L.U. 40 (em,i&mps), HOLLYWOOD, CA — Our local was in attendance earlier this year with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the Los Angeles/Orange County Building Trades to announce the $1 billion Radford Studio Center project labor agreement. This project will create over 3,500 union jobs and reinvigorate one of the oldest studio lots in Los Angeles. This investment will also ensure that good-paying union jobs in entertainment stay here in L.A.
The studio lot opened 95 years ago, five years after Local 40 was chartered, and this much-needed modernization will transform the campus into a cutting-edge film and TV facility.
The owner of the studio, Hackman Capital Partners, also owns the historic Television City studio, which signed a $1.25 billion project labor agreement last year. Combined, the two PLAs represent one of the largest private-sector commitments to union labor in Los Angeles history.
Many of the historic buildings will be preserved, and the Local 40 members who work to maintain the facility will be invaluable in assisting our signatory contractors during the remodel process and maintaining the campus upon its completion.
The current projected completion date is summer 2028. Although this project is still a long way from breaking ground, we look forward to the many work opportunities this will create for our members in the years to come.
Stephan Davis, B.M./F.S.
