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| Last Edit: ShowGoer 12:34 pm EDT 03/26/21 | |
| Posted by: ShowGoer 12:33 pm EDT 03/26/21 | |
| In reply to: Sen. Schumer and entertainment unions - singleticket 10:41 am EDT 03/26/21 | |
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| Look no farther than the headlines from the last 48 hours about Actors Equity members reacting in shock and outrage to new demands from their leadership that to reopen Broadway every one of their actors would require private car service to and from the theater, and special air purifiers in dressing rooms or in housing at regional theaters. AEA already seems to be backtracking a bit, even before it gets to the negotiation stage with anyone else, holding town halls to hear their member's concerns and complaints. But suffice to say, if any other unions, such as the stagehands and musicians, use the one-year shutdown as an excuse to insist on similar things, it's not an exaggeration to say (and this is coming from someone who for the last 5 or 6 months has been an optimist), theater would simply never re-open. Schumer and the anniversary of the Triangle fire are irrelevant to the countless issues in play (regardless of how many webinars Schumer appears in). Theater workers simply can't be seen (and, I would think, wouldn't WANT to be seen) as having more pandemic perks added to their contracts than, say, frontline workers and airline employees. And that's assuming the industry could afford such sweeping change at the most perilous time in the history of Broadway. Which, clearly, isn't possible. In the middle of last year, the common assumption was that manifold concessions would obviously need to be made from all parties in order to get the industry back up and running. I have no idea if that is still the case. But I also am 100% positive that the reopening of Broadway will not be the time for unions to gain any substantive advances. |
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| Link | https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/theater/actors-equity-health-safety.html |
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