Casting CallsTeamsters Charged with Extorting 'Top Chef' Cast and Crew

Teamsters Charged with Extorting ‘Top Chef’ Cast and Crew

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Teamsters indicted on extortion charges after threatening the cast and crew of Top Chef.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of several local and regional locals of teamsters, the union now represents a diverse membership of blue-collar and professional workers in both the public and private sectors. One of the industries the Teamsters represents are the drivers on TV and movie sets.

According to a recent report, five members of a Teamsters local are accused of intimidating the staff and crew of Top Chef while it was filmed in Boston last year have been indicted on federal extortion charges.

According to the indictment, members of Teamsters Local 25 demanded union members be hired as drivers. When the producer for the reality TV series said they had already hired employees, the Teamsters warned they would follow the crew and picket the production forcing Omni Parker House to cancel filming there.

The NYPost, report they are also accused of yelling profanities and racial slurs at the Top Chef host and crew while they filmed at a Milton restaurant.

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