The line you quoted from the article does not state that Actors Equity objected TO a booster mandate, but ABOUT the booster mandate. And yes, the objections concerned how many paid days off there would be in the event of a bad reaction to the booster shot.
I think Paul's interview followed one with the President or prominent figure of the Scenic Design union – so I was expecting someone of equal and current credentials from Local 802. Yes, Broadway profit-sharing with contract employees strikes me as a dramatically new, and extremely unlikely thing – what some might call "alien."
And yes, since I knew even less about all this than one of the posters above, a single article with some explanation and background was quite helpful – when read, as one should read any article about anything, with understanding that journalists have individual degrees of their own perspective, possible agenda, and degree of accuracy. |
