Take Action: Stand United with AFM Local 802 and Actors’ Equity for a Healthier Broadway

Actors' Equity Association and The American Federation of Musicians Local 802 have both been in negotiations with The Broadway League since August to improve their workplaces. These unions represent the actors, stage managers, and musicians who bring Broadway productions to life.

Broadway producers know that anyone working on Broadway is chasing a dream – whether they are on stage, backstage, or in the orchestra pit. For too long, Broadway workers have risked their health and safety so the show could go on. These unsustainable workplace conditions are breaking the bodies of Broadway workers and threatening our members' access to health insurance.

The Broadway musicians of AFM Local 802 announced yesterday that they have begun voting to authorize a strike if necessary as the Broadway League continues to demand unacceptable wages and reduced jobs and benefits in the current contract talks. Equity actors and stage managers have been signing Strike Pledge cards for more than a week and recently took to the streets of Times Square to speak with audience members about the contract.

Actors' Equity and AFM Local 802 are united in the theatre and at the bargaining table for a healthier Broadway. Both unions demand that their members be treated with dignity and for The Broadway League to pay their fair share for healthcare. They’re asking everyone in the broader community to sign on to an open letter to The Broadway League, voicing support for fair contracts and promising not to cross a picket line if either union strikes. Learn more and sign at actorsequity.org/SupportBroadway