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RELIEF DISPATCHER JOB POSTING 
Relief Dispatcher(s)
Relief Dispatchers are hired to supplement the work of dispatch in 4-hour increments. They are selected by the Business Representative and are hired with approval from the Executive Board of Local 887.
Duties
- Fills work calls according to the Hiring Hall Rules for IATSE Local 887
- Provides details of the dispatch call to workers including but not limited to venue, start date, call times, length of call, supervisor, and rate of pay.
- Provides venue contacts with their dispatched crew
- Reports to the Business Representative
- Will receive up to 8 hours (2 sessions) of training from the local’s Dispatcher.
Qualifications
- Reliable access to a computer, laptop, or smartphone
- Familiarity with Excel, Dropbox, and OneDrive
- Familiarity with IATSE Local 887’s Hiring Hall Rules
- Must be a member of Local 887 or be an active worker in 887’s Hiring Hall and a member of another District 1 local (15, 488, 793)
- The availability to be “on call” during the hours of 9am-8pm for possible emergency dispatches.
Compensation
- $31.50/hour training rate, then $35/hour
- Employer contributions of 6% towards retirement 401k to the Western Employee Benefit Trust
- Employer contributions of 12% towards Health and Welfare National Benefit Funds Plan C
- Bi-monthly pay schedule. Pay dates are the 15th and final day of each month
If interested, please reach out to Business Representative Kelly Caffey at bus.rep@iatse887.org
Hi! We're Local #887
We represent the costume shops, backstage wardrobe crews, and child guardians of Western Washington.
"We, the Theatrical Wardrobe Union of the City of Seattle, deem it eminently right that we should organize, to achieve by Organization and Mutual Endeavor, the improvement of the social and economic condition of the workers identified with the theatrical and amusement industries, to insure the maintenance of a fair rate of wages for services rendered; to assure the employment of all members in these industries, and to secure to ourselves the unity of action such benefits as are rightfully ours, pleading ourselves in all difficulties to accept wise, honorable, and conservative mediation, that equity may be maintained."
- Preamble to the Local 887 Constitution, 1961
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we live and work on the unceded ancestral lands of the Coast Salish peoples. We understand that despite the promise of designated tribal land according to the Point Elliot Treaty of 1855, the original stewards of this vast region were forcibly removed by European-American settlers through colonial policy, discriminatory laws, and the burning of traditional villages. We honor the descendants of The Duwamish who continue to live in the Seattle area and among the Suquamish, Tulalip, Muckleshoot and Lummi peoples. As an Arts organization, we respectfully acknowledge the contributions of Indigenous artists of all genres. We also recognize that capital was gained from many forms of exploitation.
We stand with the anti-racism work that has been done in the past and continues today. We respect Indigenous Sovereignty
By this acknowledgment we hope to connect the history of this region to the present.
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Affiliates IATSE District 1 IATSE International IATSE Wardrobe Local 887
5030 1st Avenue South #204
Seattle WA 98134
