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\n\tUsing fiery language like \u201csolidarity is the solution to corporate greed\u201d and \u201cif we don\u2019t get what we want, we will shut it f\u2013king down day one,\u201d union leaders on Sunday held what was dubbed a \u201cunity rally\u201d to rev up employees earlier than joint negotiations start Monday between IATSE<\/a> and\u00a0Teamsters<\/a>\u00a0Local 399 with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. <\/p>\n \n\tHundreds of employees from all aspects of the below-the-line neighborhood, from electrical employees and plasterers to editors, costumers and script supervisors packed a park simply west of the I-405 in Encino, CA. to gear up for what they hope will likely be a profitable negotiation interval with the studios. <\/p>\n \n\tTo return the favor since so many below-the-line employees joined actors and writers on the picket line final summer season, members of SAG and WGA have been entrance and middle to listen to the speeches and yell \u201cmany crafts one fight\u201d together with all people else.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIsn\u2019t it great to have a rally without a strike?\u201d requested Lindsay Dougherty<\/a>, chief negotiator for Teamsters Local 399<\/a>, whereas looking over the car parking zone of employees \u2014 most of whom wore black and sported shirts that learn \u201cpay equity now\u201d and \u201cnothing moves without the crew.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThis is what solidarity looks like,\u201d Dougherty continued. \u201cAs everybody knows, Teamsters aren\u2019t afraid of a fight and IATSE isn\u2019t either. And although WGA and SAG-AFTRA had to strike last year to get what they needed, I\u2019m here to tell the AMPTP \u2014 and they know and that\u2019s why they fear us the most \u2014 that with IATSE and Teamsters together, if we don\u2019t get what we want, we will shut it down f\u2013king day one.\u201d <\/p>\n