NEW YORK CITY: This afternoon in Times Square, Broadway actors and stage managers will collect to rally beneath the reason for what organizers are calling “a fair deal.” Their union, Actors’ Equity Association, has been on the bargaining desk with the Broadway League since September over union’s largest contract, which governs exhibits on Broadway, in addition to Broadway League-produced sit-down exhibits in different elements of the nation. Equity members are particularly in search of adjustments to guidelines associated to protection (i.e., understudies, swings, and extra stage managers) in addition to scheduling and protected workplaces.
The rally shall be held at within the theatre district on the pedestrian plaza between Broadway and seventh Ave., between forty fifth and forty sixth Streets, starting at 4:30 p.m. Expected audio system in attendance embrace Gavin Creel (Into the Woods), NYS AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento, Equity third vp Erin Maureen Koster, and a number of other others.
Founded in 1913, AEA is the U.S. labor union for greater than 51,000 skilled actors and stage managers. Equity endeavors to advance the careers of its members by negotiating wages, enhancing working situations, and offering a variety of advantages, together with well being and pension.
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