Local 728 Hardship Fund

Local 728's Hardship Fund is open for qualified Active members (non-retired) in need of financial aid.

Hardship Fund Terms & Conditions

Interest free “Hardship Fund” loans are available for up to $2,500.00* to any Active status (non-retired) Local 728 member, up to 200 members per year who meet qualification requirements. *Union officers are limited to a maximum loan of $2,000.00.

The fund contains an annual funding amount of $500,000.00.

Member-To-Member Dues Donation Program

Sign up for our Member-To-Member Dues Donation program!

Active, non-retired Local 728 members in financial need can sign up to receive a quarter’s dues donation from another member who is willing to donate one or more quarter’s dues.

The process is entirely anonymous and randomized.

Program Details

Drawings will be held beginning in the week prior to dues being due and continue until there are no more donors on the list.

IATSE Membership Aid

IATSE Member Aid list

Notice of member passing: Brother Warren Fox on November 8th, 2024

I regret having to report the passing of Brother Warren Fox on November 8th, 2024, age 70. Brother Fox was a 45-year member of Local 728 having been obligated in May 1979.

Warren retired in 2017 after a 38-year career in the field.

Funeral services information: Thursday, Nov 21^st 2PM

Angelus Funeral Home 3875 Crenshaw Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90008

Notice of member passing: Matthew "Doc" Brashear on 11-5-2024

We regret having to report the passing of Brother Matthew “Doc” Brashear on November 5th, 2024, age 45. Brother Brashear was a 9-year member of Local 728 having been obligated in January 2015.

Doc worked primarily as an ETC lighting console programmer, data technician and fixtures technician.

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Notice of member passing: Brother Eric Kramer on 9-4-2024

Brother Eric Kramer passed away from an illness on September 4th, 2024. He was 61 years old. Brother Kramer became a Local 728 member in September 1996 and he was a 28 year year member of the Local.

Notification of member passing: Tami Morris on October 18th, 2024

I regret having to report on the passing of Sister Tami Morris on October 18th, 2024, age 63.

Sister Morris was a 32-year member of Local 728 having been obligated in October 1992.

Tami worked for many years as a CBS Radford ACLT before retiring in October of 2020.

Notice of member passing: Brother Alex Schmidt on 10-2-2024 Updated service and funeral information

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Notice of member passing: James C Jimmy Nichols on 9-1-24

I regret having to inform the membership of the passing of IATSE Gold Card member James “Jimmy” Nichols on 9-1-24 at the age of 75.

Notice of member passing: Charles Chuck Larson on 8-24-24

I regret having to inform the membership of the passing of Brother Charles Larson on August 24^th, 2024 at the age of 63.

Chuck Larson was initiated into Local 728 on September 13^th, 1997 and was a member of Local 728 for 27 years.

Brother Larson worked primarily on production as a lamp operator on television and film productions. Some of his later work was on Thunderman’s, Chelsea Are You There?, Crash & Bernstein, Knight Squad, B-Positive and The Fairly Odd Parents. He retired in October 2023.

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