IATSE Denounces Tax Cuts for Billionaires & Corporations at Expense of Working People in Senate Budget Reconciliation Bill

As seen on IATSE.net

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) denounces the U.S. Senate budget reconciliation bill and condemns the Republican majority for forcing the legislation through on a partisan basis without including priorities, nor resolving concerns, that IATSE members and working people have been raising consistently over the past several months.

The Senate-passed bill can only be described as a betrayal of American workers – it represents a multibillion-dollar handout to the wealthiest Americans and large corporations, paid for exclusively by workers and their families. Its few provisions that may benefit workers’ tax bills – on overtime and tips – are more than neutralized by the costs imposed in lost health care coverage, higher health care prices, lost food assistance, fewer jobs, and higher energy prices.

IATSE and the broader labor movement waged an aggressive advocacy campaign to address our key issues in this bill.