🌟Announcing the 2026 Local 729 Design Contest Winners!🌟
Here are the winners and their categories :
Union Spirit - Donna Wood
Tools of the Trade - Kyle Smith
Happy Little Accidents - Jacquie Li
Tote-ally Handy - Peat Ibarra
And big congrats to the Grand Prize winner with the most votes : Kyle Smith!
The YWC will be emailing you soon to share more about the prizes you’ve won.
Thank you to everyone who submitted and entry and for all those who have participated in voting this year. Thanks again to the Local 729 Executive Board for approving the funding for this effort again.
On August 8th we will be holding our annual Silkscreening Workshop at the hall and space is limited. If you take the workshop, you’ll also be signing up to volunteer and work the silkscreens at The Silkscreening event happening after the 3rd quarter meeting, Saturday August 15th, with screens of this years winners!
Hello Local 729 members! Voting for the 2026 Local 729 Design Contest closes tonight at 11:55pm (pst).
Check out your emails for voting instructions and a link to@cast your FOUR votes. You must be in good standing or *one* quarter of dues behind for your votes to count.
Our four winners will be announced at the 2nd Qtr Local 729 Membership Meeting *this Saturday, May 16th, 10am (pst) and will be posted on our socials directly after.
Too busy to check out the “Voting is Now Open” email yesterday? Take a quick 5 minutes to cast your four votes in this years Local 729 design contest. Check your email for a message sent out by the hall yesterday, 5/4.
Questions/assistance? Email us at [email protected]
It’s official! Voting for the 2026 Local 729 Design Contest is open. Check your email to vote on your top four design pics. Please be patient with the email confirmation and voting process. We use this system to ensure all votes are cast by Local 729 members. Good luck to all the designers who have submitted this year!
Submissions for the 2026 Local 729 Design Contest will close at 11:59pm (pst) this Friday, April 24th.
Check out our website for submission requirements /2026local729designcontest
(Link is also in our bio!)
All designs entered can be voted on in any of the four categories.
The grand prize is a year of dues accreditation and prizes for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th winners are a quarter of dues paid.
Reach out if you have any questions or need any assistance making your design digital at [email protected]
Happy Tax Day! Don’t forget to file and enter this years IATSE Local 729 Design Contest!
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: APRIL 24TH AT 11:59PM PST
Please send all submissions and any questions to : [email protected]
Need help making your drawing digital? Let us know ASAP to ensure you get your design in before the deadline. Check out the link in our bio to transport to the contest website to refresh yourself on the design requirements.
Prizes include : dues accreditation, stickers, tote bags and gift cards for four winners. Thanks again to the Local Local 729 Executive Board and the Young Workers Committee for funding and making this contest happen!
Hello Brothers, Sisters and Kin of Local 729!
This year’s theme for the 2026 YWC Design Contest is:
It’s a Pop Art Party!
We have four new categories going along with this theme, so we’ll have four winners.
Please review the slides or visit here /2026local729designcontest (also in our link tree in bio). These slides contain information for prize info, submission requirements, and important deadlines.
Submissions open on March 30th and will stay open till April 24th There will not be an extension this year for submissions.
Submissions must meet all requirements to be considered. Send questions and submissions to [email protected]. If you need any assistance making your hand-drawn art digital, please reach out.
A huge thank you to our Local 729 Executive Board for another approval of funding this effort to help make supporting our members financially possible and to support the Young Workers Committee in our annual contest!
Thank you to all past participants for making this contest successful and for helping to spread the word about more union-designed and union-made 729 swag.
Thank you for your participation!
In Solidarity,
The Local 729 Young Workers Committee
Labor Community Services, in partnership with the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, IATSE, Teamsters Local 399, IBEW Local 40, LiUNA Local 724, UA Plumbers Local 78 ,and Plasters Local 755 has a limited amount of food boxes with frozen turkeys to support member households this Thanksgiving Season.
If you are a Union member in need this Thanksgiving Season, please fill out the pre registration form by visiting /labor-thanksgiving or by screenshotting the flyer above and clicked on the QR code in your photo album on your device.
Pre- Registration is required.
Wishing you and yours a warm and abundant Thanksgiving Holiday.
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