Dancers at a North Hollywood topless bar will become the only strippers in the United States to gain union recognition after the club’s management withdrew challenges to their guild election, the union announced Tuesday.
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The Actors' Equity union reached an agreement with The Broadway League, the organization representing show producers.
Membership voted to approve the contract after the union had issued a strike threat earlier this month.
The planetarium lecturers at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles have unionized.
Key provisions of the contract include meaningful salary increases and growth in all three job categories: chorus, principals and stage managers.
Actors’ Equity Association and The Broadway League have reached a tentative agreement on a new touring contract, the organizations announced today.
Actors in Chicago lent their voices Thursday night to a growing chorus of traveling Broadway performers who say they are fighting for better conditions.
Over a dozen actors and stage managers from the touring production of “Hamilton” handed out leaflets outside the Altria Theater before Tuesday night’s opening performance of the Broadway hit, warning of the possibility of an upcoming strike.
“Six: The Musical” at Palazzo Theatre is that show. During Wednesday’s performance, Actors’ Equity Association reps plan to distribute flyers warning of a possible strike by Broadway touring shows.
The pre-show hustle outside the Durham Performing Arts Center will look slightly different Tuesday as actors and stage managers gather to demand a new union contract.
