podcast – an Indian Residential School Survivors Society Podcast episode. The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation has free education opportunities available. Here on Apple Box Talks, we interviewed residential school survivor Bruce Allan in September 2022, and City of Burnaby Director of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Mikelle Sasakamoose earlier this year for National Indigenous Peoples Day. The BC Federation of Labour has released a statement on the importance of reconciliation, which you can read here. NDTR events taking place on September 30: Lower Mainland: Grandview Park Community Event hosted by Vancouver Aboriginal Health Society and Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society; National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Empowering Voices Through Art Workshops – in partnership with Place des Arts; Walking Together – Truth & Reconciliation Day at Burnaby Village Museum. Whistler/Squamish: Skwxwú7mesh and Líl̓wat7úl Cultural Centre National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event. Online: Remembering the Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – live broadcast from Parliament Hill in Ottawa, 12:00 pm PST (via CBC).

**WARNING: This podcast contains some coarse language. Listener discretion is advised.**With workers' rights and the labour movement in the news at the federal level, and with Labour Day on the horizon, we're joined on the Apple Box by ILWU Canada President, and prominent labour community voice, Rob Ashton. First elected Vice President of ILWU Canada in 2012, Rob became President in 2016, and now represents 17,000 workers in BC and Saskatchewan. Also serving as a Vice President for the BC Federation of Labour, Rob sits down to talk to us about what it means to show up in the union world. Pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk!

**WARNING: This podcast contains discussion of sensitive topics. Listener discretion is advised.**"We want people to be able to enjoy and celebrate our culture, our rich and vibrant cultures—plural—and languages...that's really what I see June and National Indigenous Peoples Day being about."In honour of June being National Indigenous Peoples History Month, our newest Apple Box Talks podcast features local activist and school board trustee Mikelle Sasakamoose—the first ever Director of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation for the City of Burnaby. Pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk.Click here for the podcast transcription.

Joining us today on the Apple Box is BC's Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, and Sport, Spencer Chandra Herbert. First elected provincially in 2008 as the youngest MLA in the Legislature, the Minister is now the representative for Vancouver–West End, and has been a long-term advocate for renters' rights, environmental stewardship, and protections in the BC Human Rights Code for members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Plus, the Minister has a deep-rooted connection to the BC motion picture industry — as a child, he was a background extra on the set of Legends of the Fall! Pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk!

Jillian Arnold started her career working in aerospace for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and is now the first female president in IATSE Local 695's ninety-year history, and the chair of the IATSE Artificial Intelligence sub-committee. Ahead of being the keynote speaker for the IATSE 891 AI Day of Learning and Engagement, Jillian joins us from a remote Apple Box to talk all things AI and technical solutions in the motion picture industry.Pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk!

"Costumes are the first people to meet the actors. The relationship between the costume designer and the costume team and the actor is vital — it has to be harmonious." Lorraine Carson is a 40-plus year Costume department member at IATSE 891, with credits to her name, such as Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy, Bag of Bones, To All the Boys 2, and Pirates of the Caribbean 5. Come behind the scenes of the Costume department, pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk! Click here for the podcast transcription.

**WARNING: This podcast contains references to mature subject matter. Listener discretion is advised.**This week, we're joined by the department who make the monsters monstrous and the wounds look real, with credits to their name such as Predator, Look Who's Talking, and Six Feet Under. Please welcome Make-Up member Todd Masters to the Apple Box and let's talk!Click here for the podcast transcription.

"What I am proudest of is that we were able to help these workers do what any workers can inherently do – come together and build worker power. The wins belong to the workers."In the last part of our Special Edition Education Series, we are joined on the Apple Box by the 891 Organizing team: Sano, Conor, and Brooke. Their organizing expertise has paved the way for 891 to sign historic term agreements in Kelowna and Vancouver Island, and continues to help more and more motion picture workers across the province gain access to the benefits that the Union offers.Pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk!Click here for the podcast transcription.Want to get in touch with the 891 Organizers? Email organizing891@iatse.com.

In Part 2 of our Special Edition Education Series, we are joined on the Apple Box by long-standing 891 member and former IATSE International Rep. Julia Neville. As one of the few members who has participated in every round of bargaining for IATSE 891, Julia brings a wealth of knowledge, history, and context to answer all your questions as we head into bargaining season for the Master Agreement. Pull up an Apple Box, and let's talk!Click here for the podcast transcription.