It has been announced that Mary McColl, the current executive director of Actors' Equity Association, has decided not to seek a new contract when her contract expires in January 2022. McColl made her announcement to staff and officers of the union today.
McColl, who joined the union in 2011, helped modernize the operations of the organization, leading the union to engage more directly with the labor movement by overseeing the receipt of a direct charter from the AFL-CIO and implementing changes to the union's constitution that created the first-ever national convention. She stabilized the union's finances after years of deficits by modernizing their business systems and working with union leaders on a successful referendum to change the union's dues structure.
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