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Mar 31, 2023 | News Story
Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has been bargaining with the Broadway League for over two months on an agreement for shows on tour.
Negotiations with the League have stalled over vital issues like fair wages, sufficient coverage and per diem rates that cover rising housing and food costs. 85...
Mar 31, 2023 | News Story
Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, is celebrating International Transgender Day of Visibility with a new video from its transgender, nonbinary, genderqueer and gender nonconforming members. Hear what they have to say, and explore other resources Equity has for its trans members and allies on...
Mar 31, 2023 | News Story
Statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee testimony:
Mar 24, 2023 | News Story
The staff of the Hispanic Society of America, located at 613 West 155th Street, have authorized a strike after more than a year of negotiations for a union contract. Workers unionized in 2021 after the Board of Trustees of the Society terminated their pension plan while keeping wages stagnant for years.
Mar 24, 2023 | News Story
Hundreds of Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) members at Hearst Magazines walked off the job yesterday to demand management agree to a fair first union contract at their last scheduled day of negotiations on March 28.
Mar 24, 2023 | News Story
After months-long stalls in negotiations —some regarding pressing matters like health benefits, working conditions, and pay—with NBCU and the threat of an April 1 strike for Saturday Night Live's editorial team, the Motion Picture Editors Guild/IATSE Local 700 announced last week that they had reached a tentative contract agreement. And this week, the crew voted unanimously in favor of...
Mar 24, 2023 | News Story
On March 6th, two more neighborhood umbrella groups of Blank Street Coffee voted overwhelmingly to join UFCW Local 1500, joining their 34 colleagues in West Brooklyn who voted to unionize in February. The new units consist of 24 workers from Central Brooklyn and 30 from Chelsea/West Village.
Mar 24, 2023 | News Story
Workers at more than 115 Starbucks locations across the country including two in Astoria and one in Williamsburg walked off the job Wednesday to pressure the company to negotiate contracts with the unionized stores. They also called for a halt to the coffee retailer’s anti-union tactics, which have brought censure from both federal judges and the National Labor Relations Board.
Mar 24, 2023 | News Story
Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theatre, has been bargaining with the Broadway League for over two months on an agreement for shows on tour.
Negotiations with the League have stalled over vital issues like fair wages, sufficient coverage and per diem rates that cover rising housing and food costs. 85...
Mar 24, 2023 | News Story
The Alliance for Retired Americans has released its 2022 Congressional Voting Record, which scores each U.S. Senator and Representative on critical retirement security issues.