Earlier this year, the dancers at Star Garden Topless Dive Bar become the only unionized strippers in the US.
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The strike is scheduled to last for one weekend, December 7 - 9.
The union for actors and stage managers won a monetary settlement for members of the tour, in exchange for dropping the double-breasted grievance.
Broadway workers are represented by 13 different unions.
Actors’ Equity Association has filed with the National Labor Relations Board for recognition as the bargaining representative of the production assistants on Broadway and sit-down productions produced by members of The Broadway League.
The position is one of the few nonunion segments of the theater industry's work force.
Dancers at the Magic Tavern say security concerns led them to support becoming just the second such group in the country to approve forming a union.
Dancers at Magic Tavern have been on strike since this spring, citing unsafe working conditions. Last week they voted to unionize.
Its strippers went on strike April 4. The club remains open.
Dancers under Actors' Equity have been recognized by the owners of the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar, making it the first unionized strip club in the US in a decade.
