just hours before the fatal shooting. The local represents film and TV workers in the state.
“We have been greatly disturbed by media reports that the producers employed non-union persons in craft positions and, worse, used them to replace skilled union members who were protesting their working conditions,” the local wrote in the letter. “That is inexcusable. We are all awaiting the results of the investigation and are cooperating fully with the relevant authorities.”
The local went on to say that its officers, members and staff “express their deepest and most heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Local 600 member Halyna Hutchins. We are devastated by the death of our union sister who is remembered as a leader amongst her peers, a talented and rising star in her craft as a director of photography, and as a wife and mother. Her death should never have happened. Union sets should be safe sets.