At this point the Union is an after thought, its turned into nothing more than a club for Phyllisha Anne and her cronies.. Yesterday, Phyllisha Anne sobered up long enough to send out this PR:

More Chapters in the International Entertainment Adult Union Story

Los Angeles, CA- Sept. 20th- The International Entertainment Adult Union (IEAU) moves forward with two new chartered chapters. “We are proud to announce The Exotic Dancer Guild and the Adult Film Crew Chapter which have been approved by the U. S. Department of Labor under the IEAU,” states Elisabeth Thomas the IEAU President. “We are excited to get things moving a little faster now that there are even more adult entertainment people involved.”

Portland Oregon is a mecca for exotic dance clubs, so it is not surprising for The Exotic Dancer Guild of the IEAU to be based there.

President Lance Allen, Vice President Dominique Hodges, Secretary/Treasurer Tina Thomas, Board Member Alisa Johnson all reside in Portland Oregon., and they are ready to get started. The other Board Members of the Exotic Dancer Guild are Katie Kendall from Kentucky, Brian Munn from Indiana, and Mark Webb from California.

Serving as President of the Adult Film Crew Chapter is the legendary Rob Spallone. “Mr. Spallone is an award winning director and producer, with knowledge of every aspect of the adult film business. He has spent most of his life in this industry and we could not have found a better fit to lead the film crew,” stated an enthusiastic Phyllisha Anne, founder of the IEAU. Officers and board members are; President Rob Spallone, Vice President Jake Jacobs, Secretary Shawna Johnson, Treasurer Marlene Butler, Board Members are; Cass Paley, James Crawford, Shelley Bartolini, and Harry Weiss.

We are working towards each chapter having their own website and members, however, until we have reached that point, the only way to register as a member of the IEAU is through our website.

Apparently, they all got together and had a huge meeting the night before that PR sent out:

As you can clearly see, hundreds showed up and the meeting was a huge success, Phyllisha was once again able to hand pick her Officers/President, without any objections. I wonder who paid for her friends to fly in?  Maybe AHF?  lol

AVNs take on the Union Drama:

By Mark Kerns AVN —This morning, members of the adult industry press received an announcement from Amanda Gullesserian, better known in the adult industry as former actress Phyllisha Anne, which contained the following:

“The International Entertainment Adult Union (IEAU) moves forward with two new chartered chapters. ‘We are proud to announce The Exotic Dancer Guild and the Adult Film Crew Chapter which have been approved by the U. S. Department of Labor under the IEAU,’ states Elisabeth Thomas the IEAU President. ‘We are excited to get things moving a little faster now that there are even more adult entertainment people involved…

“Serving as President of the Adult Film Crew Chapter is the legendary Rob Spallone. ‘Mr. Spallone is an award winning director and producer, with knowledge of every aspect of the adult film business. He has spent most of his life in this industry and we could not have found a better fit to lead the film crew,’ stated an enthusiastic Phyllisha Anne, founder of the IEAU.  Officers and board members are; President Rob Spallone, Vice President Jake Jacobs, Secretary Shawna Johnson, Treasurer Marlene Butler, Board Members are; Cass Paley, James Crawford, Shelley Bartolini, and Harry Weiss.”

To those who have been following the development of the IEAU, the press release was confusing, since it is well known in adult industry circles that the union already had a crew member chapter, designated Local 424, with crewman Shelly Bartolini as its president. Still more confusing was the designation of adult industry Rob Spallone as president of a crew chapter, since as far as anyone knows, Spallone had only been a producer and director during his career in XXX. Similarly, directors Cass Paley and James (Jim) Crawford, and former agent Harry Weiss have also never been employed as crewmen in adult productions.

“That’s illegal, because I am already the president of the organization [Local 424] and cannot be removed without a hearing, a list of grievances and a vote by my officers on whether I stay or go,” said Bartolini of the Spallone “appointment” in an exclusive interview with AVN. “That [Spallone’s appointment] is completely illegal in the bylaws of any union, including this one.

“Any director or producer can’t be in a crew union,” Bartolini continued. “That’s a conflict of interest, because just like in mainstream, what the union does is protect you against producers and directors.”

Bartolini noted that since the union has only recently been formed, all officers were appointed at the beginning, but that it still requires an action by the union board to remove an officer.

“Everything she’s doing, and that whole board she put together, is bullshit,” Bartolini continued, referring to Gullesserian. “Basically, what she did was hand Spallone a bunch of money that she’s getting paid from AHF [AIDS Healthcare Foundation] that’s funding her whole fucking bullshit. … No crew member is going to follow any of those people. This is coming from a whole board of people that don’t work in the industry. I’m out there every day.”

Bartolini stated that the board of Local 424 is made up of himself as president, veteran camera operator/actor Jake Jacobs as vice president, Marlene Jacobs [Butler] as secretary/treasurer, and veteran crewman Sean Rivera and one other person as board members. Bartolini said he had no idea who alleged “Secretary” Shawna Johnson is.

Bartolini’s charge that Gullesserian has been in league with AIDS Healthcare has been confirmed by a series of emails between the IEAU founder and Adam Cohen of AHF, beginning in January of this year, as well as transcriptions of conversations between the two wherein Cohen alleged promised that “AHF is willing to support the IEAU any way we can. We can donate money, endorse your applications for other grants, and provide advice and education. We hope that our support of the IEAU means the IEAU will also support AHF’s advocacy efforts to protect adult film workers. Lastly, I want to emphasize that we understand if the IEAU feels that working with AHF may hinderyour cause due to adult film industry representatives who are against AHF’s involvment in worker protection.”

Gullesserian responded, “Thank you Adam so so much! Yes the IEAU will support The AHFs efforts any way we can!”

According to sources who asked not to be named, a lawsuit alleging that Gullesserian had illegally filed paperwork on behalf of the union to set up the “Adult Film Crew Chapter” is currently in process.

Last night, at PSK, felon Phyllisha Ann tried to assault APAG VP Melissa Hill. Normally, im ok with chicks fighting if they’re wearing only bra’s and undies and using pillows as weapons, but my sources tell me there were no pillows and everyone was clothed. More odd behavior from the one preaching unity