Actors’ Equity has issued a strike threat against the Broadway League.
The union, which represents more than 51,000 stage managers and actors, has been bargaining with the Broadway League, which represents industry producers, presenters and general managers, since mid-January to create a new touring contract. Now Actors’ Equity has authorized Executive Director Al Vincent Jr., who is their lead negotiator, to call a strike on all Broadway national tours, if he deems it necessary, after the union says it ran into roadblocks around a number of key issues.
“We thought we were making progress. Actually, we believed that perhaps we would reach a deal last week, but ultimately, we just we were nowhere close in terms of what we know our members need and what the Broadway League was willing to offer,” Actors’ Equity President Kate Shindle told The Hollywood Reporter on Monday.
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