IATSE Local Union No. 42
Stagehands
Omaha and Fremont, Nebraska & Sioux City and Council Bluffs, Iowa
Organized December 6, 1896
Affiliated with the AFL-CIO
Affiliated with the Nebraska AFL-CIO
Affiliated with the Omaha Federation of Labor
Affiliated with the Northwest Iowa Labor Council

Local Union No. 40 Stagehands, representing the Sioux City, Iowa area, merged with Local Union No. 42 in 1997. Sioux City members have worked shows for Kingsbury Electronic Systems, Goony Bird Productions, Saturday in the Park, Inc. and others at venues such as the Sioux City Grandview Park Bandshell, Explorers Baseball Park, the Marina Inn Convention Center and the Buffalo Chip Campground in Sturgis, South Dakota. Members of Sioux City have also worked corporate functions at various locations, such as the Gateway headquarters in North Sioux City, South Dakota, as well as others throughout the area.

There are two sister IATSE locals in the Omaha area, Local Union No. 343 Motion Picture Projectionists and Local Union No. 831 Theatrical Wardrobe Union. Local Union No. 42 also has a strong working relationship with sister Local Union No. 151 Stagehands and Projectionists in Lincoln.

Local Union No. 42 has a rich history, having worked many shows over the years in Omaha landmarks such as Ak-Sar-Ben, the Orpheum Theatre, the Civic Auditorium and Music Hall, the Joslyn Museum, the Western Heritage Museum, the Rose Theatre and in outdoor events at Memorial Park, Rosenblatt Stadium, Westfair Amphitheater, Offutt Air Force Base and Levi Carter Park. We carry on the tradition by working in two of Omaha's newest landmarks, the Qwest Center Omaha Arena, and the Holland Performing Arts Center, both nationally recognized facilities.

Local Union No. 42, proud of its first century of meeting the entertainment needs in the growing Omaha area, looks forward to doing so for the next one hundred years.

Where We Work

Currently, Local Union No. 42 has Collective Bargaining Agreements in place with the following employers:

Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority (MECA)
covering stagehand services for the Qwest Center Omaha, Civic Auditorium and Music Hall in downtown Omaha;

Omaha Performing Arts Society (OPAS)
covering stagehand services for the Orpheum Theatre and Holland Performing Arts Center in downtown Omaha, including work for Opera Omaha and the Omaha Symphony;

SMG Management
covering stagehand services for the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs;

Freeman Decorating Company
covering decorating services for exhibition and trade shows at the Qwest Convention Center and hotels throughout the metropolitan area.

City of Sioux City
covering stagehand services for the Tyson Event Center/Gateway Arena, the Orpheum Theatre, the Sioux City Convention Center and the IBP Ice Center.