Actors’ Equity Association has reached a deal with the Broadway League on a new five-year Development Agreement, resolving an eight-month strike prohibiting Equity members’ participation in early stages of development work.
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The new contract includes a cumulative pay increase of more than 8% for Equity members.
The major concern of these workers is the use of artificial intelligence in video games and the needs for guardrails that protect performers’ likenesses.
The strike comes after negotiations for a new contract with the Broadway League have stalled, according to the union.
Equity and the Broadway League have been in negotiations since January 22, 2024, and the current agreement expired on February 11.
Actors’ Equity will hand out leaflets outside a workshop of the Broadway-bound Smash musical this week, “warning of the possibility of a strike” in light of ongoing negotiations with the Broadway League regarding compensation for work on shows in development.
The labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre has voted to authorize a strike against The Broadway League, the trade association for Broadway.
Dancers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood have launched an unfair labor practices strike just seven months after becoming the nation’s only unionized strippers — a move that will effectively shutter the club until it’s over.
Dancers employed by the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar said they will be picketing through Saturday.
Earlier this year, the dancers at Star Garden Topless Dive Bar become the only unionized strippers in the US.
