FORMS

You may be able to complete the forms on the device to which you download them, but the paper copies need to be filed as the instructions indicate.

Membership Application Packet
a welcome letter, an application form, a wage assessment form, and other information.
Wage Assessment/Check Off Authorization
Form you can submit to a B18 employer to provide the convenience of having the 2% wage assessment paid directly from your paycheck each pay period (up to the $400 cap).
Honorable Withdrawal
Form to complete to withdraw from the Union.
Work Referral Form
Online Google form to complete if you are looking for work at one of our venues served. No printing required.

Membership

PAY DUES

Thank you for your interest in joining Local B18.

Below you will find all the information you need to become a member.

Joining B18

Joining Local B18

Eligibility:

A person can join Local B18 once they already work at a B18-represented venue.

Member Responsibilities:
Members are responsible for staying up to date with their dues and keeping their information updated with the Local.

See below for all responsibilities.

Application Costs:

The $100 fee is due with your request for membership:

$90 - Local B18 initiation fee (refundable if application is rejected)
$10 - Processing fee charged by the International (non-refundable)

One payment of $100 should be included with your request for membership.

Checks should be made out to IATSE Local B18, or Pay Online at the link below.

CLICK HERE for full explanation of fees.

** NEW** Online Membership Application procedure:

Email Your name, email address and telephone number to:

Membership@IATSE-LocalB18.org

An invite to apply directly from the IATSE International portal will be emailed to you. This is a new & faster way to join the union.
Send $100 check payment or PAY ONLINE HERE
Complete Wage Assessment Check-Off Go To Form In SignNow

You are a B18 member independently of being an employee at any given venue. This means that:

payment of Membership Obligation (minimum $80) is due regardless of whether you are employed or earning wages at one of our venues.
should you terminate your employment at a venue, this does not terminate your membership in the Union.

In order to leave the Union and stop accruing dues, please request an Honorable Withdrawal. Email membership@iatse-localB18.org for the Honorable Withdrawal form.

Responsibilities

Member Responsibilities

Apply for membership within 30 days of beginning employment at a represented venue.
PAY FEES: Maintain regular and timely payments of fees due, or risk expulsion.
Inform the Local of change of contact information or change of employment
The B18 constitution and bylaws require that members keep the Local informed whenever there is a change in address (or other contact information) and when there is a change in employment (you stop working for a B18 employer or you add a venue to your work schedule).
This can be done by writing the office, or e-mailing the new information to Member Services.
Inform the Local when you wish to leave the union, preferably as soon as you stop working. Non-payment of dues or termination of employment at a Local venue does not constitute a withdrawal from the Local.
(see B18's constitution and bylaws: Article 3, Sec.3).

Membership Fees

Membership Fees/Financial Obligation

NOTE: Beginning January 1, 2024, a new Fees structure was implemented:

a raise in the wage assessment to 2%
a $400 annual cap (subject to annual increase of $25)
an $80 annual minimum
elimination of annual dues payable by the end of January

Annual Dues for years prior to 2024 are still due if they have not been paid.
No annual dues are owed for 2024 or any year thereafter.

Wage Assessment
Members pay 2% of gross wages earned at all venues within the jurisdiction of Local B18.
There is a minimum due of $80 and a maximum due of $400 in any calendar year. (Subject to annual increase)

Wage Assessment can be paid by one of two methods: Paycheck deduction OR Self-payment.
1. Paycheck deduction (aka Check Off)
  For the convenience of B18 members, most employers will collect the 2% during each pay period and send the amount to the Local. The employer shall cap such collection at $400 annually. To have the 2% deducted from your pay, please submit a Wage Assessment Check Off Authorization Form for each of your B18 employers.
  Even if you are already having the 1% WA deducted from your paycheck, you have to fill out a form to authorize the 2% deduction.
  
  CLICK HERE to fill out the Wage Assessment Check Off Authorization Form.
2. Member self-payment
  Should a member prefer to self-pay the 2% assessment, they shall be responsible for submitting the amount due directly to the Local. The assessment should be received by the Local at least quarterly, according to the following schedule:
  - for earnings within Quarter 1 (Jan-Feb-Mar) - by May 1
  - for earnings within Quarter 2 (Apr-May-Jun) - by August 1
  - for earnings within Quarter 3 (Jul-Aug-Sep) - by November 1
  - for earnings within Quarter 4 (Oct-Nov-Dec) - by February 1 of the following year

CLICK HERE to fill out the Wage Assessment Self-Payment Form.

Regardless of which method you choose you must submit one or other of these forms.

If a quarterly payment (at minimum) is not made, a $2/week late fee will be assessed.
Payments may, of course, be made more frequently, or in advance. Contact Member Services for more information, to create an alternative payment schedule, or CLICK HERE to make an online payment.
(Online payments are subject to a fee to recover what the Local is charged for online processing.)
Note: if you do not work or receive wages from an B18 employer within a quarter, B18's constitution and bylaws require that you inform your local of that, and you will still owe at minimum $80 for the year.

Need help calculating how much you owe?
Member Services will calculate the amount owed if you supply a JPEG or PDF of the W-2 form(s) or latest paystub(s) from your B18 employer(s). You'll get an e-Invoice in return so that you can pay that amount online. Or you can send a check/money-order to the office.

WASelf-Pay

Pay Dues

Pay your Financial Obligation

NOTE: annual dues of $72 are eliminated as of 1/1/2024.

But past dues must still be paid to remain in good standing

$100 Application Fee

2% WA Self-Pay

$400 Wage Assessment Cap

Leaving B18

Leaving Local B18

Honorable Withdrawal:
This form is used when a member in good standing wishes to withdraw from the Union, cease paying fees, and no longer vote.
If you terminate your employment at a B18 venue, you must still request a Withdrawal to leave the Local, or you will continue to accrue fees.
Email membership@iatse-localB18.org for the Honorable Withdrawal form.
Not-in-Good-Standing and Expulsion:
Failure on the part of any member to pay any financial obligation to this Local within sixty (60) days after same became payable shall result in such member being automatically declared not in good standing. A member not in good standing shall be deprived of the right to hold office, to attend meetings, and to vote. If such default continues for a period of more than six (6) months from the date that the financial obligation first became payable, the member shall be deemed automatically expelled. A written notice of the intent to expel must be sent by certified mail to the delinquent, and he or she must be given ten (10) days to respond. If no response, they will be expelled.
(Article X of the Constitution)

Forms

Wage Assessment Check Off Authorization

Form you can submit to a B18 employer to provide the convenience of having the 2% wage assessment paid directly from your paycheck each pay period (up to the $400 cap).
Click HERE to look at a sample before your start to fill out the form.
Wage Assessment Self-Payment Form
Form to complete if you elect to pay your financial obligation yourself, rather than paid directly from your paycheck.

Work Referral Form

Online Google form to complete if you are looking for work at one of our venues served. No printing required.

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FAQs

Answers to frequently asked questions about Membership Fees will be posted here.
Ask away . . .

Q. WHAT ABOUT AN INACTIVE RATE?
A. There is no inactive rate.
Before 2018, the "inactive rate" was $80 a year. Now when we work, we pay a 2% wage assessment.
2% assessment on wages (minimum $80/year) = financial obligation.
Minimum financial obligation of $80 covers the per capita assessments that B18 is charged for your membership, whether or not you are working.

Q. WHAT IS FINANCIAL CORE STATUS?

A. Every year, IATSE publishes rules and policies connected with Financial Core Status in its Bulletin, which goes to all members. The latest version was in 2019's 1st Quarter Bulletin, on p.107, available HERE.

As an employee at a B18-represented venue, you may be interested in such status. Please note that any member who elects, in writing, Financial Core Status is resigning from B18, and will have no rights of membership. They will not have the right to attend membership meetings, to have a voice in the Local's policies, to run for office with the Local, to vote in the Local's elections, or to participate in the formulation of bargaining proposals and ratification votes. However, they will still be required to pay their financial obligation to the Union, and as long as they continue to do so, they still retain employment rights.